Around The World Quotes - Page 18

• Traveling around the world during the World Cup in 2006, I was thinking, 'Wow, this is such an incredible and global event.'

  Jehane Noujaim

  Thinking, Events, World

  "15 Questions with Jehane Noujaim". Interview with Synne D. Chapman, www.thecrimson.com. May 14, 2008.

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• I never really expected "Hurricane" to be censored and banned around the world, but I think the good thing that came from it was that it created a dialogue, a conversation, a debate and a discussion. And that's a great thing. It brought all of us together in a unique way. And it made us look a little deeper in ourselves. I think it's a good thing.

  Jared Leto

  Thinking, Unique, Together

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• I am someone who's very positive about business, as a social Democrat. I do like the safety net of the welfare system and people setting things and creating business, and that's what I try to do with my own work: export it around the world from the U.K.

  Eddie Izzard

  Creating, People, Safety

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• America cannot do most of what needs to be done alone. You need friends. And we have good friends around the world. We have friends with whom we share values in Europe and Asia - thanks to the forward march of democracy - in Latin America, in Africa, and increasingly in the Middle East.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Latin, Good Friend, Europe

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• You've got to remember that films don't lead the way. People think that films are trying to lead society. Mostly, they're reflecting the moods and thoughts that are going on in the country or around the world.

  George Clooney

  Country, Thinking, People

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• I'm blown away. I'm flabbergasted the president [Barack Obama] made the phone call to Rouhani after 30-plus, `79, 33 years or so. And there's a reason we haven't negotiated with Iran, because they're state-sponsored terrorists. They're the central bank for terrorism around the world.

  Barack Obama

  Iran, Years, Phones

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• She [my mother] said, "You are fiercely protective of your inventions because you are your fans." She helped me understand my own feelings. When someone has pulled the wool over my eyes, I feel that they have pulled the wool over the eyes of millions of fans around the world. She helped me to forgive. You can't force people to have the same world consciousness and awareness as you do.

  Lady Gaga

  Mom, Eye, People

  "Lady Gaga On Love and Lies". Harper’s Bazaar Interview, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 5, 2014.

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• I think it is important first of all that the president of the United States underscores our commitment to partnering with countries around the world, even though we're not intimidated by terrorist organisations.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Commitment, Thinking

  "Full transcript of BBC interview with President Barack Obama". Interview with Jon Sopel, www.bbc.co.uk. July 24, 2015.

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• I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.

  Al Sharpton

  Thinking, Creating, Allies

  Source: www.npr.org

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• There is a kind of silver spiderweb that's spun around the world, and the strands of that web are certain loves and certain understandings. And if we follow those, and if we walk those strands, we're going to meet others at the intersections who have been walking the same way across this web. And when we meet, there's a kind of "I know who you are."

  Richard Bach

  Understanding, World, Way

  Interview with Michael Peter Langevin, www.inner-growth.info.

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• I got tired of my taxes paying for exciting little wars around the world. Then I discovered that when I died, my wife would probably have to sell our house to pay for the taxes in America.

  Terry Gilliam

  War, Tired, America

  "Terry Gilliam’s Three-Reel Circus". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. December 16, 2009.

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• When I was young I was very close to my parents. I never liked staying at my mates' houses, I always wanted to be with my parents and then suddenly at 17 I was like, "Oh well, maybe I should just move half way around the world."

  Gregg Sulkin

  Moving, Parent, House

  "Interview – Gregg Sulkin returns in Wizards of Waverly Place". Jewish News Interview, jewishnews.timesofisrael.com. May 22, 2013.

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• Consumers around the world always want something unexpected and exciting, and that's what drives me. I love the challenge of reinterpreting my designs in new ways each season to keep the "prep look" modern and fresh.

  Tommy Hilfiger

  Want Something, Design, Challenges

  "Hilfiger vs Nadal". Vanity Fair interview, www.vanityfair.com. September 22, 2015.

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• The feeling that dreams show us the real nature of reality is something that's shared by many indigenous groups around the world.

  Stanley Krippner

  Dream, Real, Feelings

  Source: cynthiasuelarson.wordpress.com

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• I love performing so much! The joy is to have the opportunity to be able to perform all around the world.

  Hiromi

  Opportunity, Joy, Able

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• Football is a game that fascinates people around the World like nothing else.

  Berti Vogts

  Football, Games, People

  Source: www.china.org.cn

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• The living environment is the biosphere, the thin layer around the world of living organisms. We're part of that. Our existence is dependent on it in ways that people haven't even begun to appreciate. Our existence depends not just on its existence, but its stability and its richness.

  E. O. Wilson

  People, Appreciate, World

  Source: blog.cleveland.com

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• President Obama has been a disaster for America. He's wrecked our economy, saddled our children with more debt than America managed to rack up in 225 years, and gone around the world apologizing for our country - as if the greatest nation in the world needs to apologize for being a land of opportunity and freedom, which we were before Obama became president.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Children, Opportunity

  Source: www.thedailybeast.com

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• If Hollywood is the global producer for [media] products all around the world, that's of concern. If all audiences around the world know of America is what they see from Hollywood, then we're in trouble.

  Arthur Dong

  Media, America, Hollywood

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Very good training to just be a person is growing up in Canada. People say a lot of things about Canada, like that it's boring, but if you look around the world, you can praise boring. It's a very civilized place to grow up. I'm very proud of it.

  Mike Myers

  Growing Up, People, Training

  Source: collider.com

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• The whole transgender movement idea is happening in waves around the world. Some areas of the world are further along politically than others. The economy has a lot to do with that, as does moral or religious climate.

  Kate Bornstein

  Religious, Ideas, Climate

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• One of the gladdest moments of human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of habit, the leaden weight of routine, the cloak of many cares and the slavery of home, man feels once more happy.

  Richard Burton

  Travel, Home, Journey

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• People come from around the world and can understand each other without even speaking the same languages!

  Sergei Bubka

  Talking, People, World

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• We are so appreciative of the men and women in uniform who are protecting us, whether in Afghanistan or Iraq or on ships around the world. For our security, they are taking the offensive to the terrorists overseas.

  George Allen

  Men, Iraq, World

  George Allen (2006). “George Allen: A Senator Speaks Out on Liberty, Opportunity, and Security”, p.188, Xulon Press

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• Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances.

  Bruce Beresford

  World, Opera, Popularity

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