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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 think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth – I only regret in my chilled age certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace.
  • 2. I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. And when we moved to America it was just the typical thing except I was really good at it so was my brother.
  • 3. Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.

2 Amazing

  • 1. The Beethoven Experience provided the opportunity to solidify the relationship between the Orchestra and me the Orchestra and me and the public between all of us and the city of New York because Beethoven after all is a really amazing point of reference.
  • 2. It's amazing that no matter how much money you have you can make some bad decisions and in five months you're on the street begging.
  • 3. The best player I've ever played with was Paul Gascoigne. He had everything. He was amazing.

3 Anger

  • 1. Speak when you are angry – and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.
  • 2. All who consult on doubtful matters should be void of hatred friendship anger and pity.
  • 3. Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue… and that for me is based on insecurity self-esteem and loneliness.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. We can't forget what happened on May 4th 1970 when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional right of peaceful protest. They gave up their lives. And to sing that song in that spot on that anniversary was very emotional for us.
  • 2. The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds – they mature slowly.
  • 3. Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls with whom they make up a sole family – a domestic church.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community.
  • 2. Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique poetic products of the heart.
  • 3. All those involved in the construction of an architectural design from the architect to the builder have an attachment to the architecture although it's difficult to quantify the attachment.
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