- Me
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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
- Business World
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people confuse confidence with arrogance. There's no doubt in the business world there are a few big egos and I think arrogance can get in the way. But if you have the confidence to go to your higher superior and say this is wrong, it can make a difference.
- Ocean
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think you can ever get closer to the natural world, than just a man - as in mankind - in an ocean, just you and it. It's not about conquering the ocean, it's about working with it.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have spent time in many of the world's popular wilderness locations and I would say Nepal should be proud. It is an example of man repairing the damage he has done.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had enough of the bleak headlines and divisive politics, dark TV dramas and hate-filled social media. I'm embracing a new movement with a slightly ridiculous name and a single mission, to make the world a better place. It's called 'hopepunk'.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd love to go to a remote part of the world or maroon myself on a tropical island, and shoot the whole thing myself. I've always adventured with other people and I'd like to spend some time completely on my own.
- Lego
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lego for many parents is the antithesis of the high tech world. We are desperate to wean our little ones away from the tablets and into the bricks.
- Discipline
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where once Lego offered a whimsical form of escapism into the world of the subconscious, encouraging creativity and imagination, it's transformed into a rigid 'box ticking' discipline where children are encouraged to build by conformity.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I was lucky to come of age in a place and time - the American South in the 1960s and '70s - when the machine hadn't completely taken over life. The natural world was still the world, and machines - TV, telephone, cars - were still more or less ancillary, and computers were unheard of in everyday life.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel that we are currently living in a world that is similar to late '50s, early '60s kind of world.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I agree, the world would be a better place if doctors were less enthusiastic about adopting very new drugs.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
In an ideal world, you might imagine that scientific papers were only cited by academics on the basis of their content. This might be true. But lots of other stuff can have an influence.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Data is the fabric of the modern world: just like we walk down pavements, so we trace routes through data, and build knowledge and products out of it.
- Finding
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- Nov 07, 2020
My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
- Art World
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- Nov 07, 2020
The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can't have both.
- Critical Mass
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- Nov 07, 2020
With communication technology in general, there's a kind of certain critical mass of people. Once you get to 15% of the world's entire population using one communication technology, that's a big deal. It's beyond the theoretical at this point. The people who think it's a fad have probably not been paying that much attention.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American people are among the most productive in the world. We have the best technologies. We have great universities. We have entrepreneurs.
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- Nov 07, 2020