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If history repeats itself and the unexpected always happens how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.

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Experience,

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George Bernard Shaw
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Category: Experience

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. Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions measurements and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life cannot be precisely defined or measured. Can we define or measure love beauty friendship or decency for example?
  • 2. Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.
  • 3. Another belief of mine that everyone else my age is an adult whereas I am merely in disguise.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I go to Saint Barth in the French West Indies for two weeks each year. That place is amazing. Amazing people beautiful beaches great wine wonderful harbors… It's incredibly romantic.
  • 2. The thing that's tricky is sometimes the best voices – just because someone hits the big notes and sounds amazing – it doesn't necessarily mean they make the greatest artists.
  • 3. I really enjoyed being Peppy Miller. She was an amazing character and her energy followed me everywhere. When I talk about her I want to be her again.

3 Anger

  • 1. I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.
  • 2. Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
  • 3. Anger is a transient hatred or at least very like it.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. The heart of marriage is memories and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns then your marriage is a gift from the gods.
  • 2. Presently the Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History has been brought about to encourage and sponsor a variety of historical activities that advance our understanding of the American Jewish experience as it marks this milestone anniversary.
  • 3. I was always very grateful to 'em and am grateful to 'em now. I went back a couple of years ago and did their 20th anniversary show. But the longer I stayed on Hee Haw the worse things got for me musically.

5 Architecture

  • 1. An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board and a wrecking bar at the site.
  • 2. Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore is to make those sentiments more precise.
  • 3. Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol but every human thought has its page in that vast book.
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