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It is usually the imagination that is wounded first rather than the heart it being much more sensitive.

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Henry David Thoreau
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Category: Imagination

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 was very sexual from a very young age.
  • 2. Rereading A.J. Liebling carries me happily back to an age when all good journalists knew they had plenty to be modest about and were.
  • 3. We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.

2 Amazing

  • 1. So I won an Oscar. It's amazing. I've got that for the rest of my life for a performance I am proud of. It nearly killed me. I am really proud of the film. That's it moving on.
  • 2. It's amazing… to enjoy the results of your labor.
  • 3. Science is one of a handful of things that defines us as a very special species. It is amazing how far we have been able to get and how accurate our predictions are. I think understanding how the universe was born is very important. It really gives us a perspective on many things.

3 Anger

  • 1. The American people are smart. They've gotten sick of the predictable hyperpartisan talking points and canned anger.
  • 2. After my second-to-last record 'The Greatest' I had gone on tour for a while and I didn't play an instrument for about five years. And I got kind of – it's not self-esteem or whatever or anger toward myself – but disappointed in myself that I hadn't been challenging myself to learn musically.
  • 3. What influenced me was Tori Amos who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for me and very inspiring before I wrote 'Jagged Little Pill.'

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. I didn't make my first solo record until 1981 so I don't have any 60's or 70's recordings but I am working on a large boxed set called DUST to be released next year the 20th anniversary of my first solo record.
  • 3. Married people from my generation are like an endangered species!

5 Architecture

  • 1. A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.
  • 2. All architecture is great architecture after sunset perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art like the art of fireworks.
  • 3. If you give people nothingness they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.
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