Khalil Gibran Quotes
The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.
Quotes to Explore
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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.
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I love The Inn at Palmetto Bluff, an Auberge Property in Bluffton, South Carolina. It's a spectacular corner of the world, with massive old trees lined with Spanish moss, and alligators swimming in the river.
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A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world.
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That's the most important thing you do in your life - raise children and try to do the best job as a parent and give your kids the best shot in life to go out there into the big, bad world.
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I tend to lean toward romance, characters, and relationships when I write, so I have to add to the setting elements and world-building when I revise.
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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.
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The acquisition of knowledge - knowledge of both the world and of their own religion - will inoculate young people against extremist ideologies.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?
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I went to a number of foreign countries, and during whenever I went, I would try to go to an orphanage or a home for children. And I was seeing thousands of kids around the world that needed homes.
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I got into journalism not to be a journalist but to try to change American foreign policy. I'm a corny person. I was a dreamer predating my journalistic life, so I got into journalism as a means to try to change the world.
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I have a saying: I try to make the world smaller by making the party bigger.
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We live in a free world, so everyone can say whatever.
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Britain has the most creative, dynamic and nimble fashion industry in the world.
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The world's greatest city - New York City - deserves a government that works for all New Yorkers. That starts with a mayor who is independent from party bosses and special interests, who isn't afraid to be honest with the people, and who is focused on the issues New Yorkers care about most.
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If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.
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Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you.
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We are genuinely in a world that criticises women even when they are going through the biggest physical challenge of their life: pregnancy.
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There's times, in certain songs, that I might be in my own world, and who cares about who's out there, you know? You have a job to do, so you do that job of singing that song or telling that story because that's what you're doing.
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Remember that movie Independence Day, where invaders were coming from outer space and the whole world was united against the invasion? Why can't we be united on behalf of our planet? And that's what I want to do.
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Are we friends? or are we foes? ... That kind of thing... You decide... For yourselves!!!
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In 1986, when I was 21, I lived in Tokyo for four months, boarding with a Japanese family and working for an American company.
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The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.
