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Common sense is the measure of the possible it is composed of experience and prevision it is calculation applied to life.

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Henri Frederic Amiel
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Category: Experience

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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 smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.
  • 2. The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes but you don't change at all. And that of course causes great confusion.
  • 3. This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future which is a little ironic since we may not have one.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I think for business reasons fiscal reasons I think these cable networks can take greater risks and I think with a risk comes better programming. And I think USA has got an amazing identity to it now that is clearly defined with its 'Characters welcome' tag.
  • 2. Of all the planets apart from Earth in our solar system Mars is the most hospitable. Yeah. Right. Better keep my visit short. And yet despite the discomfort the danger I love it here. I love coming back for these imaginary vacations. The sights are amazing.
  • 3. It's amazing to see places like Madison Square Garden on the schedule again.

3 Anger

  • 1. Be modest humble simple. Control your anger.
  • 2. Anger's not a good emotion.
  • 3. The preparation commitment and desire to win will be no less than the last time I drove a grand prix car in anger.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening May 15 1876 at the time when the country was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its political independence.
  • 2. The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds – they mature slowly.
  • 3. My last trip to New Orleans was for the fifth anniversary of Katrina and I had the awesome opportunity to bring my family down. We all worked on a house together and met some of the families.

5 Architecture

  • 1. The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.
  • 2. I'm drawn to furniture design as complete architecture on a minor scale.
  • 3. Light God's eldest daughter is a principal beauty in a building.
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