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Religion is regarded by the common people as true by the wise as false and by the rulers as useful.

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Category: Religion

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. The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
  • 2. Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time.
  • 3. A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It is conceived born grows up and dies of old age in a day.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Hawaii was beautiful of course we played at Turtle Bay an amazing resort right on the ocean.
  • 2. The attitude is we live and let live. This is actually an amazing change in values in a rather short time and it's an example of freedom from religion.
  • 3. Listen once in a while. It's amazing what you can hear.

3 Anger

  • 1. It is wise to direct your anger towards problems – not people to focus your energies on answers – not excuses.
  • 2. I've been trying to learn how to not be so conflicted about things like my own anger. I've always had a place in my music for my anger as a way of compensating for not having a mechanism to express it in my everyday life. So I've been trying to be more true to myself and that helps me to chill out a little bit. But politically uh-uh. No.
  • 3. Generalised anger and frustration is something that gets you in the studio and gets you to work – though it's not necessarily evident in anything that's finished.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. Next month I will celebrate my 30th anniversary of marriage with my beautiful bride Vicki. Our marriage has been a blessing. I have gained even more respect for the institution over the past 3 decades and will defend it against attack.
  • 2. 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.
  • 3. So I think you have to marry for the right reasons and marry the right person.

5 Architecture

  • 1. I think architecture has to be a gift.
  • 2. I feel however that we architects have a special duty and mission… (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning.
  • 3. I acquired an admiration for Japanese culture art and architecture and learned of the existence of the game of GO which I still play.
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