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World Quotes


"Because, also the world of showbiz is not just black and white, good and bad."


"I should be making plans more for the next world than for this one."


"The consequence of a world full of nuclear powers to me is so incomprehensible in terms of the dangers that that implies."


"What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet, Long live the weeds and the wildness yet."


"I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts."


"The most celebrated system of jurisprudence known to the world begins, as it ends, with a Code."


"Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is not true."


"And you wouldn't believe what a small world it is because everyone seems to know that I was a Playmate. You wouldn't be scared of me, would you?"


"I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world."


"When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it."


"The dollar is currently the principal reserve currency in the world."



"Those who are in vyavahar (worldly interactions), and who are indeed conducting themselves in the vyavahar; are known as worldly people [sansaari]. And 'Siddha' (absolutely enlightened Ones without a body) are not in the worldly conduct whatsoever. Therefore, they are known as the 'non-worldly' people [asansaari]! Then there are those who are in the worldly life and yet whose conduct is not in the worldly life at all; such 'Gnani Purush (the enlightened ones)' are called, 'non-worldly' (asansaari)."


"The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks."


"What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?"


"The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One."


"The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable."


"I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself."


"The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it!"


"The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else doing it wrong, without commenting."


"Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces."


"I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife."


"Somewhere in the world there is an epigram for every dilemma."


"I was an able-seaman, a deck hand. As I say, it's the way to see the world and get paid for it."


"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal."



"There are Anarchists in other parts of the world who are unable to, comprehend the position of the Spanish Anarchists. I do not pretend to censor these Anarchists."


"You start as an audience member and create a world you're interested in, and then you move into the telling of those stories, bringing what has interested you as an audience member."


"I've been very fortunate to be involved in all the Super Bowls, to see some World Series, to cover heavyweight championship fights; I've been to the Olympics and seen every sporting event there is."


"The detached observer's view is one window on the world."


"It's the same with visual arts, you have some really cool, wonderful striking images that make you think and then again you have wonderful striking images that just take you away from the existing world for a second. And I like the latter a bit more."


"There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make."


"Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize."


"The whole world loves a maverick and the whole world wants the maverick to achieve something nobler than simple rebellion."


"They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion."


"It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if we didn't have a salary cap."


"In a perfect world, you would be able to hold onto everyone. But It's not realistic. The changes with NYPD have been progressive and have taken the show to new levels."


"Fondue sets, martini shakers and juicing machines: three things the world could live completely without."


"For me, a hearty "belly laugh" is one of the beautiful sounds in the world."


"This is not bad, but the pace of globalisation has surpassed the capacity of the system to adjust to new realities of a more interdependent and integrated world."



"A novel points out that the world consists entirely of exceptions."
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