The world is big enough to satisfy everyones needs, but will always be too small to satisfy everyones greed

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'Rigoletto' has long been one of my favorite operas, and it was on my short list way back when I first talked to Peter Gelb. I started thinking about what I could bring to this masterpiece, which has been seen all over the world for so many years.- Michael Mayer

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Why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice?

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Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. ― Mark Twain

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Every evening, I would excuse myself from playing in the backyard and go inside to watch the evening news... I wanted to get out there and see the world, and as a kid, I knew that Peter Jennings had a thirst and hunger to travel the world, too. - David Muir

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I'm here to change the world, and if I am not, I am probably wasting my time.

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The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness.

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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: He believed in me. — Jim Valvano

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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. ― Leo Tolstoy

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If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it. ― Lucy Larcom

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