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"The businessmen of the world who are not taking environmental matters seriously are just wasting money, aside from damaging the environment it's wasting money and in this economic climate you just can't afford to do that."
"There is nothing permanent in the world except change."
"The world is poor for him who has never been sick enough for this 'voluptuousness of hell"
"The world stands on absurdities, and without them perhaps nothing at all would happen."
"It is easier for a Russian to become an atheist than for anyone else in the world."
"I'm extremely happy about music altogether, and the history that I've made. How I changed the world, music-wise, music over the internet and stuff like that."
"I am the infinite sea, and all worlds are but grains of sand upon my shore."
"In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid."
"Here is a bold embrace of internationalism. Let's join the rest of the world and go metric."
"We have turned away from the natural world. Instead, it's all about money and power."
"The better world we want is coming. It's just waiting for us to stop at nothing."
"If I don't show the world growth, how are we going to grow?"
"If we behave like those on the other side, then we are the other side. Instead of changing the world, all we'll achieve is a reflection of the one we want to destroy."
"It is easier to conquer than to administer. With enough leverage, a finger could overturn the world; but to support the world, one must have the shoulders of Hercules."
"As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor."
"America is still the No. 1 killer in the world."
"Life is brief, even at its longest. Whatever you are going to do with your life, get at it. All good will be attacked. All values must be defended. In all areas of the human existence, what we put into this world, we get back from it."
"On top of the world, or in the depths of despair."
"Food is strength, and food is peace, and food is freedom, and food is a helping hand to people around the world whose good will and friendship we want."
"A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder. Fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won."
