Will Durant Quotes
The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages.Will Durant
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The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
Ferdinand de Saussure -
I went on to Harvard and got very interested in computers and studying the earth's landscape.
Jack Dangermond -
I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.
Rachel Weisz -
What I perceive, is above all justice, where everyone has the same law.
Imran Khan -
I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
I did 'Are We There Yet?' because I wanted to do a movie for my fans' kids. Black kids don't really see movies on this budget for them, starring them. And there's so many white kids that love that movie.
Ice Cube
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I'm inspired every time I see a role I'd like to play, an actor turn in a well crafted performance, a story I'd like to tell, direct or produce.
T'Keyah Crystal Keymah -
I don't particularly like L.A.
Walter Becker Steely Dan -
Although I have lived in Manhattan since 1992, for the better part of two decades I have remained in blissful oblivion of all matters sportif.
Hamish Bowles -
I love Austin for vintage shopping, and there are some really good places in L.A., too.
Camila Alves -
I think the fact that I created something and had an enormous influence is indisputable.
La Monte Young -
I am a total coffee snob and bore. If anyone makes the mistake of offering me 'a coffee' they tend to regret it - I'm worse than Mariah Carey, and the hot milk rider is completely non-negotiable.
Rachel Johnson
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I don't go into any album with pressing issues. I just try to write songs.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
It was always part of the plan to move into acting.
Aaliyah -
My mom had an audition for a commercial when I was about two and a half, and I ran in crying and interrupted her. They thought I was cute so they offered me a commercial role. My mom was skeptical and a bit nervous about the child actor thing, but I was extremely bossy and convinced them I wanted to try it.
Mae Whitman -
Sit and be still until in the time of no rain you hear beneath the dry wind's commotion in the trees the sound of flowing water among the rocks, a stream unheard before, and you are where breathing is prayer.
Wendell Berry -
The blue guitar And I are one.
Wallace Stevens -
Louis knew a few xenophobes, and regarded them as dolts.
Larry Niven
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My suggestion is that there's no way out of the human condition. Sex, death, marriage, children, parents, illness. There's no way out. They're a misery, all of them.
James Hillman -
I will always be open to receive my friends. I will not force myself on them.
Ralph Abernathy -
Mr. Bibbit, you might warn this Mr. Harding that I'm so crazy I admit to voting for Eisenhower. Bibbit! You tell Mr. McMurphy I'm so crazy I voted for Eisenhower twice!And you tell Mr. Harding right back - he puts both hands on the table and leans down, his voice getting low - that I'm so crazy I plan to vote for Eisenhower again this November.
Ken Kesey -
I'm not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up as much of their confidence and ego as possible. They've got to take control; I can't act it out.
Taylor Hackford -
You need ego but mine is not blinding.
Christian Lacroix -
The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages.
Will Durant