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The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

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Power,

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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Category: Power

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. Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children and not for the education of all adults of every age?
  • 2. The wisdom of age: don't stop walking.
  • 3. Where children are there is the golden age.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Mark Conseulos is so amazing.
  • 2. Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.
  • 3. Personally I had the opportunity to go on several ride alongs with the LA County Sheriff's Department with some amazing detectives who were invaluable to me.

3 Anger

  • 1. My humour has always come from anger but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.
  • 2. Fear is the only true enemy born of ignorance and the parent of anger and hate.
  • 3. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
  • 2. It was very hard for all of us. It's still very hard. The anniversary of his death just passed and every single one of his friends still after all these years… it's unbelievable.
  • 3. And currently there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics Australian Federation my 50th Birthday and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.

5 Architecture

  • 1. I think architecture has to be a gift.
  • 2. All architecture is great architecture after sunset perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art like the art of fireworks.
  • 3. Until the Eighties Oslo was a rather boring town but it's changed a lot and is now much more cosmopolitan. If I go downtown I visit the harbour to see the tall ships and the ferries and to admire the modern architecture such as the Opera House or the new Astrup Fearnley Museum on the water's edge.
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