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If you took away everything in the world that had to be invented, there'd be nothing left except a lot of people getting rained on.
For the only way in which a durable peace can be created is by world-wide restoration of economic activity and international trade.
Language is a window into human nature, but it is also a fistula, an open wound through which we're exposed to an infectious world.
Being fed, and having a soft bed, and other people being in charge, seemed the most wonderful prospect in the world at that moment.
When I first met him, he did not care if a friend did not fit into his world, because at that time his world had not been born yet.
The United States happens to be the only state in the world that has been condemned by the World Court for international terrorism.
It always shocked me when I realized that I wasn’t the only person in the world who thought and felt such strange and awful things.
It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world.
There is no surer evidence of an unconverted state than to have the things of the world uppermost in our aim, love, and estimation.
The man gave a shrug which indicated that, although the world did indeed have many problems, this was one of them that was not his.
You love each other – anyone can see that, looking at you – that kind of love that can burn down the world or raise it up in glory.
But in this world nothing is sure but death and taxes. [Fr., Mais dons ce monde, il n'y a rien d'assure que le mort et les impots.]
In the beginning I didn't want to do a menswear collection. It felt a little forced. And then I found that it was an amazing world.
Although attempting to bring about world peace through the internal transformation of individuals is difficult, it is the only way.
You get World Peace through Inner Peace. If you've got a world full of people who have Inner Peace, then you have a Peaceful World.
Every startup has a chance to change the world, by bringing not just a new product, but an entirely new institution into existence.
Youth should be radical. Youth should demand change in the world. Youth should not accept the old order if the world is to move on.
You can make the best show in the world, but if people don't actually turn it on and see it, they'll never know it's the best show.
I want the people of New York to be an example to the rest of the country, and the rest of the world, that terrorism can't stop us.
The more you think about it, the more amazing the everyday world of human beings becomes: most of it doesn't actually exist at all.
The great wisdom traditions of the world all recognize that the main impediment to living a life of meaning is being self-absorbed.
If the church is to impress the world with the deathless hope of the everlasting Gospel, she must be animated by that hope herself.
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.
What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait
In the world we live in, what we know and what we don't know are like Siamese twins, inseparable, existing in a state of confusion.
It's true that America can't solve every problem, but I don't know of any major problem in the world that can be solved without us.
To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.
Doing more with less, is a crucial principle to learn; especially if you're going to be in business in this rapidly changing world.
You want to be influenced by the world because it has so many cool things about it, but it also has a bunch of bad things about it.
It's not all fine and dandy, but a smile can go a long way. Show some love, be patient, and this world will be a much better place.
When I die, the world dies with me. I'd really like to leave it better than how I found it and I'm doing what I can to effect that.
When we step out of our normal world and leave behind us all the usual barriers and prejudices, we tend to become more adventurous.
One thing that does confuse me, is that there are more religions in this world than ever, yet there's only supposed to be one God.
Don't sit and wait - For the world on a plate - (It's not a stroke of luck or chance) - Just draw a bead on that sucker, and drive!
North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.
The main question raised by the thriller is not what kind of world we live in, or what reality is like, but what it has done to us.
The producers had seen "In a World..." and that's where they found me out and consequently sought me out for this role [in Man up].
You have to let the world speak to you and then you speak, you know, so I'm in that moment now where I'm finding the world's voice.
There are 200 million poor in the world who would gladly take the vow of poverty if they could eat, dress and have a home like I do
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
We can't do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves.
CONVICTIONS are lessons learned from experiences we’d never want to go through again, but wouldn’t trade for anything in the world.
It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.
The whole world has changed, so you just stay current with the world. There's nothing different in my language of how I say things.
If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse.
Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school.
A writer must have all the confidence in the world when writing the first draft and none whatsoever when editing subsequent drafts.
The widening of woman's sphere is to improve her lot. Let us do it, and if the world scoff, let it scoff if it sneer, let it sneer.
What are you afraid of then? Not Being able to see, I think not seeing because your obsessed by something that blots out the world.
It doesn't matter what people say about me, whether they're in Philly, or whether they're in San Francisco... all across the world.