World
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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
Terrorists, in ungoverned spaces, disseminate poisonous propaganda and training materials to attract troubled souls around the world to their cause.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
As a child, I was consumed with a near-obsessive curiosity about what the world felt like for other creatures.
To a billion people around the world surviving on just a dollar a day, the question of what to eat tonight is more about life and death than about recipes. The struggle of poor people around the globe weighs heavily on me, especially now that I am a mother, which is why I work with Oxfam.
Having a baby on my own is a dream come true, but in my world, there's no sheepish spouse on his way home from a work trip to offer me a stretch of alone time.
During World War II, law-abiding Japanese-American citizens were herded into remote internment camps, losing their jobs, businesses and social standing, while an all-Japanese-American division fought heroically in Europe.
The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars and the selfish hide in high places.
First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.
Once, in a magazine interview, I said the difference between shoe ladies and bag ladies is that shoe ladies are just a bit classier. Finished! That started World War III among all the women I knew. I only meant that shoes do more for your look and body than bags do!
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
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 myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence.
I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.
We live in a diverse society — in fact, a diverse world — and we must learn to live in peace and with respect for each other.
No other planet in the solar system is a suitable home for human beings; it's this world or nothing. That's a very powerful perception.
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