- Lose
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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
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a world view, Darwinism cannot of course be refuted, since Faith is, always has been, and always will be, stronger than facts.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
He will therefore seek to establish for his country in the eyes of the world, such a character as shall make her not unworthy of the name of a Christian nation.
- Forget
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- Nov 07, 2020
Christians are as subject to complacency as anybody else, and we can certainly settle into repetition and forget that something radical and extraordinary is being asked of us as well - that we hold to an extraordinary promise about how, from moment to moment, something enters the world and enters us, after which everything is different.
- Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must get away from the idea that America is to be the leader of the world in everything.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never... it's a hard thing: when I think about projects, I don't come off something and go, 'I really want to make a sci-fi film next,' or 'I really want to do a political thriller next.' It's really coming across - I'm really fascinated, partly by world building, but also about the character and what the journey is.
- Nov 07, 2020
In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to whom the idea first occurs.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college.
- Days
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ten Days That Shook The World, by Eisenstein, I went to see it, and I was so impressed with this film, so impressed with what cinema could do.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first thought of the idea for 'Sweet Valley High,' I loved the idea of high school as microcosm of the real world. And what I really liked was how it moved things on from 'Sleeping Beauty'-esque romance novels where the girl had to wait for the hero. This would be girl-driven, very different, I decided - and indeed it is.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went through college in the 1960s without having any idea that I was going to have to make a living. When I graduated in 1968 it was quite a shock to find out that there was a world out there and that it wasn't going to support me.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am always fascinated by the way kids create their own world. That is something I am very attentive to anywhere I go.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a tendency around the world today to copy TV culture. And that is not always a virtue.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020