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It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

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Intelligence,

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Alfred North Whitehead
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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. No lie ever reaches old age.
  • 2. You live in a deranged age more deranged that usual because in spite of great scientific and technological advances man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.
  • 3. I really think we should pass a law in every state I don't care whether it takes the independence away from an old person or not. You shouldn't be driving a car if you're over the age of 80. Maybe even less than that.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Croatia is an amazing place.
  • 2. One person I've always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Earl Jones.
  • 3. Well Freddie Mercury is a really huge rock star in my head. I've always thought he was just so tough and such an amazing entertainer really a contradiction in many ways as well. So he was incredible.

3 Anger

  • 1. Words can be said in bitterness and anger and often there seems to be an element of truth in the nastiness. And words don't go away they just echo around.
  • 2. The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought and its first reaction is one of anger.
  • 3. The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons even tanks being kept from the front and hidden for treacherous purposes.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. We are not the same persons this year as last nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we changing continue to love a changed person.
  • 2. June 2005 is the five year anniversary of the debut of Battle Pope.
  • 3. Last week the House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring the victims and heroes of September 11th. As we commemorate the anniversary of 9-11 we must also remember that the threat is still very real today.

5 Architecture

  • 1. People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train.
  • 2. Architecture is a visual art and the buildings speak for themselves.
  • 3. The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.
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