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It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Category: Great

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. Time in general has always been a central obsession of mine – what it does to people how it can constitute a plot all on its own. So naturally I am interested in old age.
  • 2. I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age.
  • 3. Before anything else we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth justice freedom and reason.

2 Amazing

  • 1. In my job people tell you that all the time: 'This shoot was great. You look amazing.' But you never know what they say when you turn away.
  • 2. I would love to work with Paolo Nutini because he is so soulful and an amazing songwriter.
  • 3. You know 'The Golden Girls' was a very unusual show to start on. I was young and it was a show about old people and it was a very traditional show but it was also an amazing training ground for a joke-writer. It forced me to learn those skills.

3 Anger

  • 1. Obama and his attack dogs have nothing but hate and anger in their hearts and spew it whenever possible.
  • 2. Everybody kind of perceives me as being angry. It's not anger it's motivation.
  • 3. There are two things a person should never be angry at what they can help and what they cannot.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. I was always very grateful to 'em and am grateful to 'em now. I went back a couple of years ago and did their 20th anniversary show. But the longer I stayed on Hee Haw the worse things got for me musically.
  • 2. You marry somebody you love everything about them. You grow to learn about them. You never learn everything.
  • 3. This year as we celebrate the 230th anniversary of America's independence please remember the symbols that are sacred to this country. Fly Old Glory high and show your respect and admiration for this great nation and the values we hold dear.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Don't clap too hard – it's a very old building.
  • 2. I believe very strongly and have fought since many years ago – at least over 30 years ago – to get architecture not just within schools but architecture talked about under history geography science technology art.
  • 3. I see architecture not as Gropius did as a moral venture as truth but as invention in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention.
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