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President Obama called for a 'we' nation in his Inauguration Address. Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It pricks the walls of our compartmentalized minds opens our hearts and makes us brave. And that's what we need most in our country today.

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Category: Inspirational

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. I ask you to pray for me for once age has overtaken us we find consolation only in religion.
  • 2. I always thought that I might retire from any form of sexuality by the age of 40 and just become a dignified older person.
  • 3. Age should not have its face lifted but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I have always admired and had enormous respect for Elizabeth Taylor. She was not only an incredible actress but an amazing woman as well.
  • 2. I've known Shawn for several years. And he's just an amazing talent. He's a great writer a marvelous marvelous guitar player and plays really good fiddle.
  • 3. It's amazing the hours you pull when you're the lead of a show.

3 Anger

  • 1. He that would be angry and sin not must not be angry with anything but sin.
  • 2. Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.
  • 3. In high school I dated a white woman. She would come to visit me on the rez. And her dad who was very racist didn't like that at all. And he told her one time 'You shouldn't go on the rez if you're white because Indians have a lot of anger in their heart.'

4 Anniversary

  • 1. You marry somebody you love everything about them. You grow to learn about them. You never learn everything.
  • 2. I think you have to be willing to take a bullet for somebody if you're going to stand up there take your vows and be married to them for the rest of your life.
  • 3. Marriage is the most natural state of man and… the state in which you will find solid happiness.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Architecture is inhabited sculpture.
  • 2. First there is the bare beauty of the logs themselves with their long lines and firm curves. Then there is the open charm felt of the structural features which are not hidden under plaster and ornament but are clearly revealed a charm felt in Japanese architecture.
  • 3. The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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