"The world, the real is not an object. It is a process."
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"My world's both parts, and 'o! Both parts must die."
"There is in every miracle a silent chiding of the world, and a tacit reprehension of them who require, or who need miracles."
"The world is a great volume, and man the index of that book; even in the body of man, you may turn to the whole world."
"In some parts of the world there is very little tidal movement."
"And my experience in the music scene had shown me that there were places for places in the world where misfits were welcome."
"If men and women are in chains anywhere in the world, then freedom is endangered everywhere."
"Foreign aid is a method by which the United States maintains a position of influence and control around the world"
"Where nature makes natural allies of us all, we can demonstrate that beneficial relations are possible even with those with whom we most deeply disagree-and this must someday be the basis of world peace and world law."
"We must seek, above all, a world of peace; a world in which peoples dwell together in mutual respect and work together in mutual regard."
"In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration."
"Is this Nation stating it cannot afford to spend an additional $600 million to help the developing nations of the world become strong and free and independentan amount less than this countrys annual outlay for lipstick, face cream, and chewing gum?"
"The United States, as the world knows, will never start a war."
"I couldn't go on, too conscious all at once of my whispering, my eternal posturing, always transforming the world with words--changing nothing."
"By saying you don’t care if the world falls apart, in some small way you’re saying you want it to stay together, on your own terms."
"In our hyper-secular world, worship is still inevitable. But it is vital to remember that our gods don't choose us, we choose them."
"It's not fair," I said. "It's just so goddamned unfair." "The world," he said, "is not a wishgranting factory."
"weltschmerz: its the depression you feel when the world as it is does not line up with the world as you think it should be."
"Reading forces you to be quiet in a world that no longer makes place for that."
"There is no denying that we are still living in the capitalist world. I think that in order to survive and to change the world, you have to take care of yourself first. You have to survive yourself."