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Generally speaking a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.

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Imagination,

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Henry David Thoreau
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Category: Imagination

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. Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
  • 2. There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning rolling over in a tractor and old age.
  • 3. I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age.

2 Amazing

  • 1. It's kind of amazing how popular 'Grey's Anatomy' is. What other show can boast such an annoyingly sincere cast of doctors sniveling through such perfunctory love triangles?
  • 2. Me and my friend Ioan Gruffudd are like chalk and cheese when it comes to clothes. He lives for his clothes and has an amazing wardrobe. If we're going out I'll turn up at his house and say 'I haven't got anything to wear ' and he'll tut and sigh and then lend me something swanky.
  • 3. I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director the creative process is really amazing.

3 Anger

  • 1. In high school I dated a white woman. She would come to visit me on the rez. And her dad who was very racist didn't like that at all. And he told her one time 'You shouldn't go on the rez if you're white because Indians have a lot of anger in their heart.'
  • 2. There is not in nature a thing that makes man so deformed so beastly as doth intemperate anger.
  • 3. I love each and every one of you but like my own family you thrill you frustrate you anger.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls with whom they make up a sole family – a domestic church.
  • 2. And this year is going to be the 25th anniversary of the 17-0 team the only undefeated season.
  • 3. I've been sober for two-and-a-half years My children are happy. In August my wife and I will celebrate our fifteenth wedding anniversary. My band is back together with a sold-out tour.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.
  • 2. If I have a style I am not aware of it.
  • 3. Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.
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