- Face
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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought depression was the part of my character that made me worthwhile. I thought so little of myself, felt that I had such scant offerings to give to the world, that the one thing that justified my existence at all was my agony.
- Chunk
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a really hard time after 9/11. I was basically living across the street from the World Trade Center, and a big chunk of debris fell on top of my building, and the roof caved in. I thought I was going to die. Really. I'd never thought that before, but on that day I sat there and thought 'I cannot believe it's going to end this way.'
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a small world. No matter what the circumstances, be nice to everyone, as you never know who you're going to see again.
- Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
Who wouldn't want to play the leader of the free world?
- Dividing
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing is that you won't get climate action without equity, and Greens around the world have always understood this. This has been the dividing point between the green party of France and Emmanuel Macron: You can't get climate policy without equity.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
You write the way you think about the world. My motto in times of trouble - and I'm speaking of life, not writing - is 'no humor too black.'
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a memory of my fourth-grade self wanting to be the first woman president of the United States, but I think that has a lot more to do with my love of world records and reference books than a love of serving my country.
- Smart
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- Nov 07, 2020
In today's world, we all live with the burden of feeling that anything is possible if we're only clever enough, smart enough, work hard enough.
- Nov 07, 2020
You have what is right in front of you. You survive and you have your family. That's the whole world.
- Dog
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sayles could pull a performance out of a dog. I'm serious. He was just amazing. The world could fall apart and he remained on neutral.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My sisters are very academically inclined so whenever they would fix me up, it would always be from someone in their world, people they would find attractive. When they came to the door in suits, it was over.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it is such an amazing moment when people realize what they are and what they can be, and they start putting themselves out into the world. I think you can see it in people when it's happening. They look different.
- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think everybody can be beautiful. Anybody can have beauty. It's about how you look at the world, in a way, and how you treat yourself.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020