Will Durant Quotes
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
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I've never been on a television show as a regular before.
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I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.
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I always tell women to use the fact that we offer a different point of view in a room full of men, to their advantage. Because we often stand out, we gain a unique platform to demonstrate our knowledge and capabilities.
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If I played tennis, I had to be in a dance class. I always had multiple activities, so I never had to count on any one of them to feel successful.
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I've been so lucky and blessed because words and stuff come so easy to me. I have a good memory.
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Theater owners are exerting a lot of power over the studios to withhold access to content that people want to see. That's bad for consumers, that's bad for studios, and ultimately, I think it will be bad for theaters.
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There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.
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Class struggle: external peace, international solidarity, peace among peoples. This is the sacred slogan of international socialist democracy that liberates nations.
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When my daughter Zulekha was born, I was at the pinnacle of my working life as a model, and I pulled myself in two trying to cope with being both a mother and a career girl.
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The artist who imagines that he puts his best into a portrait in order to produce something good, which will be a pleasure to the sitter and to himself, will have some bitter experiences.
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All business is capitalistic. You require capital for any sort of business endeavour.
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I found out about reviews early on. They're mostly written by sad men on bad afternoons. That's probably why I'm less angry than some writers, who are so narcissistic they consider every line of every review, even a thoughtful one, as major treason.
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I'm very good about eating breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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I just followed my parents' example and advice on living, which was to leave the world a better place than you found it. They were professional do-gooders, ministers of the church, social workers, teachers, and missionaries, that sort of thing.
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I watched the Bush administration overreact to the Clinton administration, who believed they did too much nation building, sustaining other countries, and that's why we never put the commitment on Afghanistan and Iraq that should have been in there under their policy leadership.
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Growing up, I lived in a house without art: no picture books on the shelves, no visits to museums, no posters on the bedroom wall.
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Because Oprah would be like 'DID YOU DO COOOOCAAAAAAINE???'
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But God, who is the Eternal Mind, is undoubtedly of excellence, complete and perfect in every part.
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I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they will have to live outside the religion and Islamic law.
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I collect skulls; I think that a beautiful skull is a really good gift for a guy.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
