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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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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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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I will be what I want. But I will have to want what I'll be. Success is in having success, not conditions for success.
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I'd have sex with a number of the Muppets. I just don't talk about it publicly. It's private. Although a hint is, that there was a character in Elmo in Grouchland who was called 'My Lady' and that's all I'll say.
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A normal feminine influence in recasting our religious assumptions will do more than any other one thing to improve the world.
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What is initiative? I'll tell you: It is doing the right thing without being told.
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You see, I'm not some shiny bauble to be strung onto a necklace and displayed for all the world to see. I'm too proud to ever be anyone's conquest.
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When you go into the studio or get up on the stage with people who have more experience or knowledge, you learn.
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Knowledge that does not generate achievement is a pale and bloodless thing, unworthy of mankind.
