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If we resist our passions it is more due to their weakness than our strength.

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Category: Strength

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. Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.
  • 2. Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children's party taken over by the elders.
  • 3. Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it's more accurate than education age income gender or race.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Trophies and medals have never meant much to me. I've had amazing experiences which let you feel like you've accomplished something.
  • 2. I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can't ask for more than that.
  • 3. For 'Around the World in 80 Plates' we got to travel all over having what was like a cross between a culinary competition and races. And in each country we had a chef Ambassador. We went to London Barcelona Bologna Hong Kong Thailand Morocco… It was amazing.

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. Deep down my mom had long suspected I was gay… Much of her anger and hurt came from her sense of betrayal that she was the last to be told.
  • 3. Acting in anger and hatred throughout my life I frequently precipitated what I feared most the loss of friendships and the need to rely upon the very people I'd abused.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. I've been in love with the same woman for forty-one years. If my wife finds out she'll kill me.
  • 2. June 2005 is the five year anniversary of the debut of Battle Pope.
  • 3. 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.

5 Architecture

  • 1. When you look at Japanese traditional architecture you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a harmonious close contact with nature – this very unique to Japan.
  • 2. Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.
  • 3. If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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