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World Quotes - Page 227

The Compleat Angler is acknowledged to be one of the world's books. Only the trouble is that the world doesn't read its books, it borrows a detective story instead.

Stephen Leacock, Robertson Davies (1981). “The Penguin Stephen Leacock”, Penguin ; Markham, Ont. : Penguin Books Canada

This physical world, though necessary to our evolution, is the embodiment of impermanence, of constant change. Thus, we take care not to become overly attached to it.

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (2003). “Dancing with Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism”, p.51, Himalayan Academy Publications

I want to be a superhero. Maybe I'll be a bartending superhero who shakes martinis to save the world.

"Talking About Alcohol with Shanola Hampton". Interview with Mark Svartz, www.esquire.com. January 25, 2013.

So India’s problem turns out to be the world’s problem. What happened in India has happened in God’s name. The problem’s name is God.

"Religion, as ever, is the poison in India's blood" by Salman Rushdie, www.theguardian.com. March 8, 2002.

I almost never start with an image. I start with a painting idea, an impulse, usually derived from my own world.

Robert Motherwell, Dore Ashton, Jack D. Flam, Albright-Knox Art Gallery (1983). “Robert Motherwell”, Abbeville Pr