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The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.

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C. Northcote Parkinson
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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. Compared to a lot of actresses my age I'm actually overweight.
  • 2. I basically started playing violin at the age of six. That lasted about three years because my previous teacher died and the second teacher didn't really know how to successfully get me going.
  • 3. You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I'm very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We've got to be careful and make sure we don't foul our own nest.
  • 2. Having my first number one single and being able to travel to places I've never been before has been amazing. The tour was also fantastic. There are so many things which I've experienced this year which I never even dreamed of.
  • 3. As far as the girls in my grade it was always kind of an on-and-off thing. When all this came up it was kind of hard. My guy friends and my family friends have been so amazing and supportive.

3 Anger

  • 1. Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.
  • 2. I don't think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It's to do with how much anger is in you.
  • 3. Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative and by being creative you can get beyond your pain or negativity.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. Actually the year anniversary of what you just heard my son Grahame and I are going to be in a play together and I'm acting for the first time in front of an audience that doesn't consist of a high school drama class.
  • 2. We can't forget what happened on May 4th 1970 when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional right of peaceful protest. They gave up their lives. And to sing that song in that spot on that anniversary was very emotional for us.
  • 3. I did that Dior Couture 60th anniversary show in July. It took so long to get ready I think I would have rather been watching.

5 Architecture

  • 1. The loftier the building the deeper must the foundation be laid.
  • 2. I'd like to do a lot of things – whether in design or architecture or business.
  • 3. The job of buildings is to improve human relations: architecture must ease them not make them worse.
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