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World Quotes
Quotes on the world and our place in it.
These quotes look at the world from different angles - one traces a common phrase back to ancient religion, another describes feeling atomized after moving to a new city. A few recall novels depicting a world with tighter social fabric, where people actually knew each other. Related reading: Great Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Other
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are shaped by each other. We adjust not to the reality of a world, but to the reality of other thinkers.
- Great
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It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.
- Bird
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History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that the United States has a moral obligation to stand up for those citizens of the world who cannot stand up for themselves, and I am proud to have authored the bill signed into law today that continues to put significant pressure on the brutal Burmese military junta.
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It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.
- Greatest Blessing
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- Nov 07, 2020
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
- Beautiful Clothes
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We're making clothes - we aren't saving the world. I'm not saying that designers aren't artists, but at the end of the day, we make clothes. Hopefully we make beautiful clothes with a message, but in the end it's for people to wear. I think that the hype of fashion has come down a level.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving.
- Earth
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The Lord did not people the earth with a vibrant orchestra of personalities only to value the piccolos of the world. Every instrument is precious and adds to the complex beauty of the symphony.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of the happiest people I know have none of the things the world insists are necessary for satisfaction and joy.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
While we yearn for peace, we live in a world burdened with hunger, pain, anguish, loneliness, sickness, and sorrow.
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- Nov 07, 2020
What the real world of 1941 needed most was the release and relief provided by laughter.
- Confucianism
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- Nov 07, 2020