World Quotes
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One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its nature, he will suffer great pain. Another man understands that nature of the river is to change constantly, regardless of his likes and dislikes, and therefore he does not suffer. To know existence as this flow, empty of lasting pleasure, void of self, is to find that which is stable and free of suffering, to find true peace in the world.
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There's no doubt in the world that I am the biggest 'Doctor Who' fan.
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People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world.
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The world we live in is a house on fire and the people we love are burning.
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Can any thing in this world be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth can come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster?
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Population control is not an issue involving contraceptives for third world women. It is an issue of ecological justice.
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I can't start my day without hearing 'Waiting On the World to Change' by John Mayer. It's my alarm clock and my favorite song.
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There's a fine line between imagination and reality. An inventor dreams something up, and pretty soon, it's there on the table before him. A science-fiction writer envisions another world, and then some space probe finds it. If you believe in something strongly enough, I think you can make it happen.
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The world is not thy friend, nor the world's law. - Romeo
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Whether you and I and a few others will renew the world some day remains to be seen. But within ourselves we must renew it each day.
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I know sport can change the world, and that matters to me.
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For those of us in the financial world, Black Friday has a strong negative connotation, referring to a stock market catastrophe.
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Economic privation proceeds by easy stages, and so long as men suffer it patiently the outside world cares little.
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Six is a number perfect in itself, and not because God created the world in six days; rather the contrary is true. God created the world in six days because this number is perfect, and it would remain perfect, even if the work of the six days did not exist.
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I am a father, I am very aware of the things that I'm putting out in the world knowing that one day my children will watch the work that I've done. I want to be able to stand by it.
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I was always an MMO fan. I'm playing 'World of Warcraft' in the clubhouse, and J.D. Drew and Coco Crisp saw me playing. They came over and got interested, and they wound up creating accounts.
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One thing is certain: Nothing will set you apart from culture more than the exclusive claims of Christianity. And it is here that we must intentionally set ourselves apart-because if we do not, we will have no message for the world!
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The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like.
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I rarely go into a shop on holiday, because fashion and design are what I'm involved in every day. I need another world.
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Every theory presented as a scientific concept is just that; it's a theory that tries to explain more about the world than previous theories have done. It is open to being challenged and to being proven incorrect.
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I think that I find a lot of my healing out in the world.
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Busyness, I feel increasingly, is the writer's curse and downfall. You read too much and write too readily, you become cut off from your inner life, from the flow of your own thoughts, and turned far too much towards the outside world.
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Whatever has value in our world now does not have value in itself, according to its nature - nature is always value-less, but has been given value at some time, as a present - and it was we who gave and bestowed it.
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I wanted to write about looking at the world, so it's more about helping people, or persuading people, to see what is around us; both the marvellous and the terrible.
