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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

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Jacques Yves Cousteau
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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 don't want to look at other people my age in leather. Why would I put it on?
  • 2. As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.
  • 3. When you get to a certain age there is no coming back.

2 Amazing

  • 1. My sister she's amazing. She sort of inspired me to take this journey to Latin America.
  • 2. Alan Cumming is such an amazing performer and person.
  • 3. I think physical comedy is an amazing asset because it tells a story that's more universal than just language and dialogue. I grew up watching Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. They're very powerful figures in my life.

3 Anger

  • 1. Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.
  • 2. Speak when you are angry – and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.
  • 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. A lot of good love can happen in ten years.
  • 2. You marry somebody you love everything about them. You grow to learn about them. You never learn everything.
  • 3. 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.

5 Architecture

  • 1. I got into this little habit of architecture and building. I designed a house in Colorado and one in Hawaii. The idea is supposed to be build and sell – but then I can never bring myself to sell them.
  • 2. There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
  • 3. Painting sculpture and architecture are finished but the art habit continues.
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