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Only the contemptible fear contempt.

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Fear,

Author:

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Category: Fear

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. He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
  • 2. Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age when the eager passions of youth are cooled and the infirmities of age not yet begun as we see that the shadows which are at morning and evening so large almost entirely disappear at midday.
  • 3. Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
  • 2. The business that people do in LA on the social level is amazing. You go to a restaurant bump into this guy or that guy. The next day you get a call and they want you in their movie.
  • 3. Well it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.

3 Anger

  • 1. I may have been the only candidate in America who failed to ride the wave of anti-establishment anger to victory.
  • 2. The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough.
  • 3. Somebody hits me I'm going to hit him back. Even if it does look like he hasn't eaten in a while.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse hopefully enduring and intimate to the degree of being sacred.
  • 2. I've been in love with the same woman for forty-one years. If my wife finds out she'll kill me.
  • 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. Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.
  • 2. Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup but the tea.
  • 3. We all love musical architecture there's no doubt about that.
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