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Kofi Annan Diplomat, Politician
World

"Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations."

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Loretta Young Actress
World

"I believe that if we have lived our lives fully and well, and have accomplished, at least in part, the things we were put here to do, we will be prepared - mentally, physically and spiritually - for our separation from this world."

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Huston Smith Philosopher
World

"Not only is the destiny of the individual bound up with the entire Church; it is responsible for helping to sanctify the entire world of nature and history."

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Louise Hay Author, Motivational Speaker
World

"If I want to believe that life is lonely and that nobody loves me, then that is what I will find in my world."

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Luke James Singer
World

"I'm willing to go wherever with this because music is everything to me. This is my world and how I see it. My music speaks for me in a way that's relatable and truthful."

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Pablo Picasso Painter, Sculptor
World

"Let them understand above all that the artist works from necessity; that he, too, is a minute element of the world to whom one should ascribe no more importance than so many things in nature which charm us but which we do not explain to ourselves."

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Pam Brown Poet
World

"You are asleep. Deep, deep asleep - and then the world caves in. The cat has leapt from the top window onto your stomach. He is saturated. He is hungry. He taps you into full wakefulness with a sodden paw "Could you open a can?""

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E. M. Forster Novelist, Essayist
World

"The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected."

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Dalai Lama Spiritual Leader
World

"It is our basic right to be a happy person, happy family, and eventually a happy world. That should be our goal."

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