Will Durant Quotes
War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy.
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If a division becomes insolvent, the credit markets' reaction to that is immediate - regardless of what period of time you think you have to remedy.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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When high school students ask to spend their afternoons and weekends in my laboratory, I am amazed: I didn't develop that kind of enthusiasm for science until I was 28 years old.
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I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical.
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I don't allow meat in my house or in my oven. My whole family is vegetarian - and although I've given my kids the choice to order meat at a restaurant when they reach five, they're not interested.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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I need to end up with someone who is strong, intelligent, independent, someone I really admire - sensitive, sensuous, warm, a sense of humor.
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If Republicans want to be seen as more compassionate, they should continue to stand proudly for the sanctify of life and marriage. And they should do so without apologizing.
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We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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We know what's in our Cheerios and in our retirement accounts because the law requires disclosure.
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I feel exhausted if I teach too long.
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The way we're attached to our phones these days, they buzz and twitch in our pockets, and we have to look and see if it was a text, a voicemail, or an e-mail. We're almost like lab rats. I tried to eschew the whole cell phone theory until I had kids; then, I had to be reachable at all times.
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There is something so fun about scaring yourself.
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Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
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Every day, you're only as good as your last show.
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You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden people are calling you a success.
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You have to believe that things can be bigger than what you see in front of you in order to move forward.
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The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
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Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment.
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I want our leaders to lead our country to greatness, but President Obama and his misguided policies and ideology have really fundamentally changed our country in the wrong way, more so than any president in our history.
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War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy.
