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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
- Dragged
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was working on her college degree throughout my childhood, and being the youngest in the family, that meant being dragged to a lot of her classes. She majored in playwriting, so I was exposed to theatre from a very young age, and it was just the most magical world to me. I never really wanted to do anything else.
- Evil
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- Nov 07, 2020
If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset?
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no stopping the world's tendency to throw off imposed restraints, the religious authority that is based on the ignorance of the many, the political authority that is based on the knowledge of the few.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that Europeans in general have a more global view of the world because they are in such proximity to other countries that it enables them to travel and see other parts of the world.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
But if I were to sum up who Barack Obama is and how he plans to meet this moment with one word, that word would be 'responsibility.' Responsibility to each other, our families, our communities, our country, and our world.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The United States is a strong and ardent ally of Israel. The fact of the matter is that friends can disagree. I think what's important is that world leaders are able to sit down with one another, have frank conversations and move forward.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I moderated a panel focusing just on women and the specific challenges that women entrepreneurs face. And we found that around the world, the challenges are the same, whether it is gaining access to capital, risk-taking, or the ability to expand beyond a small business and grow.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was really little, I loved Whitney Houston. I thought she was the prettiest thing in the world.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really believe the nexus of terrorism and nuclear weapons is the world's most ominous threat.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never wanted to live in a ghetto or write in a ghetto. I want to write about a world that reflects the one most people live in. Gay people are just one aspect of that.
- Space
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in the day, when I started, you were still allowed to make mistakes. You got to make your mistakes in public, in a way. I think the world was a more forgiving place when I started my career, in the sense that we got time and space to develop as a writer.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been in martial arts more than 20 years; I've seen fighters who barely have a professional fight say they're the best in the world. I've seen many people use these words. At the end of the day, that doesn't matter. What matters is when the door closes and everyone clearly sees who deserves or does not deserve something.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020