- Legacy
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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
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have the best job in the world. I wake up every morning energized at the thought of running Rio de Janeiro, the most exciting city on the planet.
- Financial Stability
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The epic story of the West is the development in the 19th century of a mass prosperity the world had never seen and its near-disappearance in one nation after another in the 20th.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not truth, but faith, it is that keeps the world alive.
- Nov 07, 2020
The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
To sum up, what has been our policy? We looked for and found friends all throughout the world.
- Being Prepared
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now, the entire world community recognizes Georgia. We are members of the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Everything is being prepared so that we will soon enter the European Union.
- Ocean
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I have the best job in the world. Seventy-one percent of the planet is covered by water, we've explored less than five percent of the ocean, and there are so many fabulous discoveries that have yet to be made.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I go out in the open ocean environment, virtually anywhere in the world, and I drag a net from 3,000 feet to the surface, most of the animals - in fact, in many places, 80 to 90 percent of the animals that I bring up in that net - make light. This makes for some pretty spectacular light shows.
- Opinions
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- Nov 07, 2020