- History
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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
- Normal
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note.
- Maturity
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- Nov 07, 2020
This goal can and must be attained in this life. But even if this does not happen, remember that he who has found the way once, always returns to this world with an internal maturity that enables him to continue his work.
- Century
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're in a 21st century, transparent and connected world.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to be as humble as possible and try to project that to the world. But some people don't see that. They think I'm just in Atlanta spending money. But I try to be humble. I try to let the world know that I am still humble.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves the information. We are unable to take it all in.
- Existence
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we take into account the existence of our planet, we have to recognise that we are guests that spend a short and very determined period in this world, and all we leave behind is nuclear waste.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have seen and drawn dying, poisoned worlds. I published a book of drawings called 'Death of Wood' about one such world, on the border between the Federal Republic of Germany and what was then still the German Democratic Republic.
- Hardest Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing film scripts is the hardest thing in the world. A script has to go to five or six drafts, and you need the feedback of other people and to keep coming back with a fresh eye, honing it down.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are very few people who are Asian who have the kind of global reach that I have, not just with Asians but with non-Asians. I've worked hard for what my name represents, my brand, not just in Britain but around the world.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not simply that British films do well at the box office and generate revenue, it's that they provide a window to the world of what Britain and its culture is about.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Britain has nurtured me and made me able to make movies that have travelled round the world.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world is looking for big data scientists, and there just aren't enough to go around.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020