Anne McCaffrey Quotes
I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens.
Quotes to Explore
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Hamas says in its charter they want to see a world without Israel. They want to obliterate Israel.
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I want to have some effect on the way the world works in whatever way I can, and I also want to have the power to help get the movies that I think are important made.
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I love this planet... I want to see the environment preserved and I want to see the human race preserved. And I'd like to see everybody living decently in a more equitable, kind-hearted, thoughtful, generous world.
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I live a half mile from the San Andreas fault - a fact that bubbles up into my consciousness every time some other part of the world experiences an earthquake. I sometimes wonder whether this subterranean sense of impending disaster is at least partly responsible for Silicon Valley's feverish, get-it-done-yesterday work norms.
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If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.
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The sort of man you will make of yourself, how you will be regarded by the world, whether people will admire and respect or despise you, whether you win the approval or the condemnation of your Maker - all this is in your own hands.
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I have been fighting climate change for two decades, and people often ask me how I remain hopeful in the face of extreme weather and grim forecasts. The answer is simple: I see countless solutions spreading across the nation and across the world. But we need more investment.
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One of the things I like best about Netflix is that they make projects like 'Beasts of No Nation.' It's a film about a reality in an African country where kids were being used to be soldiers in a war. And it made so much sense to me as a citizen of the world.
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My autobiography is a digressive illustration and exemplification of what race has meant in the world in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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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.
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I want to do everything in the world that can be done.
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My time at Shell was a most valuable experience because it taught me to look at the world in a long-term way. Shell takes a 20-year view on events and plans for different scenarios. It makes you see the world as a kind of large matrix.
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The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.
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Who is that person that comes around and says, 'You are OK, you are worthy, you are special?' That makes all the difference in the world for many of us. Those are the people we appreciate the most.
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As a child, I went to peace and ERA marches on the back of my mom and grandmother. Through them I learned that I wanted to find a way to make the world a more kind, compassionate place.
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It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you. It's what you leave behind you when you go.
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May books spread the world over!
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The first time I heard Richard Pryor, I knew he would be a major force in the world of comedy.
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They say that spring Means just one thing To little lovebirds. We're not above birds, Lets misbehave.
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Once you're in a position where you can choose to not be around toxic environments, just do that as much as you can.
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Nike was the essence of sports, transcendence through sports.
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I wanted to live the inner life of every man I saw, look at the world through his eyes.
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I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens.
