Will Durant Quotes
I have tried to be impartial, though I know that a man's past always colors his views, and that nothing else is so irritating as impartiality.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.
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Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.
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I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.
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We're fortunate enough to live on a planet that's bathed in thousands of times more energy than we use and that's stocked with thousands of times more water, raw materials, and even food-growing potential than we need.
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When you're on a movie set and you are hopefully making a comedy, everyone's stifling their laughter. You're looking at the crew guys, hoping someone is making that face like, and not like, this is not working out, man.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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If we had this back, and in full measure; if society were infused by it, through and through, and men lived its life, and in its life, philosophy would take care of itself and the nature of our institutions would not matter.
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All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important.
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As kids, we have all handled shot guns. From there on, there is no transition. It stays in the toy box. The idea is to get the transition and bridge the gap between the toy box and the shooting range.
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That's a comic cover's job: Attract someone's attention and persuade them to try the issue out.
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Books and harlots have their quarrels in public.
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God knows, we don't want prayer.
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To be political means to speak out, to risk being called 'catty', or worse. I don't hear men worrying about whether they may be right or not. They enjoy the fight, whether it is with words or fists. Women still tend to shy away from controversy, to be uncomfortable with competition.
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When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
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I thought I saw him for what he was-or what I thought he was. And he was talented, no doubt about that. But, he thought his talent was based on misery and that if he became happy it would just go. He believed that.
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NHL clubs have not wanted to go to the Olympics, and we have been saying that for months if not years.
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That famish'd people must be slowly nurst, and fed by spoonfuls, else they always burst.
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At the heart of my argument is the view that religious faith, far from being inevitably on the side of the status quo, should on principle hold this world to higher standards.
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I had this radical idea that the police should obey the law. My view was that any human system without adequate checks and balances will tend towards corruption and abuse. That's why you have meat inspectors. Not because you hate butchers, but because of an understanding of human nature.
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There's a fun, nostalgic aspect to Legos - people connect to the art on a different level. But it's also a medium that lets me design anything I can imagine. I especially enjoy creating curvy forms using rectangular pieces. Up close, you notice the sharp angles, but when you back away, the corners blend into curves.
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The future is taking shape now in our own beliefs and in the courage of our leaders. Ideas and leadership - not natural or social "forces" - are the prime movers in human affairs.
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I have tried to be impartial, though I know that a man's past always colors his views, and that nothing else is so irritating as impartiality.
