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To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.

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Intelligence,

Author:

Arnold J. Toynbee
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Category: Intelligence

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. Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.
  • 2. Growing up on stage I was introduced to makeup at a young age and I will never forget the first time I tried on a L'Oreal Paris iconic lipstick – it was instant glamour and I've been hooked ever since.
  • 3. I've never worried about age.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Usher is amazing. He's perfection to me as a performer. He gets down.
  • 2. It is amazing how nice people are to you when they know you're going away.
  • 3. I love Jessica Simpson. I love her voice. She's amazing.

3 Anger

  • 1. I'm generally quite an angry person and I like to channel my anger toward something creative.
  • 2. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
  • 3. For every minute you remain angry you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. As the third anniversary of the September 11th attacks draws near we must ensure our nation is prepared to handle the continued threat of violence and terrorism on our country.
  • 2. I think you have to be willing to take a bullet for somebody if you're going to stand up there take your vows and be married to them for the rest of your life.
  • 3. Last week the House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring the victims and heroes of September 11th. As we commemorate the anniversary of 9-11 we must also remember that the threat is still very real today.

5 Architecture

  • 1. In any architecture there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.
  • 2. Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
  • 3. To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects.
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