- 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
- Prove
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a time when a man was so convinced that the world was round that he was determined to prove it.
- Principle
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- Nov 07, 2020
In principle the great religions of the world do not differ as much as they appear to.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a simple girl born and raised in Kansas, I grew up with a learning disability. I was a single mum, and I definitely struggled in a male dominated world. But you need to allow yourself those moments to cry.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe that the world is that crazy that they have nothing to better to do with their time than send me emails and tell me these outlandish stories. So I've started to plot the communities that have come to me on a map.
- Environmental
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- Nov 07, 2020
At least three studies, in the U.S., Canada and Sweden, have linked glyphosate exposure to the disease, and in 2015, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer found glyphosate to be a 'probable' cause of cancer in humans. California's state environmental protection agency has also declared it a probable carcinogen.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I literally have people go, 'Oh my God, you're the Pink Power Ranger' and I'm like, 'I do other things!' But, you know, it's so cool! I saved the world for a year.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're living in a time when the most famous people in the world have no specific skill set and are known for living their lives in front of the world. How strange is that? The appeal makes sense to me - it's like 'The Truman Show,' getting a chance to peak into someone's bedroom or see the way someone fights with their husband.
- Here
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think we are changing the world here, but we might be influencing a perspective.
- Grass Roots
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there's been a major shift in grass roots media because of the Internet and because the geeks and nerds rule the world. They are in control in so many ways.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's the beauty of education, kids taking lessons out of the classroom and back into their own world where they can positively affect their family, their friends, and their greater community.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go back and forth between input phases where I'm reading a lot or trying to get out and explore the world a bit and soak up inspirations and then I'll get back into output mode and write and write and write.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like that 'once upon a time' quality, where the telling of a tale has an elevated sense of story. There's a whimsical quality to it. Sometimes in fairy tales more things seem possible, even though often they're real world based.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's a wonderful sort of feeling when people want to spend more time in a world you created.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have a background in design, so I think it's always about what I see in the world and what inspires me. So yes, I am designing for myself. I'm going through this whole evolution, which is a process of growing up and going from modeling to styling to designing.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020