Will Durant Quotes
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I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy Garland and Doris Day - brilliant stuff. Through my brothers and sisters I heard David Bowie and The Specials, The Carpenters, Meatloaf and The Rolling Stones.
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I didn't have outstanding numbers coming out of college and I'm not 6'6 with 230 lbs.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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There is no debate that social media is a great tool for networking with others in our industry. It can lead to friendships, support, and serendipitous connections with reviewers, agents, reporters, or editors.
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For me, I've learned if I want a very stable, normal relationship, where I'll be like, 'Okay, this is nice, I know what's going to happen in a month,' it's probably better to date outside the industry. But you can't help who you fall for. It's our dating pool.
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I don't know how to have a normal relationship because I try to act normal and love from a normal place and live a normal life, but there is sort of an abnormal magnifying glass, like telescope lens, on everything that happens.
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The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
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My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
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Microsoft is engaging in unlawful predatory practices that go well beyond the scope of fair competition.
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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition. So nobody really thought much about quality. Why should they? The world bought everything America produced. It was a prescription for disaster.
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Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties.
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I love to vacuum. There's just something so satisfying about hearing detritus sucked up into a vacuum. Sand makes such a great sound when being vacuumed off a hardwood floor.
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We do not create marriage from scratch. Instead, in the elegant language of the marriage ceremony, we 'enter into the holy estate of matrimony.'
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You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.
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The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth.
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When commerce with Moslems flourished, zeal for their massacre declined.
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Then he rose and began to pace the room in an overwrought sort of way, like a zoo lion who has heard the dinner-gong go and is hoping the keeper won't forget him in the general distribution.
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There are limits beyond which your folly will not carry you. I am glad of that. In fact, I am relieved.
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The moment you resolve to be victorious, every nerve and fiber in your being will immediately orient itself toward your success.
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It takes some silence to make sound.
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Early in my career, I sometimes found it difficult to make the tough people decisions - I had to learn that. In business, you want to listen. You want to learn. You want to make sure you're not proceeding without information. But if you wait too long, you can actually hurt an organization even more.
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I want the new band to work together for a while, and when we're ready we'll invite every major record company to see us.
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Contentment is rare among men as it is natural among animals.
