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If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another then I say break the law.

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Henry David Thoreau
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Category: Government

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 remember when I was 6 years old and my brother used to go seek out guys that were 13 to come over and play football against me while he was the 'permanent quarterback.' I didn't know exactly what the age difference was but I was already playing against older guys.
  • 2. In an age of incompetence I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job.
  • 3. You can fake your age or mask it but the passion that moves the characters has to be real.

2 Amazing

  • 1. You have to wait for a big star to come in and generate interest on a project and now that has become me which is an amazing blessing.
  • 2. To feel the presence of the Lord is an amazing thing.
  • 3. It really lasted the whole game because I was really untouchable unstoppable that game. But it was heightened on one particular play and that was the longest run where everything completely slowed down. My awareness was so keen it was so heightened it was really amazing.

3 Anger

  • 1. Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
  • 2. Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
  • 3. Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. The day before the anniversary of D-Day we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in the cause of freedom: Ronald Reagan.
  • 2. Last week the House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring the victims and heroes of September 11th. As we commemorate the anniversary of 9-11 we must also remember that the threat is still very real today.
  • 3. My mother and stepfather were married 43 years so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And you know it's just a number.

5 Architecture

  • 1. I am but an architectural composer.
  • 2. Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.
  • 3. Once I got out of architecture school I decided not to be an architect I just started my own little design studio.
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