- People
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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
- Contributor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cory Doctorow should be too busy for lunch. He's co-editor of, and a prolific contributor to, one of the most influential blogs in the world, Boing Boing. Over the past decade the Canadian-born writer has published 16 books, mostly science fiction novels. He campaigns vigorously on the politics of the digital age.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you come out of the storms and sub-zero temperatures into a tiny yurt, there's a sense that family love and care is the most important thing in the world.
- Patience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think patience is something that any of us grow up with in a large dose. It's a world of instant gratification.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can see every square metre of the planet on Google Earth. But there is no substitute for that sensory experience of going out into the world and discovering things for yourself.
- Mood
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gradually, I came to know my horses intimately. You go through every mood they experience and come to view the world much like a horse.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Learning of my father's passing at age 55 not only shattered the world, far from home, that had become my reality, but catapulted my childhood and relationship with family - which had felt like another lifetime - into the present.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
What drew me to Kazakhstan was a curiosity to learn about life in this 'middle earth' of steppe between the endless forests of Russia in the north and the world's greatest mountain chains to the south.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The way the world is, I think a silly evening in the theatre is a good thing, to take our minds off terror.
- Medicine
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I've seen a bunch of acupuncturists and one of my sister-in-laws is an herbalist. So I know a lot about alternative medicine. I don't know a lot about the practice but I know about the world.
- Creative
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- Nov 07, 2020
The creative tension with spirituality vs. practicality in the world of politics is a vital conversation.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world's a mean place. It's unfair, then it's fair. It's hateful, then it's loving. It's a very peculiar place on philosophical and metaphysical and religious levels.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
AOL, I think, represented an opportunity for a few things. One is I'm a big believer in the AOL brand, and I think AOL as a brand has touched hundreds of millions of people around the world. Reigniting that brand is a very exciting challenge and a big opportunity.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our nation and those of the developed world must offer our own resistance to despot leaders who seek to commit murder on the basis of religion or race.
- Feet
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- Nov 07, 2020