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The general knowledge of time on the island depends curiously enough on the direction of the wind.

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John Millington Synge
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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 live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.
  • 2. While one finds company in himself and his pursuits he cannot feel old no matter what his years may be.
  • 3. My sister and I shared a bedroom our entire lives and I believe she discovered the Beatles when she was about 11 and I'm four years younger. So from the age of 7 until 17 we had nothing but Beatles paraphernalia in our room even those little stuffed Beatles that went on stands that are dressed as the Sgt. Pepper band.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I was terribly shy when I was growing up I really wasn't confident with other people and I think I was always afraid of up or not being this very cool amazing person that I wanted to be.
  • 2. I feel like I have had the most amazing life in my public service.
  • 3. Let me tell you Barack Obama is the most down dude in the world but he's so smart so articulate such an amazing speaker such a passionate man. He's humble.

3 Anger

  • 1. Anger cannot be dishonest.
  • 2. Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing.
  • 3. I accrued anger from people's low opinion of me and my work and for the work I might be capable of.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. I feel there should have been some recognition of the Spice Girls at this year's 25th anniversary. We flew the flag for Britain around the globe in the 1990s and we achieved a hell of a lot.
  • 2. The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds – they mature slowly.
  • 3. June 2005 is the five year anniversary of the debut of Battle Pope.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.
  • 2. Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us.
  • 3. The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these activities can be given added value.
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