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Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society and in all that was necessary to this end every man had to take his part or break with the domestic and political community to which he belonged.

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William Robertson Smith
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Category: Religion

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. It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
  • 2. For me from a pretty young age up until about 21 years old hallucinogenics had a huge place in my life.
  • 3. We were making the first step out of the age of chemistry and physics and into the age of biology.

2 Amazing

  • 1. The human body and mind are tremendous forces that are continually amazing scientists and society. Therefore we have no choice but to keep an open mind as to what the human being can achieve.
  • 2. It is quite amazing what I didn't feel after a while. I didn't really want to feel things.
  • 3. I think one of the coolest things about the job is the level of trust we have for each other. The actors fully trust that the writers will write amazing episodes and the writers trust that the actors will follow their instincts with the characters.

3 Anger

  • 1. Anger is a great force. If you control it it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.
  • 2. Successful prime-time television of any genre produces some kind of emotional reaction in the viewers. There are a lot of different emotions to tap into. The emotion of the reward of discovery the feeling of righteous anger the feelings of pathos and sadness or sentimentality of being moved by something.
  • 3. All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike friendship anger or pity.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. You will reciprocally promise love loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today before God you formulate.
  • 2. See the 'On the Road' that came out in 1957 was censored. A lot of the honesty of it the bitter honesty is in the original scroll version that came out in 2007 on the 50-year anniversary. Back then there was so much post-Second World War fear that was imposed on everybody – 'You must live life this way' – and these guys were bored.
  • 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. The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building that has gone remotely by the name of architecture in our history.
  • 2. Architecture is my work and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.
  • 3. Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture.
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