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We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.

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Patriotism,

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Friedrich Durrenmatt
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Category: Patriotism

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. Sally Field looks amazing in general never mind her age! She's a phenomenally talented actress and has had a career spanning so many decades.
  • 2. And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight – I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball because I was a scrub – there were things that I liked about it.
  • 3. Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.

2 Amazing

  • 1. You can lose a game but I see guys every week including myself you lose a game it's a tough loss you're down two weeks later you forgot about it. You know it's amazing how down you were but all of the sudden you're like it never happened.
  • 2. L.A. Woman is amazing but when I was growing up I was into the Who.
  • 3. Sayles could pull a performance out of a dog. I'm serious. He was just amazing. The world could fall apart and he remained on neutral.

3 Anger

  • 1. Holding on to anger resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.
  • 2. You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do.
  • 3. At the time 1980 people regarded actresses involved with production with a certain amount of fear resentment and anger.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls with whom they make up a sole family – a domestic church.
  • 2. Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads today in observance of the September 11th anniversary. But politics wasn't very far offstage. The Obama campaign sees foreign policy as an advantage this year.
  • 3. But to sustain a marriage for 50 years you have to get real a little bit and find someone who is understanding and who you can grow with. My mom always says 'Marry the man who loves you a millimeter more.'

5 Architecture

  • 1. Architecture is the reaching out for the truth.
  • 2. Every man's work whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else is always a portrait of himself.
  • 3. Architecture is about public space held by buildings.
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