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If we wish to preserve a free society it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.

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Friedrich August von Hayek
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Category: Society

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. It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives to all the miseries but is dead to all the pleasures.
  • 2. I prefer younger men. In some ways they are much more open to a woman being stronger and independent then some of the men my age.
  • 3. What I really tried to do with Helen was make her show this sad side of her. She was married off at 16 was so young and living in this castle that can't leave because of how she looks and married to a man she hates and three times her age.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I just want to be a part of great stories whether I'm part of an amazing ensemble cast or I'm leading it or the antagonist or whatever.
  • 2. I'm one of those people that thinks the Internet is amazing and I can't believe it exists.
  • 3. To me when a great band is playing together it's amazing for me.

3 Anger

  • 1. Fair peace becomes men ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
  • 2. Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.
  • 3. I've been trying to learn how to not be so conflicted about things like my own anger. I've always had a place in my music for my anger as a way of compensating for not having a mechanism to express it in my everyday life. So I've been trying to be more true to myself and that helps me to chill out a little bit. But politically uh-uh. No.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.
  • 2. I didn't make my first solo record until 1981 so I don't have any 60's or 70's recordings but I am working on a large boxed set called DUST to be released next year the 20th anniversary of my first solo record.
  • 3. 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.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Rationalism is the enemy of art though necessary as a basis for architecture.
  • 2. Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.
  • 3. Buildings should serve people not the other way around.
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