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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

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Loneliness,

Author:

Henry David Thoreau
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Category: Loneliness

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. My inspiration was my mom. She's a great cook and she still cooks and we still banter back and forth about cooking. Growing up in a mostly Portuguese community food was important and the family table was extremely important. At a very young age I understood that.
  • 2. Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful kindly sunshiny old age.
  • 3. America doesn't reward people of my age either in day-to-day life or for their performances.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Two packed houses. I guess the theater sat 2 700 people every night so it was an amazing experience.
  • 2. It's every little girl's dream to have an exact look-alike doll. It's amazing.
  • 3. The U.S.S. George H. W. Bush is a great thing in my life. It's amazing. A great honor.

3 Anger

  • 1. Anger is a great force. If you control it it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.
  • 2. Do not follow vain desires for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust greed and anger.
  • 3. In the final analysis the incident is seen as originating from an emotional expression of the frustration and anger of the proud people of China who had been subject to ever increasing oppression from without and decadent corruption from within.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.
  • 2. And currently there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics Australian Federation my 50th Birthday and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.
  • 3. Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight dinner soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays I go Fridays.

5 Architecture

  • 1. The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these activities can be given added value.
  • 2. The two elements the traveler first captures in the big city are extra human architecture and furious rhythm. Geometry and anguish.
  • 3. Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.
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