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As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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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. The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.
  • 2. I've always tried to do my very best and I want to be the very best age whatever age I am.
  • 3. It seems to me there is a change in what audiences want to see. I can only hope that's correct because there's an awful lot of people of my age around now and we outnumber the others.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Working with amazing people you continue to learn and develop yourself as an actor and as a person.
  • 2. I wore my first pair of Louboutins during this press tour. It was absolutely amazing they weren't heels they were little shoes but they were velvet and they were blue.
  • 3. It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.

3 Anger

  • 1. Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway and those are punished most who most obey.
  • 2. All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike friendship anger or pity.
  • 3. I may have been the only candidate in America who failed to ride the wave of anti-establishment anger to victory.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. My mother and stepfather were married 43 years so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And you know it's just a number.
  • 2. You marry somebody you love everything about them. You grow to learn about them. You never learn everything.
  • 3. June 2005 is the five year anniversary of the debut of Battle Pope.

5 Architecture

  • 1. A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.
  • 2. Of course I know very little about architecture and the older I get the less I know.
  • 3. People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train.
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