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A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'

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Author:

William F. Buckley Jr.
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Category: History

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 is something that doesn't matter unless you are a cheese.
  • 2. The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later.
  • 3. I got to experience soccer at the highest level at a young age I decided I wanted to be part of that for as long as possible.

2 Amazing

  • 1. You would be amazed what the ordinary guy knows.
  • 2. It's amazing how everyone has an opinion on how you should live your life.
  • 3. I think we love bacon because it has all the qualities of an amazing sensory experience. When we cook it the sizzling sound is so appetizing the aroma is maddening the crunch of the texture is so gratifying and the taste delivers every time.

3 Anger

  • 1. When you start suppressing feelings at an early age it hurts you down the road. Full expression of anger and pain is very important.
  • 2. I was shocked at the anger toward me.
  • 3. Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see one can only be angry with those he respects.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. We can't forget what happened on May 4th 1970 when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional right of peaceful protest. They gave up their lives. And to sing that song in that spot on that anniversary was very emotional for us.
  • 2. On this important anniversary we must remember that while we have come a long way in eliminating barriers critical work remains to ensure all Americans can live up to their full potential.
  • 3. Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse hopefully enduring and intimate to the degree of being sacred.

5 Architecture

  • 1. An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board and a wrecking bar at the site.
  • 2. People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train.
  • 3. In any architecture there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.
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