Will Durant Quotes
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Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.
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Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
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I do like being busy. I'm not the kind of person who just sits around and goes to a spa when I'm not working.
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People have crossed the Himalayas in flip-flops seeking a blessing from the Dalai Lama.
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Is an out-of-control life challenge making you feel 'out of control' over your entire life? If so, stop lying around doing nothing. Stop sleeping late. Stop watching too much TV. Start recognizing that this lack of a disciplined schedule will only increase your feelings of being out of control of your life.
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When I first went to 'National Geographic,' I thought I was the least qualified person to step through the doors. But because of my parents and the culture of continual learning they imposed on us, I later came to believe I was the most qualified person who ever worked there.
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I didn't grow up a huge fan of the Western genre because there was never a female character to relate to or look up to.
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The government must adopt a rights-based approach that speaks to the needs and aspirations of surrogate mothers, children born out of surrogacy, and all individuals who want access to altruistic surrogacy services.
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Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere.
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I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.
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It is from the traditional family that we absorb those universal ideals and principles which are the teaching of Jesus, the bedrock of our religious faith. We are taught the difference between right and wrong, and about the law, just punishment and discipline.
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All you do is head straight for the grave, a face just covers a skull awhile. Stretch that skull-cover and smile.
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True happiness Consists not in the multitude of friends, But in the worth and choice.
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Now I lay me down to sleep Knowing that your lenses peep Now I eat my daily bread And into the tape spool I'll be fed
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I ain't no angel, I still got a few more dances with the devil.I'm cleaning up my act little by little.I'm getting there. I can finally stand the man in the mirror I see.I ain't as good as I'm gonna get, but I'm better than I used to be.
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We are going through a period with no precedent in American history.
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All I wanted was to be a university teacher.
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I know love is the answer.
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It was impossible for me to believe that conditions in Europe could be worse than they were in the Polish section of Chicago, and in many Italian and Irish tenements, or that any workshops could be worse than some of those I had seen in our foreign quarters.
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'Made it as a writer'? I'm still wondering if I've made it as a writer. I've made it as a published writer of the type of SF that I want to write and read, but I'm still waiting for that big breakthrough.
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There is no realism without an element of idealism.
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The soul of a civilization is its religion, and it dies with its faith.
