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The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other.

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Alexis de Tocqueville
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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. When you're my age and you see a story you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt.
  • 2. Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless of course you happen to be a bottle of wine.
  • 3. You'd think that in this age especially in the 21st century – especially with all the technology and all the discoveries that we've made – that we would figure out how to tackle abuse.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Men are amazing. I love the way they are. They're consistently little boys and they need to be nurtured and loved. But at the same time they need to feel like men.
  • 2. I'm so happy to have been a part of that process and I would go straight back into the desert in a ton of chain mail for Ridley any day of the week. He's an amazing director and I can't wait to see the long version.
  • 3. It was amazing and inspiring to see so many people come together through music to aid the great state of Vermont.

3 Anger

  • 1. But one of the hardest things for me to do was to access anger. I could do it on stage. But when I did it on film it was hard for me. That probably has to do with the intimacy of film. And my own personal issues with expressing anger. So I had to learn how to do that.
  • 2. All who consult on doubtful matters should be void of hatred friendship anger and pity.
  • 3. Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards for they are subtle and quick to anger.

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. The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band but now they are really another band so it's all a bit weird.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.
  • 2. Architecture is invention.
  • 3. Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.
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