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One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together – which can lead to nightmares of social collapse.

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Alexander McCall Smith
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Category: Society

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. Death comes not to the living soul nor age to the loving heart.
  • 2. I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.
  • 3. The age thing really bugs me. Do people have more of a right to not like what I say because I'm 19?

2 Amazing

  • 1. Isn't it amazing the way the future succeeds in creating an appropriate past?
  • 2. They were so good that you just had to sing the song to them once and they got it. It's amazing. Sometimes it didn't come out the way you wanted but it was good.
  • 3. Janet Jackson is an icon I've been honored to meet her a few times working with her would be amazing.

3 Anger

  • 1. To rule one's anger is well to prevent it is better.
  • 2. That feeds anger and I mean when we went and at last thank heavens got towards peace in Northern Ireland we went for justice within Northern Ireland as well as using security well as well as a political settlement but surely that is the lesson.
  • 3. I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father and I took the anger out on myself. I did a good job at beating myself up at sometimes. I don't drink anymore but my alcoholic head occasionally says different. 'Nil By Mouth' was a love letter to my father because I needed to resolve some issues in order to be able to forgive him.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. 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.
  • 2. Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening May 15 1876 at the time when the country was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its political independence.
  • 3. I think you have to be willing to take a bullet for somebody if you're going to stand up there take your vows and be married to them for the rest of your life.

5 Architecture

  • 1. I don't believe in morality in architecture.
  • 2. The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building that has gone remotely by the name of architecture in our history.
  • 3. The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.
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