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The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Category: Intelligence

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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. Up until age 40 most men are just not as mature as women. So it makes sense that a lot of women date up in age a bit.
  • 2. We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.
  • 3. The age we live in is a busy age in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection.

2 Amazing

  • 1. What would be a show that I would rescue? If I could bring anything back it would be 'The Carol Burnett Show'. Tim Conway is just… I just watched him so many times do stuff over and over. He's just so amazing.
  • 2. It's awesome to see something like 'Inception' which is just mind-blowing and amazing and it actually resonates with the audiences. I feel like that's rare.
  • 3. Being a parent is amazing.

3 Anger

  • 1. I've spent a lot of time and money trying to keep my anger in control.
  • 2. I think anger and laughter are very close to each other when you think about it.
  • 3. So many women keep their anger inside and let it build until they explode and then people blow them off again.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.
  • 2. My mother and stepfather were married 43 years so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And you know it's just a number.
  • 3. See the 'On the Road' that came out in 1957 was censored. A lot of the honesty of it the bitter honesty is in the original scroll version that came out in 2007 on the 50-year anniversary. Back then there was so much post-Second World War fear that was imposed on everybody – 'You must live life this way' – and these guys were bored.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.
  • 2. Architecture begins where engineering ends.
  • 3. Architecture is the learned game correct and magnificent of forms assembled in the light.
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