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I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves.

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Courage,

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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Category: Courage

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 greatest writers of this age… are aware of the mystery of our existence.
  • 2. At a certain age death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life.
  • 3. I will never be an old man. To me old age is always 15 years older than I am.

2 Amazing

  • 1. George Clooney is a super-human he's just such an amazing human being he taught me how to be a better person and a better actor!
  • 2. May your trails be crooked winding lonesome dangerous leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
  • 3. I mean there are some amazing storytelling being done on the small screen right now. That's what so cool about being in television right now. Studios networks are starting to throw more resources better writers more production values… and to be part of that is awesome.

3 Anger

  • 1. One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.
  • 2. A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
  • 3. When angry count to four when very angry swear.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. So while an incredible amount of progress has been made on this fifth anniversary I wanted to come here and tell the people of this city directly: My administration is going to stand with you – and fight alongside you – until the job is done. Until New Orleans is all the way back all the way.
  • 2. It was very hard for all of us. It's still very hard. The anniversary of his death just passed and every single one of his friends still after all these years… it's unbelievable.
  • 3. Mr. Speaker I rise today to recognize the Peace Corps as it reached its 45th anniversary on March 1 2006.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built.
  • 2. I would've been intrigued by being a film director. I would've been intrigued by politics. I thought about architecture.
  • 3. A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.
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