Nevil Shute Quotes

The thing most worth doing in this modern world is to create jobs that men can work at, and be proud of, and make money by their work.

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• The thing about 'Dark Knight' is its objective is to set Batman into your world, so that you can imagine the moral dilemmas he faces are exactly parallel to moral dilemmas that you would face in this world, today, if you were out there fighting crime dressed like a bat.

  

  Zack Snyder
  • World
  • Today
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• I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best.

  

  Gabrielle Giffords
  • World
  • Community
  • Best

• Your generous part in my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of the fact, that the United States are resolved not to allow the despots of the world to trample on oppressed humanity.

  

  Lajos Kossuth
  • World
  • Taken
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• Through a painting we can see the whole world.

  

  Hans Hofmann
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• The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world.

  

  Gary Oldman
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  • America
  • Democracy

• If there's anything that would unite the world, it would be music.

  

  Leighton Paul Walsh
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  • Music
  • Unite

• Well, we've made huge strides since the 1990 World Cup, USA '94, and obviously since '98. Unfortunately, those strides only register with the public once every four years.

  

  Lamar Hunt
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  • Years
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• Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.

  

  Babe Ruth
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  • Game
  • Best

• The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.

  

  Dalai Lama
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  • Problem
  • Best

• I was very shy, but when I performed, I felt like I was in my own little world. I became more confident. Dancing taught me discipline and to feel comfortable in my own skin.

  

  Olga Fonda
  • World
  • Discipline
  • Comfortable

• I want to work with the best coaches in the world.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • World
  • Work
  • Best

• I want simply to learn about the world and live freely.

  

  Laura Dekker
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  • Live
  • Learn

• In 'Roma,' I wanted to get across the idea that underneath Rome today is ancient Rome. So close. I am always conscious of that, and it thrills me. Imagine being in a traffic jam at the Coliseum! Rome is the most wonderful movie set in the world... As was the case with many of my film ideas, it was inspired by a dream.

  

  Federico Fellini
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  • Movie
  • Today

• My mother was American, and my father was from the Caribbean, and there was a big open door into the world of humanity and music.

  

  Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
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  • Music
  • American

• I am perhaps the oldest musician in the world. I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life, and to say things to the world that are true.

  

  Pablo Casals
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  • World
  • True

• A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • Time
  • World
  • Heart

• One of the greatest fears of the Arab world is a direct conflict between Israel and the Islamic State.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • World
  • Conflict
  • Greatest

• The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world.

  

  Keinan Abdi Warsame
  • People
  • World
  • Voice

• And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your lawyer.

  

  Barney Frank
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  • Chance
  • Lawyer

• Classics can be phenomenal when done right. A simple roast chicken dish could be the best thing you ever eat.

  

  Joe Bastianich
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  • Simple

• If you and I had a relationship, and I like to dance and you don't, will that affect our relationship? If I push you and push you, maybe you'll learn to dance, but more likely, that will move you away from me.

  

  Randa Haines
  • Relationship
  • Dance
  • Learn

• I want someone who is open-minded, dedicated to whatever she is doing and isn't afraid to say I love you. As for looks, she shouldn't have three heads. I want a regular human being.

  

  Kevin Eubanks
  • She

• Our revenue commissions are very happy and very clear that they showed no sweetheart deals and no preference for any company and never do and never have and never will.

  

  Enda Kenny
  • Happy

• The thing most worth doing in this modern world is to create jobs that men can work at, and be proud of, and make money by their work.

  

  Nevil Shute
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