- Environmental
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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
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
A kid in Minecraft can build a world and inhabit it through play. We have the possibility to build the world that we want to inhabit.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People who passionately want to believe that the world is basically simple react to this with a fury that goes beyond what I consider appropriate for discussing a programming language.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't expect people to get me. That would be quite arrogant. I think there are a lot of people out there in the world that nobody gets.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we don't have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to other people. We don't even have an army. So it's sort of like an all-around good, innocent place.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a great tennis career. I have no regrets. But to find peace with yourself, and to finally be with your family - I'm probably the happiest guy in the world.
- Global Warming
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- Nov 07, 2020
So it's mainly a question of helping the Third World overcome the effects of global warming.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, the world is full of problems. But on the other hand it's important to get the sense... are we generally moving in the right direction or the wrong direction?
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Global warming is real - it is man-made and it is an important problem. But it is not the end of the world.
- Compatible
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tentatively believe in a god. I was brought up in a fairly religious home. I think the world is compatible with reincarnation, karma, all that stuff.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an old member of Greenpeace. I worried intensely, as I think most of my friends did, that the world was coming apart.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
When thinking about the future, it is fashionable to be pessimistic. Yet the evidence unequivocally belies such pessimism. Over the past centuries, humanity's lot has improved dramatically - in the developed world, where it is rather obvious, but also in the developing world, where life expectancy has more than doubled in the past 100 years.
- Environmental
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the rich world, the environmental situation has improved dramatically. In the United States, the most important environmental indicator, particulate air pollution, has been cut by more than half since 1955, rivers and coastal waters have dramatically improved, and forests are increasing.
- Criticism
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- Nov 07, 2020
Religion is the root of so much misery in the world, and I've always thought there is lack of criticism against it.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020