"My intentions were not to fascinate the world with my personality."
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"With "We Are The World," I can't even eat when I watch that on television. If I'm eatin' some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that."
"It takes a checkbook to change the world"
"When one man of popularity can let the world know the problem, he might lose a few dollars himself. He might lose his life. But he's helping millions."
"I shook up the world."
"If you love God, tear out your heart's love of the world."
"If you think creating a world without any poverty is impossible, let's do it. Because it is the right thing to do."
"He who best knows the world will love it least."
"Let us all reaffirm our commitment to improving the well- being of families throughout the world."
"This is a day on which we pay our respects to those who have endured the unimaginable. This is an occasion for the world to speak up against the unspeakable. It is long overdue that a day be dedicated to remembering and supporting the many victims and survivors of torture around the world."
"On this International Day of Peace, let us dare to imagine a world free of conflict and violence"
"I have to admit I've found myself doing the same things that a lot of other rock stars do or are forced to do. Which is not being able to respond to mail, not being able to keep up on current music, and I'm pretty much locked away a lot. The outside world is pretty foreign to me."
"The world is full of people who are very clever at seeming much smarter than they really are."
"As I change my thoughts, the world around me changes."
"For life in the present there is no death. Death is not an event in life. It is not a fact in the world."
"I love poetry and my country above all else in the world."
"I'm amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me."
"Hands make the world each day."
"As small as a world as large as alone."
"Sex is about timing. The world says: any time, any place. God says: my time, my place."