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It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Category: Courage

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. Age steals away all things even the mind.
  • 2. At twenty years of age the will reigns at thirty the wit and at forty the judgment.
  • 3. Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I made some friends who are still friends and this is the city of my birth. I love living here when there's a reason to other than just moving here. I still don't like the winters here but it's an amazing city and I love it.
  • 2. I think 'Game of Thrones' was extraordinary. I want to do some period pieces. It would be lovely to tell great stories that is my main ambition. And to be working with amazing creators.
  • 3. Brains don't really smell but what's amazing about the brain is that it's almost like scrambled eggs or soft tofu almost like a gel. The brain controls so much of what we do but you could put your finger right through it.

3 Anger

  • 1. Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And what better place to get that well of venom and outrage boiling than a newsroom because you're on the front lines.
  • 2. I grew up looking at my father as to how to behave. In watching him I grasped so many things. His own temperament was of a calm person. He was very composed and I never saw anger in him. To me that was fascinating.
  • 3. Everybody kind of perceives me as being angry. It's not anger it's motivation.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. Love grows more tremendously full swift poignant as the years multiply.
  • 2. 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.
  • 3. And this year is going to be the 25th anniversary of the 17-0 team the only undefeated season.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Architecture is inhabited sculpture.
  • 2. In Los Angeles by the time you're 35 you're older than most of the buildings.
  • 3. An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board and a wrecking bar at the site.
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