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I have no respect for the passion of equality which seems to me merely idealizing envy.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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Category: Equality

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. I feel the 21st century is another new age. Not only can we collaborate again with nature but we have to. It's an emergency.
  • 2. Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.
  • 3. At a young age I was interested in comic books which was really how I learnt to read. The name Cage came from a comic book character called Power Man.

2 Amazing

  • 1. It's amazing… to enjoy the results of your labor.
  • 2. Maggie Smith is an amazing woman and not as serious in real life.
  • 3. I just want to be a part of great stories whether I'm part of an amazing ensemble cast or I'm leading it or the antagonist or whatever.

3 Anger

  • 1. Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue… and that for me is based on insecurity self-esteem and loneliness.
  • 2. George wrote Taxman and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money.
  • 3. Hatred is an affair of the heart contempt that of the head.

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. Next month I will celebrate my 30th anniversary of marriage with my beautiful bride Vicki. Our marriage has been a blessing. I have gained even more respect for the institution over the past 3 decades and will defend it against attack.
  • 3. We are not the same persons this year as last nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we changing continue to love a changed person.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking but all in harmony together.
  • 2. I would fix other people's lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it getting the story and structuring it. Not the tweaking of lines.
  • 3. When I'm in London Claridge's is a great favourite. I'm a big fan of art deco architecture and the rooms are extraordinary.
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