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We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows so does the shore of our ignorance.

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John Archibald Wheeler
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Category: Knowledge

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. New needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements… the modern painter cannot express this age the airplane the atom bomb the radio in the old forms of the Renaissance or of any other past culture.
  • 2. I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be pretty miserable at 40 or 50. If you're in good health you can enjoy things into your 80s.
  • 3. We were making the first step out of the age of chemistry and physics and into the age of biology.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I think it's very empowering to be able to have a career and to be a mother. It gives you an amazing sense of self.
  • 2. I had this really great amazing thing happen where I almost finished the book and I really needed to come up with an ending and I decided to go back and re-read the book and see if I could come up with an ending.
  • 3. When I was little I saw the play 'Les Miserables' on Broadway I thought it was the most amazing thing I have ever seen.

3 Anger

  • 1. When anger rushes unrestrained to action like a hot steed it stumbles on its way. The man of thought strikes deepest and strikes safely.
  • 2. Speak when you are angry – and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.
  • 3. Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. We are not the same persons this year as last nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we changing continue to love a changed person.
  • 2. 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.
  • 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. I could have been an architect but I don't think I'd have been very happy. Nearly all modern architecture is a silly game as far as I can see.
  • 2. The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples no ambitions.
  • 3. The architecture of a story can be a little bit different if it's a true story.
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