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That you may retain your self-respect it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

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William J. H. Boetcker
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Category: Respect

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. A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer.
  • 2. I never had little brothers so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.
  • 3. I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.

2 Amazing

  • 1. If you spend enough time in or around Washington you'll meet amazing people who work for the government.
  • 2. Another little known fact about Amazing Tennis – the computer opponents are modeled after real people. In an odd turn of events I joined a division 3 college tennis team at age 38.
  • 3. I just enjoy working with really wonderful actors and amazing creative people and I hope to keep doing that no matter where.

3 Anger

  • 1. I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise.
  • 2. I don't think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It's to do with how much anger is in you.
  • 3. Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out and when it does come it is out again immediately.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.
  • 2. June 2005 is the five year anniversary of the debut of Battle Pope.
  • 3. You marry somebody you love everything about them. You grow to learn about them. You never learn everything.

5 Architecture

  • 1. I see music as fluid architecture.
  • 2. It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources so why not eliminate what you don't need as long as you're able to achieve the same result?
  • 3. Buildings should serve people not the other way around.
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