- Disappointment
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- 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
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
The pressures of playing in the World Cup are different, but it was because we coped with them in 1992 under Imran Khan's guidance and influence that we won the Cup.
- Stage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once you reach the knockout stage of a World Cup, the team that holds its nerves wins.
- Performance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have had a fulfilling career for Pakistan, although our poor performance in the 2007 World Cup would remain the lowest point of my career.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2004, we were in a rebuilding phase after the disastrous 2003 World Cup campaign, and the batsmen, in particular, did not know where they would bat or what was their role. For example, in the one-dayers, we were playing Shahid Afridi on top of the order, but we didn't consider him for the Tests.
- Discipline
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember, before the 2003 World Cup, I worked extremely hard on my fitness. A great deal of training and dietary discipline. I believe I lost 19 kg. And 19 is the number of runs I scored in the entire tournament.
- Had
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- Nov 07, 2020
All successful captains in the world have had long-term roles to make a difference.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know what it's like when the phone doesn't ring. It's the loneliest feeling in the world.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Had you met me when I was 18 I was very, very patriotic almost to the point of sounding a little bit bigoted or racist, but then I moved away, came to London, my eyes were opened and I saw the world.
- Beginning
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of technologies in the world were unusual in the beginning, and became standard. That's the beauty of bottom-up entrepreneurship and innovations.
- Better Off
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- Nov 07, 2020
China has an almost infinite need for energy, and frankly, the world would be better off if much of that need goes in the direction of wind power.
- America
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- Nov 07, 2020
Barack Obama has talked a lot about changing the way America relates to the world, and few areas are as ripe for reform as our policies on foreign aid.
- Creating
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm motivated by creating a level playing field for the world so that the weak have a chance.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the show, that it has an audience, that it exists in the world. It's so easy to forget that.
- Corporate World
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every year in consulting is like three years in the corporate world because you have multiple clients, multiple issues - you grow so much.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of times, when parents overdiscipline their children, especially when they're queer, their intention isn't to hurt them. They think they're saving their children from harm. But they don't realize that they're causing harm, that they're doing to their kids exactly what they're afraid of the world doing to them.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew I had a chance to teach the world something that would help more people be safe.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020