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Many men are contemptuous of riches few can give them away.

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Courage,

Author:

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. I want to sell to people my own age because that's the way I write songs.
  • 2. I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.
  • 3. I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I think Gina Rowlands is an amazing actress.
  • 2. I'm always improving and I want to get better and never hit a plateau. I find it an amazing adventure.
  • 3. Well what I love about '80s rock music is the amazing fantastic melodies.

3 Anger

  • 1. When anger rises think of the consequences.
  • 2. At the time 1980 people regarded actresses involved with production with a certain amount of fear resentment and anger.
  • 3. The anger of a person who is strong can always bide its time.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds – they mature slowly.
  • 2. Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls with whom they make up a sole family – a domestic church.
  • 3. I didn't make my first solo record until 1981 so I don't have any 60's or 70's recordings but I am working on a large boxed set called DUST to be released next year the 20th anniversary of my first solo record.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Architecture is a visual art and the buildings speak for themselves.
  • 2. It was the drawing that led me to architecture the search for light and astonishing forms.
  • 3. Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.
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