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It is easier to know men in general than men in particular.

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Courage,

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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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. New needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements… the modern painter cannot express this age the airplane the atom bomb the radio in the old forms of the Renaissance or of any other past culture.
  • 2. I would go out with women my age but there are no women my age.
  • 3. Because of my age and because there's more work on the small screen. What it's missing in quality it makes up for in quantity. From an actor's selfish point of view.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Every time I got 'Amazing Spider-Man' or 'Fantastic Four' or another book firmly on the rails we got pulled into some big event book or crossover and it cost momentum and messed badly with the pacing and structure of the book.
  • 2. Children are amazing and while I go to places like Princeton and Harvard and Yale and of course I teach at Columbia NYU and that's nice and I love students but the most fun of all are the real little ones the young ones.
  • 3. When we'd suggested doing it the Theatre Royal management had said 'Nobody wants to see Waiting for Godot.' As it happened every single ticket was booked for every single performance and this confirmation that our judgment was right was sweet. Audiences came to us from all over the world. It was amazing.

3 Anger

  • 1. The components of anxiety stress fear and anger do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world even though we talk about them as if they do.
  • 2. Anger if not restrained is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
  • 3. My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes cry rant and rave and at the sound of the bell simmer down and go about business as usual.

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. I am so excited this year getting to play the 85th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Everyone knows on Thanksgiving morning to get up turn on the TV and watch the parade so to be an actual participant is going to be fun and I'm looking forward to it. I am gonna have to put on my deer hunting gear though to stay warm!
  • 3. That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry.

5 Architecture

  • 1. The team architecture means setting up an organization that helps people produce that great work in teams.
  • 2. My buildings will be my legacy… they will speak for me long after I'm gone.
  • 3. Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.
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