- 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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In both business and personal life, I've always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry.
- Nov 07, 2020
Serbia will neither allow a revision of history, nor will it forget who are the main culprits in World War I.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Comedy is such a frivolous world that it can make you addicted to the frivolity, and then a lot of people don't settle down and are still in that non-specific age maturity bracket.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always interested in making clothing that is worn by people in the real world.
- Gaining
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- Nov 07, 2020
The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been lucky to conduct the very best orchestras in the world: New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Berlin, the London Philharmonic.
- Discrepancy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once the Third World has become a mass market for the goods, products, and processes which are designed by the rich for themselves, the discrepancy between demand for these Western artifacts and the supply will increase indefinitely.
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
America gave the world the notion of the melting pot - an alchemical cooking device wherein diverse ethnic and religious groups voluntarily mix together, producing a new, American identity. And while critics may argue that the melting pot is a national myth, it has tenaciously informed the America's collective imagination.
- Change The World
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- Nov 07, 2020
As China is about adaptation, not transformation, it is unlikely to change the world dramatically should it ever assume the global driver's seat. But this does not mean that China won't exploit that world for its own purposes.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020