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.

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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.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Important
  • History
  • Think

• The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.

  

  M. H. Abrams
  • Long
  • Humanity
  • Survival

• Happiness is an inside job.

  

  Edd Byrnes
  • Job
  • Happiness
  • Inside

• I am a very selfish person.

  

  Lara Flynn Boyle
  • Person
  • Selfish

• 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.

  

  Wendy Kopp
  • America
  • Myself
  • Decision

• I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Me
  • Never
  • Role

• 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.

  

  Yuna
  • Writing
  • Beautiful
  • Song

• 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.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • People
  • Think
  • House

• You're going to a bunch of auditions, and most of the time you're just getting denied, but just staying in there and keeping my head and being determined helped. Growing is what's challenging; you have to constantly practice your craft.

  

  Natalie Martinez
  • Time
  • Growing
  • Practice

• My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.

  

  Tahar Ben Jelloun
  • People
  • Work
  • Hope

• I survived because I never took on big responsibilities in my private life. In the early days, I lived on two or three pounds a week and learned to cook - and I'm a good cook - because I had to. Even when I went on holiday, I stayed in other people's houses.

  

  Cameron Mackintosh
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• It's kind of bittersweet. The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart.

  

  Yakov Smirnoff
  • Heart
  • Kind
  • Size

• I was an outsider as a kid, and I grew up around a lot of violence.

  

  Gary Sherman
  • Up
  • Violence
  • Kid

• Nowadays, they have more trouble packing hair dryers than baseball equipment.

  

  Bob Feller
  • Hair
  • Baseball

• A dream job is to walk right past hair and makeup.

  

  Laurie Metcalf
  • Job
  • Dream
  • Past

• The first seven years that I wrote fiction, I sent out stories and a novel and made a total of $25.

  

  Jess Walter

• 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.

  

  Khloe Kardashian
  • Up
  • Remember
  • Small

• The rate of population growth in the United States is slightly below that required to reproduce itself.

  

  Emanuel Celler
  • Growth

• I would love to tell you that it's been absolutely perfect, that I've been a man that's been super Christian. But I've had mistakes, dumb things I've regretted, so it's not a perfect life. But it's one that has helped me make better decisions.

  

  A.J. Styles
  • Life
  • Perfect
  • Mistakes

• Oh, Lord, forgive three sins that are due to my human limitations. Thou art Everywhere, but I worship thee here: Thou art without form, but I worship thee in these forms; Thou needest no praise, yet I offer thee these prayers and salutations. Lord, forgive three sins that are due to my human limitations." - Ash

  

  Mary Margaret ('Mollie') Kaye
  • Art
  • Prayer
  • Forgiving

• A father is neither an anchor to hold us back, nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way.

  

  Patrick Henry
  • Father
  • Light
  • Anchor

• I hate the idea of any kid missing out on the magic of reading.

  

  Alexandra Adornetto
  • Hate
  • Reading
  • Magic

• I always thought it was important for my lyrics to come from a really honest place.

  

  Avey Tare Animal Collective
  • Important
  • Honest

• 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.

  

  Will Durant
  • Reason
  • Magic
  • Civilizations