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I feel strikingly domestic. We're in our own world with two busses and trucks.

The mind of man has perplexed itself with many hard questions. Is space infinite, and in what sense? Is the material world infinite in extent, and are all places within that extent equally full of matter? Do atoms exist or is matter infinitely divisible?

James C. Maxwell

The numbers may be said to rule the whole world of quantity, and the four rules of arithmetic may be regarded as the complete equipment of the mathematician.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

Yes, I have had difficult times on court and at certain tournaments but you need to forget about it and go forward because that's the way it works in our world.

This trophy is so special in the world of tennis and it feels great.

Amelie Mauresmo

Tennis

World

As soon as I became old enough to make my dreams my reality, I became a firm believer that the subconscious and the world outside of our flesh and blood is essentially the truth.

But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers.

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.

Armistead Maupin

People

World

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

W. Somerset Maugham

Habits

World

Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.

W. Somerset Maugham

Consequences

World

My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.

The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.