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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Category: Intelligence

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 does not protect you from love. But love to some extent protects you from age.
  • 2. I believe that parents need to make nutrition education a priority in their home environment. It's crucial for good health and longevity to instill in your children sound eating habits from an early age.
  • 3. A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him 'At my age I don't even buy green bananas.'

2 Amazing

  • 1. It's amazing what some people read into songs.
  • 2. Youth is an amazing thing: I think back on when we did The Lost Boys and I didn't think I could do anything wrong.
  • 3. Reese Witherspoon is my everywoman. She's managed to have a family and this amazing career. That's the goal.

3 Anger

  • 1. Never do anything when you are in a temper for you will do everything wrong.
  • 2. The fear really hits you. That's what you feel first. And then it's the anger and frustration. Part of the problem is how little we understand about the ultimate betrayal of the body when it rebels against itself.
  • 3. I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.
  • 2. I was always very grateful to 'em and am grateful to 'em now. I went back a couple of years ago and did their 20th anniversary show. But the longer I stayed on Hee Haw the worse things got for me musically.
  • 3. I did that Dior Couture 60th anniversary show in July. It took so long to get ready I think I would have rather been watching.

5 Architecture

  • 1. All those involved in the construction of an architectural design from the architect to the builder have an attachment to the architecture although it's difficult to quantify the attachment.
  • 2. I don't find Hollywood interesting so I'm thinking of studying architecture instead.
  • 3. Architecture is the learned game correct and magnificent of forms assembled in the light.
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