Better Place Quotes - Page 9

• My daddy expected that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He had lived in an America of continual social progress.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Brother, Our Generation, America

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• Britain's an island; it's always had a constant ebb and flow of immigration - it makes it a better place.

  John Lydon

  Islands, Ebb And Flow, Immigration

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• If this world is going to be a better place for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it will be women who make it so.

  Isabel Allende

  Grandchildren, World, Ifs

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• People don’t find the personal lives of people with much, much more power than any celebrity would have — don’t find their personal lives interesting. I think if you put the lives of people who controlled billions of dollars on the front news of every single paper, the world would be a better place. It’s the spin culture. If you took away publicists and things and people spoke for themselves, then they’d have to be responsible for their words.

  Robert Pattinson

  Thinking, People, Interesting

  "Robert Pattinson Interviews on 'GMA,' Jodie Foster Defends Kristen Stewart " by Jordan Zakarin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 15, 2012.

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• There is nothing like a newborn baby to renew your spirit - and to buttress your resolve to make the world a better place.

  Virginia Clinton Kelley

  Baby, World, Spirit

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• If we all make a concerted effort and try to improve the life of someone else, then this world would be a better place to live in.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Basketball, Effort, Trying

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• If you intend to go to work there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to go to work, you can not get along anywhere.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Work, Where You Are, Can Not

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.374, Jazzybee Verlag

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• After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and all the pomp and fanfare has faded, the enduring things that are left are: the dedication to excellence, the dedication to victory, and the dedication to doing with our lives the very best we can to make the world a better place in which to live.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Cheer, Dedication

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.261, McGraw Hill Professional

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• I believe we've... we've worked very hard with the Iraqis to build a better place ever since the fall of Saddam's government.

  John Abizaid

  Military, Believe, Fall

  Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 4, 2004.

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• If you are an entrepreneur planning to start your own company, I can't think of a better place to begin than by operating your business by the Golden Rule. Make this a high priority; never make a decision that contradicts the Golden Rule.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Women, Thinking, Priorities

  Mary Kay Ash (1995). “Mary Kay, You Can Have it All: Lifetime Wisdom from America's Foremost Woman Entrepreneur”, Prima Lifestyles

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• We all have an obligation as citizens of this earth to leave the world a healthier, cleaner, and better place for our children and future generations.

  Blythe Danner

  Children, Future, Responsibility

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• Be compassionate, and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much a better place.

  Morrie Schwartz

  Responsibility, Helping Others, Would Be

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• Here, then, is what I wanted to tell you of my architecture. I created it with courage and idealism, but also with an awareness of the fact that what is important is life, friends and attempting to make this unjust world a better place in which to live.

  Oscar Niemeyer

  Badass, Bad Ass, Important

  "The Curves of Time: The Memoirs of Oscar Niemeyer". Book by Oscar Niemeyer, 1998.

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• The common denominator is that we want to make the world a better place, for women and for everybody, and we do it through sport.

  Lyn St. James

  Sports, World, Want

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• Sergey and I founded Google because we're super optimisitc about the potential for technology to make the world a better place. Think about how many people are underserved by transportation today, like those with disabilities, and how self driving cars will transform their lives. Or the wasted time you sit in your car every day commuting to and from work. Or the deaths and injuries that could be avoided.

  Larry Page

  Optimistic, Technology, Thinking

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• Find what it is you love to do and do it well. Make the world a better place.

  Keter Betts

  Carpe Diem, World, Wells

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• Play hard, work hard, love hard. . . .The bottom line for me is to live life to the fullest in the here-and-now instead of a hoped-for hereafter, and make every day count in some meaningful way and do something-no matter how small it is-to make the world a better place.

  Michael Shermer

  Meaningful, Atheist, Live Life

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• All men should be feminists. If men cared about women's rights, the world would be a better place

  John Legend

  Independent, Men, Rights

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• You need eight hugs a day. You'll be happier and the world will be a better place.

  Paul J. Zak

  Valentines Day, Motivation, Inspiration

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• I believe that if you die trying to be your best, the world is still a better place.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Believe, Nfl

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• I think there are many feminists who would say that I am not a feminist. I love women, I have a lot of girlfriends, I admire them, they make so much more sense to me than men, and I feel like the world is a better place when women are in charge. So that kind of by default makes me a feminist. I love working in a female world.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Girlfriend, Men, Thinking

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• I've been kind of lucky. I've always just kind of followed whatever my passion was, and that seems to have led me to better places than if I had followed some career trajectory, which I wouldn't even know how to start.

  Nat Wolff

  Passion, Careers, Lucky

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Find it within you to love exactly who you are and to know you're capable, you're loved and you're beautiful. The world is a better place, because of you! You are unique, because there is only ONE of you!

  Shantel VanSanten

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

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• Having traveled across America and to 24 counties as the first-ever UN Youth Champion, I’m inspired by the desire of young people everywhere to make the world a better place. At GimmeMo’, our goal is to build a global community of enlightened young people — those who wish to be the change they wish to see in the world, to borrow a phrase from Gandhi — and to raise awareness surrounding some of the biggest challenges that Millennials face both in the U.S. and around the world.

  Monique Coleman

  America, People, Goal

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• I couldn't imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.

  Ava Gardner

  Australia, World, Film

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