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Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.

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Orison Swett Marden
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Category: Loneliness

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. What's a man's age? He must hurry more that's all Cram in a day what his youth took a year to hold.
  • 2. TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary with independent films you just can't.
  • 3. A tart temper never mellows with age and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I never travel without my Stetson but the more I wear it the more I realise that no one wears hats any more. When I was a kid everybody wore hats especially in Texas but I get off the plane in Dallas now and I'm the only guy with a hat. It's amazing.
  • 2. My grandfather was one of the most amazing Baptist ministers in history he was unbelievable. He was one of the most amazing men – the most amazing man that I ever met… He lived an amazing life.
  • 3. Another little known fact about Amazing Tennis – the computer opponents are modeled after real people. In an odd turn of events I joined a division 3 college tennis team at age 38.

3 Anger

  • 1. Anger has a way of seeping into every other emotion and planting itself in there.
  • 2. You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do.
  • 3. I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color may feel versus language that I think now crosses the line and goes into hate.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. But to sustain a marriage for 50 years you have to get real a little bit and find someone who is understanding and who you can grow with. My mom always says 'Marry the man who loves you a millimeter more.'
  • 2. We can't forget what happened on May 4th 1970 when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional right of peaceful protest. They gave up their lives. And to sing that song in that spot on that anniversary was very emotional for us.
  • 3. And this year is going to be the 25th anniversary of the 17-0 team the only undefeated season.

5 Architecture

  • 1. The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs.
  • 2. After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture not only in advanced technology allowing earthquake resistant tall buildings but expressing and infusing characteristics of traditional Japanese architecture in modern buildings.
  • 3. At a certain point I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture.
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