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There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas.

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Robert Staughton Lynd
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Category: Christmas

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. I'd date someone younger or older age doesn't matter to me. Or looks really – it's all about maturity.
  • 2. The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality and on nothing else.
  • 3. The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood until the time comes for them to depart this life again like children neither tired of living nor aware of death.

2 Amazing

  • 1. The '60s were an amazing time.
  • 2. Alison Lohman is an amazing actress. I was so proud to work with her.
  • 3. We have an amazing fan base all around the world that love 40FT.

3 Anger

  • 1. Allowing children to show their guilt show their grief show their anger takes the sting out of the situation.
  • 2. Forgiveness is the economy of the heart… forgiveness saves the expense of anger the cost of hatred the waste of spirits.
  • 3. Growing up in a particular neighborhood growing up in a working-class family not having much money all of those things fire you and can give you an edge can give you an anger.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. So I think you have to marry for the right reasons and marry the right person.
  • 2. 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.
  • 3. I've been sober for two-and-a-half years My children are happy. In August my wife and I will celebrate our fifteenth wedding anniversary. My band is back together with a sold-out tour.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.
  • 2. A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.
  • 3. If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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