Quotes with around-the-world

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  • Barry Humphries Oddly enough, Dame Edna is not interested in show business. Her friends in Los Angeles are mostly in the world of petroleum. She used to have some acting friends. Sadly, Joan Rivers has passed on. Larry Hagman was a close friend. A number of others.
    Barry Humphries
    Australian comedian, actor, artist, and author (1934 - 2023)
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  • Molière Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
    Molière
    French playwright (ps. by J. B. Poquelin) (1622 - 1673)
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  • Laurence Sterne Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!
    Laurence Sterne
    British author (1713 - 1768)
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  • Charles Sawyer Of all the forces that make for a better world, none is so indispensable, none so powerful, as hope. Without hope men are only half alive. With hope they dream and think and work.
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  • John S. Bonnell Of all the riches that we hug, of all the pleasures we enjoy, we can carry no more out of this world than out of a dream.
    John S. Bonnell
    American pastor
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  • Barbara Amiel Of course the barbarians' aim of world domination has not escaped the attention of the Europeans, perhaps because unlike us they are closer to the walls.
    Barbara Amiel
    British journalist, writer, and socialite (1940 - )
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  • Alan Moore Of course, Marxism is an example of what Carl Popper would have called a 'World Three' structure, in that it's got immense power as an idea, but you couldn't actually hold up anything in the world and say: 'this is Marxism'.
    Alan Moore
    English writer (1953 - )
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  • Bjorn Lomborg Of course, the world is full of problems. But on the other hand it's important to get the sense... are we generally moving in the right direction or the wrong direction?
    Bjorn Lomborg
    Danish author (1965 - )
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  • Barack Obama Of course, there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power. I, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal, and will actively pursue it through non-military means. But broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • George Orwell Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Oh, fear not in a world like this, and thou shalt know erelong, know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • A. E. Housman Oh, when I was in love with you
    Then I was clean and brave,
    And miles around the wonder grew
    How well did I behave.

    And now the fancy passes by
    And nothing will remain,
    And miles around they'll say that I
    Am quite myself again.
    A Shropshire Lad (1896)
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Billy Eckstine Oh, yeah. I know Dizzy. For years he's been my buddy way, way, way back. Dizzy is one of the most astute guys and one of the most learned guys in the world and knows exactly what he's doing musically.
    Billy Eckstine
    American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader (1914 - 1993)
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  • Eric Hoffer Old age equalizes - we are aware that what is happening to us has happened to untold numbers from the beginning of time. When we are young we act as if we were the first young people in the world.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are the fruits of its age.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Caity Lotz On 'Death Valley,' I fought this werewolf, and he was picking me up and slamming me down. They put padding down in the garbage so he could really slam me down. They're flying around and I'm doing these jumping flying triangles pulling the guy down. It's just fun.
    Caity Lotz
    American actress, dancer and singer (1986 - )
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  • Boris Spassky On the other hand, chess is a mass sport now and for chess organisers shorter time control is obviously more attractive. But I think that this control does not suit World Championship matches.
    Boris Spassky
    Russian chess grandmaster (1937 - )
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  • Casey Stoner Once I decided to retire from bikes, there was no thought to go racing again. I wanted to have a full year off and maybe even see the world a bit.
    Casey Stoner
    Australian professional motorcycle racer (1985 - )
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  • Bruno Tonioli Once I moved to London I thought it was unbeatable. I work a lot in L.A. and love it, but would never give up London. It's a true world city, with an energy that's unique.
    Bruno Tonioli
    Italian choreographer and dancer (1955 - )
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