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It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them.

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Category: Great

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. Memory in youth is active and easily impressible in old age it is comparatively callous to new impressions but still retains vividly those of earlier years.
  • 2. At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
  • 3. We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I'm glad that my parents missed one thing that was really unbelievable. They saw me hit this great success. It was a blast and we had a lot of laughs. And it was just an amazing time. They passed away. And then after I got you know famous all these haters came out of nowhere.
  • 2. Amazingly when you add life and consciousness to the equation you can actually explain some of the biggest puzzles of science.
  • 3. I was speaking to Ridley Scott the other day and he makes a film every 18 months. He's amazing really.

3 Anger

  • 1. Fear is the only true enemy born of ignorance and the parent of anger and hate.
  • 2. Everybody kind of perceives me as being angry. It's not anger it's motivation.
  • 3. It is wise to direct your anger towards problems – not people to focus your energies on answers – not excuses.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder.
  • 2. The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band but now they are really another band so it's all a bit weird.
  • 3. Last week the House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring the victims and heroes of September 11th. As we commemorate the anniversary of 9-11 we must also remember that the threat is still very real today.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Architecture is the art of how to waste space.
  • 2. As a designer the mission with which we have been charged is simple: providing space at the right cost.
  • 3. The frightening thought that what you draw may become a building makes for reasoned lines.
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