Will Durant Quotes
It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.
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I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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For me, 'Moby-Dick' is more than the greatest American novel ever written; it is a metaphysical survival manual - the best guidebook there is for a literate man or woman facing an impenetrable unknown: the future of civilization in this storm-tossed 21st century.
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People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me is that if it's nasty, I then have to go and have a look, even though actually I don't want to know.
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For any couple, once you delve into the idea of non-monogamy, you're entering pretty frightening territory.
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He was about building up the Trump name and then selling it and leasing it in as many different ways as possible.
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Napster has pointed the way for a new direction for music distribution, and we believe it will form the basis of important and exciting new business models for the future of the music industry.
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My brother and I had many games. We were inseparable. We had a little team going on between us. We had even a language that was kind of like pig latin. So we'd speak in the language. It's called Op.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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Political theatre presents an entirely different set of problems. Sermonising has to be avoided at all cost. Objectivity is essential. The characters must be allowed to breathe their own air. The author cannot confine and constrict them to satisfy his own taste or disposition or prejudice.
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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
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Everyone has something that they desperately need that makes them feel good, that they don't want anything to get in the way of. Whether it's a man's golf game, whether it's a woman's cooking. I have a friend who has to clean. She's addicted to cleaning.
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Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.
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I sing a lot, so if I have lipstick, it gets all over the microphone, so I rarely wear lipstick.
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People want opportunity so they can earn security.
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I do think grand gestures are a hit and miss, especially for girls.
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Can ye fathom the ocean, dark and deep, where the mighty waves and the grandeur sweep?
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To speak specifically of our problem with the Muslim world, we are meandering into a genuine clash of civilizations, and we're deluding ourselves with euphemisms. We're talking about Islam being a religion of peace that's been hijacked by extremists. If ever there were a religion that's not a religion of peace, it is Islam.
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I don't have any regrets about not having had children. What's the point? It's just something else to beat yourself up over.
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Women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours-ambition is the serious business of life.
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The Chinese government learnt how to manage the Internet from Western developed countries; we have not learnt enough yet.
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I don't really mind what people say about my love life or anything like that, but the one thing is that, yes, I do sing and write all my own music. That is something that I hold really dear. And yeah, I made a fool of myself in front of the world, but it was also great to pick myself back up and go on tour.
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You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air.
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It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.
