- Look
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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
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Western world, the free world, loses what it cherishes most, and that is freedom and liberty we've seen for a couple of hundred years in this grand experiment that we call democracy.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the political world, the only position I have is voter. I'm not a spokesman for anything.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want a little black girl to pick up my book one day and see herself as the star. I want her to know that she's beautiful, and she matters, and she can have a crazy, magical adventure even if an ignorant part of the world tells her she can never be Hermione Granger.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The power of fantasy is that you can make people understand the deeper realities of our world in a way that they wouldn't normally be able to because of all the things in our world that closes them off.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my perfect world, we'd have one black girl fantasy book every month. We need them, and we need fantasy stories about black boys as well.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to give something to the world that I feel I missed out on as a child, and I want to help people of all races, ethnicities, and orientations understand that no matter what differences we may think we have, everyone is a human, and everyone deserves to be respected and valued.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
A picture book is a small door to the enormous world of the visual arts, and they're often the first art a young person sees.
- Image
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world is a living image of God.
- Demanded
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up a clumsy kid with bad hand-eye coordination. Yet here on El Cap, I felt as though I had stumbled into a world where I thrived. Being up on those steep walls demanded the right amount of climbing skill, pain tolerance, and sheer bull-headedness that came naturally to me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are specific things in our world that are incredibly dangerous. Wingsuit BASE jumping is the very, very top of that. Big alpine climbing objectives are maybe right below that. I've probably had 20 friends die - people who were pretty close to me. I would say about 18 of them were because of snow.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
El Capitan is the most chapping environment in the world: windy, cold, super dry. I wake up twice a night and reapply lotion to my hands. We sand our fingertips to keep them smooth.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any excuse to live in New York and do art. Has to be one of the most rewarding experiences in the world.
- Entertainment World
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- Nov 07, 2020