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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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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. Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
  • 2. Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence.
  • 3. Listen in England people are already writing their memoirs at the age of 23.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Alan Cumming is such an amazing performer and person.
  • 2. One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren't usually interested in application because mathematics itself is truly a beautiful art form. It's structures and patterns and that's what we love and that's what we get off on.
  • 3. If you ever have the good fortune to meet Tippi Hedren she's an amazing woman. You can't quite believe she is the age she is.

3 Anger

  • 1. I'm generally quite an angry person and I like to channel my anger toward something creative.
  • 2. Take the high road. No matter how much strife and consternation frustration and anger you might be confronted with – don't go to that level.
  • 3. There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. I did that Dior Couture 60th anniversary show in July. It took so long to get ready I think I would have rather been watching.
  • 2. But to sustain a marriage for 50 years you have to get real a little bit and find someone who is understanding and who you can grow with. My mom always says 'Marry the man who loves you a millimeter more.'
  • 3. I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Look architecture has a lot of places to hide behind a lot of excuses. 'The client made me do this.' 'The city made me do this.' 'Oh the budget.' I don't believe that anymore.
  • 2. I would fix other people's lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it getting the story and structuring it. Not the tweaking of lines.
  • 3. Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe.
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