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I am but an architectural composer.

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Architecture,

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Alexander Jackson Davis
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Category: Architecture

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 carries all things away even the mind.
  • 2. I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.
  • 3. Swing voters are more appropriately known as the 'idiot voters' because they have no set of philosophical principles. By the age of fourteen you're either a Conservative or a Liberal if you have an IQ above a toaster.

2 Amazing

  • 1. God bless you if you have one child but I don't think anybody should have just one child. Everybody needs a sibling. I have siblings and I have so many amazing precious memories with my siblings. I don't know what I would do if I had been an only child.
  • 2. When I tour it's like well like a food tour as much as a comedy tour. I try to eat at all the weird places the obscure barbecue joints burger places. There are a few spots in L.A. that I'm obsessed with – one of them is the Taco Zone taco truck on Alvarado. There are secret off-menu items that are amazing.
  • 3. You can't ask every player to do the same thing. That's why we have amazing midfielders defenders forwards and keepers. You can't ask them to be of the same mold.

3 Anger

  • 1. To rule one's anger is well to prevent it is better.
  • 2. I've spent a lot of time and money trying to keep my anger in control.
  • 3. Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.
  • 2. It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary not one in every ten children attending Public schools throughout the colonies is acquainted with a single historical fact about Australia.
  • 3. I feel there should have been some recognition of the Spice Girls at this year's 25th anniversary. We flew the flag for Britain around the globe in the 1990s and we achieved a hell of a lot.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Architecture and building is about how you get around the obstacles that are presented to you. That sometimes determines how successful you'll be: How good are you at going around obstacles?
  • 2. Architecture is about public space held by buildings.
  • 3. Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore is to make those sentiments more precise.
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