World
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In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
We want a world where life is preserved, and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not only for the privileged.
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.
Nothing the European mind ever devised was meant to do anything but to facilitate the European's control over the world.
Everyone finds justification for his or her views in logic and analysis, but a personal philosophy often emerges from some archaic part of the mind, an early idea of how the world should be.
The world only goes round by misunderstanding.
The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'
The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
Hard work opens doors and shows the world that you are serious about being one of those rare — and special — human beings who use the fullness of their talents to do their very best.
Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world.
If you can reach out and touch and love and be with wildlife, you will forever be changed, and you will want to make the world a better place.
Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child's eye — it is very beautiful.
Global poverty is a complex web of interlinked problems. There is no one 'silver bullet' that will solve global inequality. Multiple contributing factors must be tackled in parallel. Yes, education alone is unlikely to lead to employment without economic reform to address the demand side in much of the developing world.
The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world — Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon — there are more Muhammads than anything else. When I joined the Nation of Islam and became a Muslim, they gave me the most famous name because I was the champ.
The world's most famous and popular language is music.
Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.
Terrorists, in ungoverned spaces, disseminate poisonous propaganda and training materials to attract troubled souls around the world to their cause.
You look at things you enjoy in your life, but much more important is what you can do to make the world a better place.
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