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World Quotes


"One of the things I learned from working on the Olympics was, the world does not need another big multimedia show."


"There are so many unpleasant things in the world already that there is no use in imagining any more."


"And I wasn't convinced that I was the most talented person in the world."


"Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place."



"If it's flipping hamburgers at McDonald's, be the best hamburger flipper in the world. Whatever it is you do you have to master your craft."



"The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself."



"A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it."


"Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward."



"The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong."



"I have the world's largest collection of seashells. I keep it on all the beaches of the world... perhaps you've seen it."


"We're rapidly approaching a world comprised entirely of jail and shopping."


"There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers."


"Because as an only child, you have your own little world."



"It's become more and more of a priority for me to tread as lightly as possible in the world."


"Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done."


"Where do you go when you're the best in the world? What's next?"



"Everything we did was criticized. For about thirty years we lived with the world against us, accusing us of things we didn't do!"


"The reaction to this album has just been fabulous around the world... and I've had offers to perform from around the world and I'm tempted to do it. I've got itchy lips."


"You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays."


"It's a dog eat dog world, and Mr. Perfect is a Milk Bone."



"I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly."


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



"The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera."


"It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world."


"So, through playing with Cop I realized that there is a potentially interested audience out in the world."


"Everything's very perfectly balanced; for all the horrible things in the world there's lots of good things."


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


"The world is like a little marsh filled with mint and white hawthorn."


"Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me."


"To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual."


"The last thing we need is to turn in on ourselves rather than face us up to what we have to do in the world."


"Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords."


"It makes me so desperately sad to witness just how unforgivably wretched our world has become."


"We have to deal with the world as we find it. The world of what it takes to get this done."


"As I get older, I get smaller. I see other parts of the world I didn't see before. Other points of view. I see outside myself more."



"The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it."
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