"There were but two families in the world, Have-much and Have-little."
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"We were meant to influence the world, not have the world influence us."
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"We must never be afraid to be a sign of contradiction for the world."
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"There is nothing so patient, in this world or any other, as a virus searching for a host."
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"For businessmen, the world is a bale of banknotes in circulation; for most young men, it is a woman; for some women, it is a man; and for others it may be a salon, a coterie, a part of town or a whole city."
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"If I could get that girl [Courtney Love] to publish her poetry, the world would change."
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"Out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. They're cheap and totally inefficient, and they sound like crap and are very small."
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"[She was] kept there in the sort of embrace a man gives to the dearest creature the world holds for him."
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"Remember that what you have is unique because it's your own special way of looking at the world."
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"When we change our thoughts, we can truly change the world."
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"When you find Peace within, you create a Peaceful world around you."
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"There ought to be only one large art warehouse in the world, to which the artist could carry his art-works and from which he could carry away whatever he needed. As it is one must be half a tradesman."
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"It occurred to her suddenly, sharply, that she wanted to be in love... She wanted not to feel so damned alone in the world."
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"Twitter's a great way to tell people across the world what I care about and, hopefully, motivate them to join me in furthering my causes. It's also a fantastic medium to hear the ideas and opinions of people I might not otherwise get to meet."
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"There were initiatives I have remained involved with in the U.S. and in the Middle East, like the Peace Corps, which might be summed up as, "Ask not that the world serve you, but ask what you can do to serve the world.""
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"I ask permission to be like everybody else,like the rest of the world and what's more, like anybody else:I beg you, with all my heart,if we are talking about me, since we are talking about me,please resist blasting the trumpet during my visitand resign yourselves to my quiet absence."
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"The work of a garden bears visible fruits-in a world where most of our labours seem suspiciously meaningless."
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"Really unreal world, will you perhaps do the breathing for me while I am away?"
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"A world of made is not a world of born"
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"yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skilfully curled) all worlds"
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