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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. If you explode onto the scene at a very young age there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what's important.
  • 2. There probably aren't a lot of actors my age who tap dance.
  • 3. The Word of fire burns today On the lips of our prophets in an evil age.

2 Amazing

  • 1. The satisfaction you get when you finally beat your dad is amazing that rush of adrenaline.
  • 2. My father is an amazing man.
  • 3. I think women are amazing and women's friendships are like a sisterhood and we should see more of it in television and film.

3 Anger

  • 1. Men make angry music and it's called rock-and-roll women include anger in their vocabulary and suddenly they're angry and militant.
  • 2. Our task of course is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think in fact that one could give that as a definition of revolution.
  • 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. Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom wait until they have been married longer.
  • 2. Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.
  • 3. 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.

5 Architecture

  • 1. I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music architecture novels and plays. Anywhere that hits you.
  • 2. Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion some polemic I think is good. It shows that people are interested people are involved.
  • 3. Trying to describe something musical is like dancing to architecture it's really difficult.
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