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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.

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C. Northcote Parkinson
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Category: Politics

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. Listen in England people are already writing their memoirs at the age of 23.
  • 2. A truly great book should be read in youth again in maturity and once more in old age as a fine building should be seen by morning light at noon and by moonlight.
  • 3. Old age is a shipwreck.

2 Amazing

  • 1. It's amazing how quickly people on the internet can pick something up but it's also amazing how quickly they can drop it.
  • 2. The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It's a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation.
  • 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player he didn't do anything amazing.

3 Anger

  • 1. Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.
  • 2. People are unjust to anger – it can be enlivening and a lot of fun.
  • 3. Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. So I think you have to marry for the right reasons and marry the right person.
  • 2. Married people from my generation are like an endangered species!
  • 3. On this important anniversary we must remember that while we have come a long way in eliminating barriers critical work remains to ensure all Americans can live up to their full potential.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Less is more.
  • 2. Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community.
  • 3. The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house.
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