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We may seem great in an employment below our worth but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Category: Great

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

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1 Age

  • 1. I was a mixture of being incredibly old for my age and incredibly backwards. I was born quite old but then I stopped growing. I lived with my mum and dad till I was 30.
  • 2. At my age you don't go into fatherhood lightly.
  • 3. To keep the heart unwrinkled to be hopeful kindly cheerful reverent that is to triumph over old age.

2 Amazing

  • 1. In my job people tell you that all the time: 'This shoot was great. You look amazing.' But you never know what they say when you turn away.
  • 2. I do like athletes as they have amazing self-discipline.
  • 3. When you write biographies whether it's about Ben Franklin or Einstein you discover something amazing: They are human.

3 Anger

  • 1. If a small thing has the power to make you angry does that not indicate something about your size?
  • 2. Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
  • 3. It is only with burning anger that we can speak of this attack by counter-revolutionary reactionary elements against the capital of our country against our people's democratic order and the power of the working class.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. 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.
  • 2. 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.
  • 3. One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.

5 Architecture

  • 1. When I'm in London Claridge's is a great favourite. I'm a big fan of art deco architecture and the rooms are extraordinary.
  • 2. The two elements the traveler first captures in the big city are extra human architecture and furious rhythm. Geometry and anguish.
  • 3. Once I got out of architecture school I decided not to be an architect I just started my own little design studio.
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