World Quotes
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One of the great American tragedies is to have participated in a just war. It's been possible for politicians and movie-makers to encourage us we're always good guys. The Second World War absolutely had to be fought. I wouldn't have missed it for the world. But we never talk about the people we kill. This is never spoken of.
Kurt Vonnegut
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Lack of understanding of interrelatedness has caused numerous divisions and conflicts that are the cause of many major challenges in the world such as war, violence, terrorism, economic disparity, and exploitation.
Lobsang Tenzin
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A television job that's working is the best job in the world.
James L. Brooks
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The old, sad art colors are gone. Now I paint bright colors. I paint paintings which are happy, where children are laughing and playing with animals. I paint paradise on Earth. I still paint sadness sometimes, but there is sadness in the world, too.
Margaret Keane
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When my dad died, my world crumbled.
Lukas Forchhammer Lukas Graham
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Laughter heals all wounds, and that's one thing that everybody shares. No matter what you're going through, it makes you forget about your problems. I think the world should keep laughing.
Kevin Hart
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The world has also learned that economic growth, by itself, cannot close the gap between rich and poor.
Dalai Lama
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You will permit me to say, that a greater drama is now acting on this theatre than has heretofore been brought on the American tage, or any other in the world. We exhibit at present the novel and astonishing spectacle of a whole people deliberating calmly on what form of government will be most conducive to their happiness; and deciding with an unexpected degree of unanimity in favour of a system which they conceive calculated to answer the purpose.
George Washington
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You want a valve that doesn't leak and you try everything possible to develop one. But the real world provides you with a leaky valve. You have to determine how much leakiness you can tolerate.
Arthur Rudolph
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I valued the biblical foundation I got at Biola. I was able to take classes that strengthened my faith and helped me to better understand what I believe and how to, in a practical way, apply my faith in real-world situations.
John Thune
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The world is full of wonderful things you haven't seen yet. Don't ever give up on the chance of seeing them.
Joanne Rowling
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I know what the world is like. Nobody does anything unless there's something in it for themselves. But there are some people who do more than they have to for what they get in return, and those people are kind right to the heart.
Nahoko Uehashi
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Every man, even the most blessed, needs a little more than average luck to survive this world.
Vance Bourjaily
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The comprehensibility of the world seems to me a wonder or eternal secret. Here lies the sense of wonder which increases even more with the development of our knowledge.
Albert Einstein
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There was this book I read and loved,The story of a shipWho sailed around the world and foundThat nothing else existsBeyond its own two sailsAnd wooden shellAnd what is held within.All else is sure to pass.We clutch and graspAnd debate what's truly permanent.
Conor Oberst Bright Eyes
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There are differences in the world community. But we have a common interest in a strong multilateral system.
Joschka Fischer
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That's what I think our jobs as parents are, to educate as much as possible... I tell them to follow their bliss. The people who follow their bliss in this world tend to be the more happier people.
Art Alexakis
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I'm always training to fight the best fighters in the world, and if the UFC wants me to fight Georges St-Pierre, then I will fight him.
Anderson Silva
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The best climber in the world is the one that has the most fun.
Alex Lowe
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Take her away; for she hath lived too long, To fill the world with vicious qualities.
William Shakespeare
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We want to get young people excited about inventing so they'll be future inventors, and change the world.
Bill Nye
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The wider world is a click away, but whether we mean to or not, we're usually filtering it out.
Ethan Zuckerman
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As long as we define stress as how some person or situation is making us feel, we will have to change the world around us to find peace of mind.
Bill Crawford
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It may be that them whose pleasure brings you into this world owes you a living, but it don't mean the world is responsible.
Owen Wister