Quotes with third-world

Quotes 201 till 220 of 3019.

  • George Bernard Shaw A man's interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Oscar Wilde A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at.
    Source: The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1895)
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Augustus Hare A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm; that after they have lost all they are sure to lose on mixing with the world, enough may still remain to prompt fated support them through great actions.
    Augustus Hare
    English writer (1834 - 1903)
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  • Graham Greene A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous.
    Graham Greene
    English writer (1904 - 1991)
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  • Alan Watts A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.
    Alan Watts
    English philosopher, priest and writer (1915 - 1973)
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  • Malcolm X A new world order is in the making, and it is up to us to prepare ourselves that we may take our rightful place in it.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Joyce Carey A novel points out that the world consists entirely of exceptions.
    Joyce Carey
     
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  • Edmond de Goncourt A painting in a museum probably hears more foolish remarks than anything else in the world.
    Edmond de Goncourt
    French writer and critic (1822 - 1896)
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  • Bill Hader A person being patient with an insane person is my favorite thing in the world.
    Bill Hader
    American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director (1978 - )
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  • Bruce Lipton A person's health isn't generally a reflection of genes, but how their environment is influencing them. Genes are the direct cause of less than 1pc of diseases: 99pc is how we respond to the world.
    Bruce Lipton
    American developmental biologist (1944 - )
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  • Jean de la Bruyère A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Walter Winchell A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
    Walter Winchell
    American newspaper and radio commentator (1897 - 1972)
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  • Bill Owens A renewed commitment to the freedom and opportunity of our people is the touchstone of our time. In this new century, where tests are many and challenges change with the shifting of the wind, we must hold fast to the principles that have made our nation the envy of the world.
    Bill Owens
    American photographer (1938 - )
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  • Joseph Hall A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.
    Joseph Hall
    English bishop and satirist (1574 - 1656)
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  • John Gay A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.
    John Gay
    British playwright and poet (1685 - 1732)
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  • Joan Didion A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty.
    Source: The Year of Magical Thinking (2007) 192
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • Leo Buscaglia A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
    Leo Buscaglia
    American author and motivational speaker (1924 - 1998)
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  • George Washington A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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