- Nov 07, 2020
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
- Perspective
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- Nov 07, 2020
The love you have for your kids is so overwhelmingly powerful that it alters your perspective. The dark things going on in the world become very poignant and vivid.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing has been more detrimental to me than to be considered a symbol, because I never stood for any of that... The civil rights movement thought they would do me harm over the years by disassociating themselves from me. Well, nothing in the world was more to my advantage. I was never one of them... I had my own divine mission.
- Bourgeoisie
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- Nov 07, 2020
Integration is the biggest con job ever pulled on any group of people, any nationality in the world. It was a plot by white liberals to gain black political power for themselves and their wild ideas, and for a few black bourgeoisie who were paid to exercise leverage as black spokesmen.
- Fine Arts
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- Nov 07, 2020
I honestly always thought my Master's in Fine Arts would get me further in the acting world than knowing how to work an espresso machine!
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not like I'm against alcohol. It's just a decision I made, and if you've never had it, you don't miss it. I've been drenched in champagne a few times over my career. I might have a drink if England win the World Cup. That's one moment where I might.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Individual players don't win titles no matter how good you are as a player. The best players in the world need a team around them. It is about the team, and we are playing for the badge.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
All that is noble in the world's past history, and especially the minds of the great and the good, are never lost.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a lot of younger fans, obviously the choices I make often influence them. But having said that, it's kind of the best motivation in the world to stay positive and make good choices.
- Sacrifice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I considered becoming a priest very seriously. I wanted to travel the world. By the time I turned 16, I realized I was only in it for selfish reasons. And, more importantly, I didn't want to sacrifice the ladies!
- Romantic
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the most romantic thing you can do is just turn up. Turn up when it's difficult for you. Travel halfway around the world or just up the road. Whatever it is, just be there.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's the same old story. Nothing in this world happens unless white folks says it happens. And therein lies the problem of being a professional black storyteller - writer, musician, filmmaker.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020