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Worldly Quotes (page 475)

In a world where billions believe their deity conceived a mortal child with a virgin human, it's stunning how little imagination most people display. Chuck Palahniuk
Why, man alive, Laura! Just look about you a little. What do you see? A world full of common people! All of 'em born and all of em' going to die! Which of them has one-tenth of your good points! Or mine! Or anyone else's, as far as that goes - gosh! Everybody excels in some one thing. Some in many! Tennessee Williams
Guy Debord quote: "In a world that has REALLY been turned on its head, truth is a..."
In a world that has REALLY been turned on its head, truth is a moment of falsehood. Guy Debord
It was a matter of perspective, I began to see. The whole world was crazy; I'd flattered myself by assuming I was a semifinalist."-- Dolores Price Wally Lamb
Sherman Alexie quote: "The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with..."
The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don't know. Sherman Alexie
We were all fated to die, and so it is good that at least we can be sure our deaths today might bring about a good end, might make the world a better place. Orson Scott Card
As a writing man, or secretary, I have always felt charged with the safekeeping of all unexpected items of worldly and unworldly enchantment, as though I might be held personally responsible if even a small one were to be lost. E. B. White
Margaret Drabble quote: "Too much of the world was inhospitable, intractable... Why..."
Too much of the world was inhospitable, intractable... Why prove that it had ever once been green? Margaret Drabble
There's a lot of people saying we'd be better off dead. I don't feel like a satan but I guess I am...keep on rockin' the free world. Neil Young
Doug Coupland quote: "Compromise is said to be the way of the world and yet I find..."
Compromise is said to be the way of the world and yet I find myself feeling sick trying to accept what it has done to me. Doug Coupland
Meg Cabot quote: "The THE TABLOIDS are always going to be a war for POPULARITY..."
The THE TABLOIDS are always going to be a war for POPULARITY in the CELEB world. Meg Cabot
There isn’t a nightclub in the world that you can sit in for a long time unless you can at least buy some liquor and get drunk. Or unless you’re with some girl that really knocks you out. J. D. Salinger
A man should begin with his own times. He should become acquainted first of all with the world in which he is living and participating. He should not be afraid of reading too much or too little. He should take his reading as he does his food or his exercise. The good reader will gravitate to the good books. He will discover from his contemporaries what is inspiring or fecundating, or merely enjoyable, in past literature. He should have the pleasure of making these discoveries on his own, in... Henry Miller
But it gradually seemed to me that I'd made myself believe something that wasn't true. I'd made myself believe that I was fine and happy and fulfilled on my own without the love of anyone else. Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very interesting, and some people went there, but I never would. I'd spend all my life without ever going to China, but it wouldn't matter, because there was all the rest of the world to visit... And I thought: am I really going... Philip Pullman
Humphrey Bogart quote: "the problems of three little people in a big world don't add..."
the problems of three little people in a big world don't add up to much Humphrey Bogart

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