Will Durant Quotes
Underneath all civilization, ancient or modern, moved and still moves a sea of magic, superstition, and sorcery. Perhaps they will remain when the works of our reason have passed away.
Quotes to Explore
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As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers.
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The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.
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I am a very selfish person.
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I myself was completely torn by the decision to start Teach For America. There was a voice in my head telling me not to do it - to take a more normal path. I did have one thing going for me, which was that I had been rejected from all the other jobs I'd applied to.
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I kind of always struggled writing in Malay, because Malay is such a beautiful language. And it gets really hard, you know, if you want to make it into a song. You have to make it sound beautiful, use the right words.
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I'm not really massively into going out. I'm much more of a hibernator. It's nice to have people come to your house or go to someone's house, I think.
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My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.
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It's kind of bittersweet. The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart.
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I was an outsider as a kid, and I grew up around a lot of violence.
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Nowadays, they have more trouble packing hair dryers than baseball equipment.
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The first seven years that I wrote fiction, I sent out stories and a novel and made a total of $25.
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We all have to start somewhere, and doing something is better than nothing at all. Start small so you don't get discouraged and give up. Remember it is all about consistency.
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The rate of population growth in the United States is slightly below that required to reproduce itself.
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As an actor, you're supposed to take jobs that will challenge you or force fans to see you in a different light. By the '90s, I wasn't really an actor anymore. I was someone who went on the road with these gigantic concerts.
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I think traveling the world has helped to keep Public Enemy alive. We've never solely depended on the United States.
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Maybe we could find some way to send barges of trash to the sun and incinerate it all. Hey, it's an idea. It's an idea!
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Like any friendship or marriage, familiarity breeds more contempt, and love, and everything.
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Fairytales are stories that span every generation and they've been around for a long time.
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In many ways, that affection is the real reward for 56 years in the business. Although the money ain't exactly bad either.
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To my astonishment, when Wolf Hall came out, people asked if I made it up - Thomas More burning of heretics. It was well documented. And he was proud of it! The Brits love lost causes.
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The blogosphere makes it possible to have a sprawling national conversation about the hard times - often among people who would never find each other offline.
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I have this extraordinary curiosity about all subjects of the natural and human world and the interaction between the physical sciences and the social sciences.
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Kill them all and let God sort them out.
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Underneath all civilization, ancient or modern, moved and still moves a sea of magic, superstition, and sorcery. Perhaps they will remain when the works of our reason have passed away.
