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Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth man forgets that he is the servant of God.

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Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Category: Failure

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. From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting.
  • 2. The 19th century was the age of Individualism the 20th and 21st are the ages of Socialism.
  • 3. A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him 'At my age I don't even buy green bananas.'

2 Amazing

  • 1. I spend up to two hours a day on correspondence. Hearing from fans on the Internet and being able to directly respond to the fan base is exciting. You can cut out the middle man like the fan club… before a recent appearance in Tyler Texas I had fans reaching out on MySpace offering their lake house Mavericks tickets. It was amazing.
  • 2. A million words were going through my head and honestly I didn't say one of them. I wanted to let it sit simmer you know I wanted to soak it all in – the moment was amazing.
  • 3. Emmanuel Lewis was amazing to work with. I'll love that guy to the end of time.

3 Anger

  • 1. I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.
  • 2. I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated and I can't be part of that.
  • 3. I think anger and laughter are very close to each other when you think about it.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. Each year on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth America has the opportunity to reflect on our nation's progress towards the realization of his dream.
  • 2. A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love trust partnership tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
  • 3. One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.

5 Architecture

  • 1. The organizational architecture is really that a centipede walks on hundred legs and one or two don't count. So if I lose one or two legs the process will go on the organization will go on the growth will go on.
  • 2. I don't find Hollywood interesting so I'm thinking of studying architecture instead.
  • 3. If I have a style I am not aware of it.
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