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Patriotism has served at different times as widely different ends as a razor which ought to be used in keeping your face clean and yet may be used to cut your own throat or that of an innocent person.

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Charles Edward Montague
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Category: Patriotism

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's the golden age of French cinema again but it's because Sarkozy had the guts to push through copyright law.
  • 2. My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.
  • 3. I prefer younger men. In some ways they are much more open to a woman being stronger and independent then some of the men my age.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I thought it was amazing to work with authors to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it.
  • 2. Turns out I couldn't catch them – or even get close to them. I realized that sharks are amazing beautiful animals who have absolutely no interest in checking me out.
  • 3. There's the Hollywood sign there's Griffith Observatory there's the great amazing Los Angeles Basin. It's 465 square miles of insanity and the best food on the planet.

3 Anger

  • 1. George wrote Taxman and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money.
  • 2. I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt.
  • 3. Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards for they are subtle and quick to anger.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. And currently there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics Australian Federation my 50th Birthday and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.
  • 2. I am so excited this year getting to play the 85th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Everyone knows on Thanksgiving morning to get up turn on the TV and watch the parade so to be an actual participant is going to be fun and I'm looking forward to it. I am gonna have to put on my deer hunting gear though to stay warm!
  • 3. Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder.

5 Architecture

  • 1. My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness.
  • 2. In fact it will be very easy to climb the building because of its shape and architecture.
  • 3. The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs.
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