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What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others.

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Georg C. Lichtenberg
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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. I think the most exciting thing is that you expect people our age to know the music but actually a lot of kids know the music and if anything is left we have left really good music and that's the important part not the mop-tops or whatever.
  • 2. Every great architect is – necessarily – a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time his day his age.
  • 3. India saw from the beginning and even in her ages of reason and her age of increasing ignorance she never lost hold of the insight that life cannot be rightly seen in the sole light cannot be perfectly lived in the sole power of its externalities.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I love Louisiana. It's amazing.
  • 2. My grandfather was one of the most amazing Baptist ministers in history he was unbelievable. He was one of the most amazing men – the most amazing man that I ever met… He lived an amazing life.
  • 3. The magic kit we developed with Idea Village is an extraordinary success in 40 000 stores across America. The TV commercial we shot for it has produced amazing results – unbelievable.

3 Anger

  • 1. Take the high road. No matter how much strife and consternation frustration and anger you might be confronted with – don't go to that level.
  • 2. Anger elicits anger fear elicits fear no matter how well meaning we may be.
  • 3. It is wise to direct your anger towards problems – not people to focus your energies on answers – not excuses.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is going to want it records are made to be broken – it's only a matter of time. I hope mine will outlive me.
  • 2. 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.
  • 3. June 2005 is the five year anniversary of the debut of Battle Pope.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.
  • 2. 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?
  • 3. Architecture in general is frozen music.
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