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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
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I certainly have an advantage over some because I can pass on so much from the World Cups I played in.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Things are neither clear nor clean in the world of football right now and many people recognise this reality.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like English football, always have. It's just that people go on about the World Cup in 1986 and then I'm seen as the real bad boy.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen - me or Pele. Everyone would say me.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody in Argentina can remember 'the hand of God' in the England match in the 1986 World Cup. Now, in my country, the 'hand of God' has brought us an Argentinian pope.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Profound questions regarding the purpose of life have led many individuals and families throughout the world to search for truth. Often that search has led them to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and to the restored gospel.
- Blessed
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was younger, I was impressed by those who were educated, accomplished, successful, and applauded by the world. But over the years, I have come to the realization that I am far more impressed by those wonderful and blessed souls who are truly good and without guile.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
After the turmoil of the Second World War, my family ended up in Russian-occupied East Germany. When I attended fourth grade, I had to learn Russian as my first foreign language in school. I found this quite difficult because of the Cyrillic alphabet, but as time went on, I seemed to do all right.
- Experiencing
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- Nov 07, 2020
At a time when many churches throughout the world are experiencing significant decreases in numbers, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - though small in comparison with many others - is one of the fastest growing churches in the world. As of September 2013, the Church has more than 15 million members around the world.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a young boy, during the aftermath of World War II, Germany was broken and in ruins. Many people were hungry, sick, and dying. I remember well the humanitarian shipments of food and clothing that came from the Church in Salt Lake City.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played in bombed-out houses and grew up with the ever-present consequences of a lost war and the awareness that my own country had inflicted terrible pain on many nations during the horrific World War II.
- Moral
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
Basketball Without Borders is a leadership camp that takes basketball to different places around the world, to Africa, Europe, America and Asia. It's a camp that brings players from different parts of the continent to one city that's been assigned as the host city. We've been going to a different city every year.
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