Will Durant Quotes
Progress is the domination of chaos by mind and purpose, of matter by form and will. It need not be continuous to be real.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
Candice Olson
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In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.
Ed Koch
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
Laura Riding
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Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.
Camille Paglia
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
Aaron Johnson
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I DJ'd for years. I DJ'd in high school, and I think my parents thought it was a passing thing. And then when I was in my second year of college, I was like, 'Yeah, you guys don't need to send me money anymore. My DJ gigs are good enough. I'm selling music; I think I'm gonna have a record deal. I can pay my tuition.'
Kaskade
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'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder.
Nathan Fillion
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I always look to play flawed characters. I'm not very interested in playing somebody that's just, you know, the very nice one or the attractive one, or whatever, which a lot of female parts can just be written that way.
Laura Donnelly
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But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will.
Vernor Vinge
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We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
Uta Hagen
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The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once more.
D. H. Lawrence
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The best thing you can do for your body is sleep. It's simple. Cater to your body as much as to your mind. Your body, after all, houses your mind. You have to pay attention to your physicality as much as your mentality.
Kajol
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Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
Yogi Berra
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I, and others like me - trap stars - we always considered ourselves Robin Hoods: we go out and get the money. Just think, if you was in the village and you a hunter, you take pride in going out to hunt the prey and bring it back for the village to eat. In our situation, we took pride in getting money so that the hood could eat.
Young Jeezy
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Eating by myself in my own apartment, single and alone again for the first time in many years, I should have felt, but did not feel, sad. Because I had taken the trouble to make myself a real dinner, I felt nurtured and cared for, if only by myself. Eating alone was freeing, too; I didn't have to make conversation.
Kate Christensen
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Morality must relate, at some level, to the well-being of conscious creatures. If there are more and less effective ways for us to seek happiness and to avoid misery in this world - and there clearly are - then there are right and wrong answers to questions of morality.
Sam Harris
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I enjoy the hunt much more than the 'good life' after the victory.
Carl Icahn
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Principle says it's not who put forth an idea. It's not the position of the person who put forth an idea; it's not the longevity of the person or the party of the person. That's not what it is at all. In a power system, that's the way it works. But in a principle system, it's what it says.
Dan Webster
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A movie about the past is not the same as the past.
Margaret Atwood
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When all those city folks try to fix up my talking, all they do is mess me up.
Loretta Lynn
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I'm terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily.
Oliver Stone
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I think the best kind of virality is a product that people like so much that they just want to tell people about it.
Paul Buchheit
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Progress is the domination of chaos by mind and purpose, of matter by form and will. It need not be continuous to be real.
Will Durant