Corners Of The World Quotes

• Come the three corners of the world in arms, and we shall shock them.

  William Shakespeare

  War, Three, World

  'King John' (1591-8) act 5, sc. 7, l. 112

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• This England never did, nor never shall,
  Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror,
  But when it first did help to wound itself.
  Now these her princes are come home again,
  Come the three corners of the world in arms,
  And we shall shock them. Nought shall make us rue,
  If England to itself do rest but true.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Home, Feet

  'King John' (1591-8) act 5, sc. 7, l. 112

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• This England never did, nor never shall,
  Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Memorable, Feet

  'King John' (1591-8) act 5, sc. 7, l. 112

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• Those people work more wisely who seek to achieve good in their own small corner of the world ... than those who are forever thinking that life is in vain, unless one can. do big things.

  Herbert Butterfield

  Time, Attitude, Thinking

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• Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.

  Rick Riordan

  World, Littles, Remakes

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• FRYING-PAN, n. One part of the penal apparatus employed in that punitive institution, a woman's kitchen. The frying-pan was invented by Calvin, and by him used in cooking span-long infants that had died without baptism; and observing one day the horrible torment of a tramp who had incautiously pulled a fried babe from the waste-dump and devoured it, it occurred to the great divine to rob death of its terrors by introducing the frying-pan into every household in Geneva. Thence it spread to all corners of the world, and has been of invaluable assistance in the propagation of his sombre faith.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Long, Baptism, Cooking

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.91, University of Georgia Press

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• For when the heart insists on its destiny, resisting the general blandishment, then the agony is great; so too the danger. Forces, however, will have been set in motion beyond the reckoning of the senses. Sequences of events from the corners of the world will draw gradually together, and miracles of coincidence bring the inevitable to pass.

  Joseph Campbell

  Heart, Destiny, Agony

  Joseph Campbell (2008). “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”, p.196, New World Library

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• For too long, the U.S. has been operating upon the premise that American men and matériel should be capable of reaching and controlling all corners of the world. This was a bully’s universe.

  Ilana Mercer

  Men, Bully, World

  "Putin Saves Us From Ourselves". www.wnd.com. March 22, 2012.

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• Islamist-jihadist terrorism-a plague that has spread to almost every corner of the world-creates painful dilemmas for the peoples and decision makers who confront it. Its rapid, shape-shifting advance has sometimes confounded efforts to comprehend its origins, motives, and aims. Its sophistication in exploiting liberal values poses challenges and difficulties for the Western world, and for liberal democratic states in general, in attaining effective and balanced counter-terrorism policies.

  Boaz Ganor

  Effort, Decision, Challenges

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• Vaudeville could not vouch for the honesty, the integrity, or the mentality of the individuals who collectively made up the horde the medium embraced. All the human race demands of its members is that they be born. That is all vaudeville demanded. You just had to be born. You could be ignorant and be a star. You could be a moron and be wealthy. The elements that went to make up vaudeville were combed from the jungles, the four corners of the world, the intelligentsia and the subnormal.

  Fred Allen

  Stars, Honesty, Integrity

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• I'm trying to learn from various corners of the world.

  Yuri Milner

  Trying, World, Various

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• Much is written about wine ... of its makers, its nuances, its myths. The white hot center of each wine’s mystery lies in humble corners of the world, where growers pour their intention, their character and their love of labor into each wine.

  Greg Brown

  Lying, Wine, Humble

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• The preppy look has gone global- every corner of the world interprets it in a different way.

  Tommy Hilfiger

  Different, Looks, Gone

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• And in time it will be as though men had never come to this perfect corner of the world-never called it paradise on earth, never despoiled it with their dream factories; and in the golden hush of the afternoon all that will be heard will be the flittering of dragonflies, and the murmur of hummingbirds as they pass from bower to bower, looking for a place to sup sweetness.

  Clive Barker

  Dream, Men, Paradise On Earth

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• I shall clasp my hands together and bow to the corners of the world. May your villages remain ignorant of tax collectors, and may your sons be many and ugly and strong and willing workers, and may your daughters be few and beautiful and excellent providers of love gifts from eminent families that live very far away, and may your lives be blessed by the beauty that has touched mine. Farewell.

  Barry Hughart

  Love, Beautiful, Daughter

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• It is Japan's mission to be supreme in Asia, the South Seas and eventually the four corners of the world.

  Sadao Araki

  Japan, Sea, World

  "Japan and the Defence of Australia" by Edmund Leolin Piesse, (p. 15), 1935.

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• I don't think anything can substitute long talks, and long talks are somehow never as easy to schedule again as they were in school, when most people - at least in my little socioeconomic corner of the world - live not with their families or sexual partners, but with same-sex friends. I really miss that from college. I never really thought at the time about how things would never be that way again.

  Elif Batuman

  Sex, School, College

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Impunity should be condemned in any corner of the world.

  Rigoberta Menchu

  World, Should, Impunity

  Source: www.indians.org

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• God knows just the place where you'll be placed. He has a barren living room in desperate need of warmth and joy. A corner of the world needs some color. He selected you with that place in mind.

  Max Lucado

  Color, Joy, Mind

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• Human rights are not the preserve of Western activists: The definition must extend to encompass the right to the dignified life; the right to send your kids to school, for that child to get health care, for access for greater prosperity for generations to come and to have a say in the destiny of your community and country. Under that definition, Rwanda has nothing to learn from advocacy groups who think they own the copyright on what constitutes human rights under all conditions in every corner of the world.

  Paul Kagame

  Country, Children, School

  "Exclusive interview: Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda". Interview with Tony Metcalf, www.metro.us. August 29, 2012.

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• An unnoticed corner of the world suddenly becomes noticed, and when you notice something clearly and see it vividly, it becomes sacred. (On Robert Frank's photography)

  Allen Ginsberg

  Photography, World, Sacred

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• Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world.

  Barbara Boxer

  Democracy, World, Who We Are

  "Press Conference With Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) And Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH)". Press Conference, www.globalresearch.ca. January 6, 2005.

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• All the beautiful corners of the world are the greatest mind and body healers!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Beautiful, Mind, World

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• That corner of the world smiles for me more than anywhere else.

  Horace

  World, Corners

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• An English university is a sanctuary in which exploded systems and obsolete prejudices find shelter and protection after they have been . hunted out of every corner of the world.

  Adam Smith

  Education, Prejudice, World

  Adam Smith (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Adam Smith (Illustrated)”, p.1761, Delphi Classics

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