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One may know how to gain a victory and know not how to use it.

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War,

Author:

Pedro Calderon de la Barca
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Category: War

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. I got to experience soccer at the highest level at a young age I decided I wanted to be part of that for as long as possible.
  • 2. Right up until the time I retired at age 37 I felt like there were still things that I could do better.
  • 3. People are so busy dreaming the American Dream fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be that they're all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error.

2 Amazing

  • 1. It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
  • 2. Sayles could pull a performance out of a dog. I'm serious. He was just amazing. The world could fall apart and he remained on neutral.
  • 3. It's amazing what a spray-on tan will do.

3 Anger

  • 1. Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference.
  • 2. There's a lot of bitterness there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal those wounds.
  • 3. I think I would cope like anyone copes with any tragedy. I'm sure I would be very upset for a while and then there would come a point where I would either have to stay in this place of darkness and anger or I'd have to accept that it happened.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. You will reciprocally promise love loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today before God you formulate.
  • 2. So I think you have to marry for the right reasons and marry the right person.
  • 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. One of my favorite vacation places is Miami because of the people the water and the beach – of course – and the architecture on Miami Beach is so wonderful.
  • 2. You can just drift unhappily towards this vision of heaven on earth and ultimately that is what architecture is a vision of: Heaven on earth at it's best.
  • 3. Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.
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