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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
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first ascent of Everest came at a time when humanity needed relief from two world wars. It was a unifying and inspiring event, signifying the drive to reach our greatest potential.
- Perspective
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- Nov 07, 2020
Perhaps you could say that mountaineers are driven by ego or our competitiveness, but there's a lot more to it than that. Whether it's a huge face in the Himalaya or some crag in the woods behind your house, exploration offers us a unique perspective on the world that you can't really find anywhere else.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here at home, we're in a world of right angles and human construct, so whether it's cement or plastic or steel, everything is at an angle. But nature is chaos theory in full play. So having that uniqueness of what nature is gives me a sense of rejuvenation and scale.
- Christians
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- Nov 07, 2020
Perhaps the gravest under-publicized atrocity in the world is the persecution of Christians.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
For all history up to the end of the Cold War, summit meetings were historic and dramatic occasions, when leaders who controlled the destiny of much of the world met to change the world.
- Been
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- Nov 07, 2020
For decades, I have been a militant anti-declinist in terms of America's place in the world.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
All my life, Americans have been accustomed to thinking of theirs as 'the richest, freest' country in the world. By most measurements, it was long a contender for that honor, and - among the larger countries, if equal weight were given to wealth and indices of freedom - probably did deserve to be so described.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no good reason for our cattle producers to have such limited market access. Our beef is the best in the world, and we need to be allowed to reach global markets.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, half the joy of achieving has been the struggle and the fight, the pitting myself against the world and all its competition - and winning.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to play Martin Luther King. That is absolutely a role and a character who is important to the landscape of the world that I really want to play.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Technically, my first acting job was in one of my videos for a song called 'Retrospect For Life,' which Lauryn Hill directed and featured an actress by the name of N'bushe Wright, who played my girlfriend who was about to be pregnant. I remember being so nervous about it, but now I feel like I can conquer the world with it.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's why I named my album 'Finding Forever,' because that's what I was thinking about: What did I want to contribute to this world that would live beyond my physical existence?
- Impact
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- Nov 07, 2020
The impact of a conscious artist is necessary, and it ripples through the world.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can always spot an Australian queen by her high, high end wig. Australian drag queens have the best hair in the world - the best.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020