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• Some people say Hawaii is spoiled, but I don't think so. It's modern. It's a part of today's world.

  James MacArthur

  Thinking, People, Hawaii

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• In today's world, we all live with the burden of feeling that anything is possible if we're only clever enough, smart enough, work hard enough.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Clever, Smart, Hard Work

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

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• There is such a suspicion in today's world of people who do more than one thing, who aren't specialized.

  Esa-Pekka Salonen

  People, World, Today

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• It's possible in today's world to be instantly famous, whether it's through Instagram or whatever platform it may be, but it's a very different matter to be successful financially and in the long-term

  Anna Wintour

  Successful, Long, Different

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• Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask God to bear witness to the promises we make with the implicit expectation that He will hold us accountable for the manner in which we honor them.

  James L. Buckley

  Expectations, Honor, Promise

  James L. Buckley (2010). “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State”, p.245, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The truth of the matter is that although not all Muslims are terrorists, unfortunately, in today's world, most of the terrorists - 99 per cent - are Muslim.

  Shohreh Aghdashloo

  Today's World, Matter, Terrorist

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• Now more than ever the world has to come together to make changes. Just because certain cultures have had long-standing traditions does not mean that in today's world they are acceptable any longer. The world and the environment are evolving and that means we must change our ways as human beings as well.

  Hayden Panettiere

  Mean, Long, Together

  "Hayden Panettiere Speaks Out on Protesting Dolphin Hunt". people.com. November 2, 2007.

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• Nothing is more inspiring in today’s world of easily dissolved marriages than to observe a husband and wife quietly appreciating and enjoying each other’s friendship year in and year out as they experience together the blessings and trials of mortality.

  Marlin K. Jensen

  Husband, Blessing, Years

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• The flight of most members of a profession to the high empyrean, where they can work peacefully on purely scientific problems, isolated from the turmoil of real life, was perhaps quite appropriate at an earlier stage of science; but in today's world it is a luxury we cannot afford.

  Gerald Holton

  Real, Science, Luxury

  Gerald James Holton (1998). “The Scientific Imagination: With a New Introduction”, p.250, Harvard University Press

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• In today's world, marketers reach inside the home and attempt to figure out not what's good for your daughter, because that is not their business, but what deep desires they can manipulate, stimulate and ostensibly satisfy in order to produce cold, hard cash.

  Maggie Gallagher

  Daughter, Mother, Home

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• With Epcot Center, the Disney corporation has accomplished something I didn't think possible in today's world. They have created a land of make-believe that's worse than regular life.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Life, Believe, Thinking

  P.J. O'Rourke (2012). “Holidays in Hell”, p.160, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• A wider of more altruistic attitude is very relevant in today's world. If we look at the situation from various angles, such as the complexity and inter-connectedness of the nature of modern existence, then we will gradually notice a change in our outlook, so that when we say 'others' and when we think of others, we will no longer dismiss them as something that is irrelevant to us. We will no longer feel indifferent.

  Dalai Lama

  Change, Wise, Wisdom

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• In today's world, when many of yesterday's fashionable habits are today's misdemeanors, we should rejoice that a chocolate dessert can bring so much innocent pleasure.

  Marcel Desaulniers

  Food, Yesterday, Chocolate

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• Our new world rests on order. The danger is disorder. And in today's world, it can now spread like contagion.

  Tony Blair

  Order, Today's World, Danger

  Address to Congress Accepting Congressional Gold Medal, delivered 17 July 2003, Joint Session of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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• In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases.

  Ron Wyden

  Country, Thinking, Drug

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• The late Estee Lauder says you can never wear white shoes after Labor Day. But of course, in today's world, that does not exist.

  Andre Leon Talley

  Shoes, White, Labor Day

  "A history of the little black dress" by Ann Hoevel, www.cnn.com. October 2, 2012.

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• But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers.

  Armistead Maupin

  Communication, Opportunity, Phones

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• The most impactful way consumers can assert their power is to become mindful shoppers, giving their dollars only to socially responsible companies. In today’s world of social media and smart phones, this is easy to do.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Smart, Phones, Media

  "10 Actions Consumers Can Take to Reinvent Capitalism" by Simon Mainwaring, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 7, 2011.

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• A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding.

  Lara St. John

  Men, Battle, Prejudice

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• I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.

  Damien Hirst

  Light, Yesterday, Tools

  "Damien Hirst: 'I still believe art is more powerful than money'". Interview with Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2012.

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• I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.

  Gary Chapman

  Thinking, Self, World

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• But then he told himself: What does it really mean to be useful? Today's world, just as it is, contains the sum of the utility of all people of all times. Which implies: The highest morality consists in being useless.

  Milan Kundera

  Mean, People, Doe

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• It is not very practical in today’s world when you tour all over the place having a big band.

  Andy Summers

  Band, World, Today

  "Andy Summer The Police Interview From Noise11.com Archives". Interview with Paul Cashmere, www.noise11.com. April 25, 2016.

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• In today's world of technology we should no longer be using outdated paper processes to accomplish tasks such as requisitions, reports, approvals, and purchase orders

  Mark Cuban

  Technology, Order, Tasks

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• It has been wisely said that you can take a child of God, put him in a dungeon with a Bible and a candle and lock him away, and he will know more about what's going on in today's world with the Word of God than all the pundits in Washington.

  Adrian Rogers

  Children, Dungeons, Locks

  Adrian Rogers, Steve Rogers (2012). “What Every Christian Ought to Know”, p.20, B&H Publishing Group

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