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We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows so does the shore of our ignorance.

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John Archibald Wheeler
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Category: Knowledge

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. We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age.
  • 2. In 1981 at age 31 I was voted the best player in basketball and the most valuable player in the league.
  • 3. 'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.

2 Amazing

  • 1. It was an amazing performer. Very temperamental it spent a lot of time in its trailer.
  • 2. It was amazing to me that all of a sudden I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out of cars.
  • 3. Changing my body has given me the ability to do all these amazing things that I never in a million years imagined I could do.

3 Anger

  • 1. Anger if not restrained is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
  • 2. I think that Scottish people like Canadians are often misunderstood and what I like about my Scottish friends and relatives is how quickly it can go from love to anger. It's a great dynamic.
  • 3. Anybody can become angry – that is easy but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose and in the right way – that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. I've been sober for two-and-a-half years My children are happy. In August my wife and I will celebrate our fifteenth wedding anniversary. My band is back together with a sold-out tour.
  • 2. Love grows more tremendously full swift poignant as the years multiply.
  • 3. Actually the year anniversary of what you just heard my son Grahame and I are going to be in a play together and I'm acting for the first time in front of an audience that doesn't consist of a high school drama class.

5 Architecture

  • 1. I have designed the most buildings of any living American architect.
  • 2. I like to play with architecture! It's my favorite game.
  • 3. I was going to be an architect. I graduated with a degree in architecture and I had a scholarship to go back to Princeton and get my Masters in architecture. I'd done theatricals in college but I'd done them because it was fun.
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