World Quotes
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There's a natural set of constraints with mobile phones that force you to be a better photographer by acknowledging and observing the world around you.
Kevin Systrom
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Hitler was such an anomalous character - he was so over-the-top chaotic in his approach to statesmanship, his manner and in the violence which overwhelmed the country initially. I think diplomats around the world... felt like something like that simply would not be tolerated by the people of Germany.
Erik Larson
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The most miserable pettifogging in the world is that of a man in the court of his own consciences.
Henry Ward Beecher
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Careers in virtually all academic disciplines are fostered by being a superstar who knows more about one subject than anyone else in the world.
Philip Zimbardo
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I gravitate to the world's outcasts.
John McAfee
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Home is now behind you, the world is ahead!
J. R. R. Tolkien
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One of the happier ironies of recent history is that even as Tibet is being wiped off the map in Tibet itself, here it is in California, in Switzerland, in Japan. All over the world, Tibetan Buddhism is now part of the neighborhood. In 1968, there were two Tibetan Buddhist centers in the West. By 2000, there were 40 in New York alone.
Pico Iyer
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It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes.
Svetlana Alliluyeva
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Being a caretaker is, and never will be, an easy job; in fact, it is that hardest job in the world and many times a thankless job. You have to be the pillar of strength even when you feel like you are crumbling to pieces inside.
Jenna Morasca
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It's extremely exciting to be part of a world premiere here at Arena.
Jayne Houdyshell
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The world doesn't see a lot of gray. The world sees black and white, and then it understands.
George C. Wolfe
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I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population - and gave birth to the whole world. Without them writing and being directors, the rest of us are not going to know the whole story.
Jane Campion
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Christ's work is a kind of deterrent to us, and a way of upholding the justice of God's divine government of the world.
Oliver D. Crisp
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Despair and bitterness are not the only songs in the world.
Stephen R. Donaldson
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The Lord did not people the earth with a vibrant orchestra of personalities only to value the piccolos of the world. Every instrument is precious and adds to the complex beauty of the symphony.
Joseph B. Wirthlin
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Irish women are always carrying water on their heads, and always carrying their husbands home from pubs. Such things are the greatest posture-builders in the world.
Peter O'Toole
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Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.
Italo Calvino
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Nothing in the world is so incontinent as a man's accursed appetite.
Homer
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Money is what allowed the division of labor to extend beyond the confines of a small town to cities, nations, and ultimately the entire world.
Yaron Brook
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My husband, who's the greatest actor in the world, can do anything. Look at what he did in The Critic and Oedipus. In every role he gets-he did this in Richard the Third-there's nothing he can't do, nothing. Just nothing.
Vivien Leigh
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I've always been interested in invisible worlds, and I like to visit digital worlds, you know, any world that's imposed on us.
Leos Carax
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conventional English usage, including the generic use of masculine-gender words, often obscures the actions, the contributions, and sometimes the very presence of women. Turning our backs on that insight is an option, of course, but it is an option like teaching children that the world is flat.
Casey Miller
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There are scientists all around the world looking for the genes responsible for bipolar illness and major depression.
Kay Redfield Jamison
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Science is you! It's your head, it's your dog, it's your iPhone - it's the world. How do you see that as boring? If it's boring, it's because you're learning it from a textbook.
Mary Roach