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No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high idealistic motives and idealism in our time has been shoved aside and we are paying the penalty for it.

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Alfred North Whitehead
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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

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1 Age

  • 1. No matter what age you are or what your circumstances might be you are special and you still have something unique to offer. Your life because of who you are has meaning.
  • 2. As human beings our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.
  • 3. I also find it interesting that a lot of people in their 30s are not married and don't have kids. There are a lot of people in this age bracket that are out there dating and trying to find love. And I never thought that at my age I would be.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I was about 14 and my friend's stepdad asked me to do a 10K with him because his son – who was more into basketball – didn't want to. It was amazing and I still remember the time I got: 48:23.
  • 2. Mark Conseulos is so amazing.
  • 3. I am married to the most amazing generous and beautiful human being and it has been hard on him because from the outside if you look at it it's just all about me.

3 Anger

  • 1. Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
  • 2. I have some anger issues.
  • 3. I had a lot of anger because I wasn't happy with the way I had been raised.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
  • 2. Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.
  • 3. 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.

5 Architecture

  • 1. But I feel truly wowed by the architecture and the meaning of the architecture if you get lost in it and think about the man hours in the smallest little chapel and the love involved. God it's fantastic.
  • 2. I mean certainly writing painting photography dance architecture there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful and that merges into film in some way.
  • 3. What people want above all is order.
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