Will Durant Quotes
Knowledge that does not generate achievement is a pale and bloodless thing, unworthy of mankind.

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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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I think everyone who goes to see a 'Bond' movie expects to be impressed by the look and the locations chosen. Certainly I was when I grew up watching them, and I don't think that's changed in the last 50 years.
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I am doing what I love; acting is what I love best after being a mother.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I keep telling myself, don't get cocky. Give your services to the press and the media, be nice to the kids, throw a baseball into the stands once in a while.
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I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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A lizard is a perfect pet for a model. They only need feeding once a fortnight. And I'm always travelling, so it's perfect. If I had a dog, it would drop dead of starvation.
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The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I.
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It will be a difficult couple of days. It's difficult now and it will be difficult tomorrow.
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I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am.
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One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care deeply about justice, and they they have open minds.
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I am about safety for the people and the planet.
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As long as you get your education and you stay focused, you can do anything.
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A kind of racism still exists in the United States, and Islamophobia is a more convenient way to express that sentiment. There has also been an attempt to paint Muslims as enemies of the United States.
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We have been trained to broadcast our successes and hide our failures. But the truth is this: our failures humanise us, and they connect us to one another.
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I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine.
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All of my books have the potential to become movies, it's just a question of finding a studio who wants to get behind me and put up the money to make the movie.
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Town-scapes are changing. The open-plan city belongs in the past - no more ramblas, no more pedestrian precincts, no more left banks and Latin quarters. We're moving into the age of security grilles and defensible space. As for living, our surveillance cameras can do that for us. People are locking their doors and switching off their nervous systems.
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Roger Scruton is one of our great men of speculation
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The dynamic of fathers and sons seems to be more around competition regarding things such as knowledge, accomplishments, expertise.
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I hope that knowledge about past facts will continue to be passed down in a proper manner ... and will be used for future benefit.
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Knowledge! What does that mean? Your knowledge is nothing but cowardice. No, really, that's all it is. You just want to put a little wall around infinity. And you're afraid to look on the other side of that wall.
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Knowledge that does not generate achievement is a pale and bloodless thing, unworthy of mankind.