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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
- Fitness
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember Simon O'Donnell being struck with cancer during Australia's 1987 World Cup campaign. I know very well what it is like to have a teammate who has been struck with a potentially fatal disease. He fought through: managed to get himself back to 100% fitness and back to playing again.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have stayed in lots of great hotels around the world, and the Plaza Athenee is definitely one of my favourites.
- Rest
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- Nov 07, 2020
When things don't go well, it helps to think of yourself as a genius and the rest of the world as a bunch of idiots.
- Honesty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really distinguish between sympathy and honesty when I'm writing. The two go together - I'm interested in inhabiting my characters, seeing the world through their eyes.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's wonderful to save the world, but you need to be part of the world, too.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My theater nerd world and my comic friend world are colliding... That's the thing that I was nerdy about, was theatre. I wasn't as much into the comic book stuff. So it's fun to see there are people that are into that that are also theatre nerds like me.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved acting, and then acting led to writing, and writing led to directing, and directing lead to five movies, and I feel like the luckiest guy in the world.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been a history buff. It was one of the few subjects at school that really, really caught me. I think you'll find a lot of actors will be interested in history because it sparks your imagination so much. When you enter a period of history, your imagination just goes wild in creating the world, which is really what acting is.
- Forget
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- Nov 07, 2020
I forget what I wore for my first encounter with Mark Zuckerberg. I know it wasn't a suit - that would have seemed out of place in the rigorously casual world of Facebook. I probably wore what I usually wear, a pair of jeans and a Gap T-shirt, maybe my black sneakers.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is hard to decide whether Mark Zuckerberg is the most interesting boring person in the world or the most boring interesting one.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great character actors are now the actors whose work has the element of ritual sacrifice once claimed by the DeNiros of the world, as well as the element of danger - the actors who thrill us by going for broke.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bob Dylan is either the most public private man in the world or the most private public one. He has a reputation for being silent and reclusive; he is neither.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every celebrity has become a celebrity because of sex and money. But few celebrities like talking about either sex or money; they would rather talk about ideas, or ideals, or solving the world's problems - all against a backdrop of sex and money.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, Google specializes in coming up with ideas, professes the highest ideals, and is dedicated to solving the world's problems.
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- Nov 07, 2020