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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. It doesn't matter what color sex religion age sexual orientation etc. everyone should have the same freedoms and liberties.
  • 2. 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.
  • 3. Although it is generally known I think it's about time to announce that I was born at a very early age.

2 Amazing

  • 1. When we're on set we kind of joke around and when we're rehearsing we change up the scenes and make each other laugh. We lighten up the mood. The blooper reel is going to be amazing on 'New Moon.'
  • 2. I think dance is amazing because what people don't realize is like when you dance your spirit and your soul get ignited. You're not only releasing endorphins but also your spirit is awakening. It makes you feel good and happy.
  • 3. If I can help and influence girls who are going through body-image issues then I think that's amazing.

3 Anger

  • 1. At the time 1980 people regarded actresses involved with production with a certain amount of fear resentment and anger.
  • 2. The poor monkey quietly seated on the ground seemed to be in sore trouble at this display of anger.
  • 3. I think I'm basically the same guy I always was. Maybe I've learned through experience to rein in some of the anger and temper they say redheads normally have.

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. Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years.
  • 3. Mr. Speaker I rise today to recognize the Peace Corps as it reached its 45th anniversary on March 1 2006.

5 Architecture

  • 1. You look at the steamboat the railroad the car the airplane – not all of these were invented in the Anglo-American world but they were popularized and extended by it. They were made possible by the financial architecture the capital intensive operations invented and developed by the Anglo-Americans.
  • 2. The process I go through in the art and the architecture I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical.
  • 3. Architecture is a art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well being.
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