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Although modesty is natural to man it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Category: Knowledge

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'm not busy… a woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldn't think my schedule looked so busy.
  • 2. I figured out it was a social thing what women were allowed to do. At a very young age I decided I was not going to follow women's rules.
  • 3. We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I also met early on Ella Fitzgerald. Her songbooks are some of the most amazing bodies of work.
  • 2. What you know about the people whom you know at all well is truly amazing even though you have never formulated it.
  • 3. It's odd because I used to see pictures on telly or wherever of what I now know to be Shaftesbury Avenue and I used to wonder what that amazing street with all the lights was. Well now I know. I think when you get a wee taste of something it maybe isn't what you thought it was.

3 Anger

  • 1. Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative and by being creative you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
  • 2. Everybody kind of perceives me as being angry. It's not anger it's motivation.
  • 3. The nice thing about anger is that as an emotion it's strong enough to unplug me from the comedian's mind for a minute and just be a frustrated member of the citizenry.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. And this year is going to be the 25th anniversary of the 17-0 team the only undefeated season.
  • 2. Each year on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth America has the opportunity to reflect on our nation's progress towards the realization of his dream.
  • 3. I am so excited this year getting to play the 85th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Everyone knows on Thanksgiving morning to get up turn on the TV and watch the parade so to be an actual participant is going to be fun and I'm looking forward to it. I am gonna have to put on my deer hunting gear though to stay warm!

5 Architecture

  • 1. Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.
  • 2. If you're into architecture and you're from the West everything is hors d'oeuvres for working to rebuild the Temple. Ultimately you're led there. You can't escape it.
  • 3. Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise.
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