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Henry Adams Quotes

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: american
Birth: February 16, 1838 - March 27, 1918

Topics

Nature Man Law Chaos Dream Order

Loving your language means a command of its vocabulary beyond the level of the everyday.

Communication Language Loving Beyond

IRAs are intended for retirement.

Retirement Intended

It had rained on some vivid green ferns in Maine and it was quite beautiful. I was moving the camera slightly and studying the ground glass. Looking at those 20 square inches, trying to find out just what were the right elements to include.

Beautiful Green Moving Looking Find

The few times I've tried to write original screenplays, it's a difficult process because I just don't feel like I know the characters the way I know them after the year or two it takes to write a novel.

Process Feel Year Know Way Write

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting.

Robert Benchley

Time Waiting Evil Reputation Windows

When you have a disability, people think you are weak. They think they can prey on you.

People Think You Disability Weak

We must fight and win the battle against terror overseas so we never have to fight it here at home.

Home Fight Win Battle Never Against

I agree with the rest of the band, that a truly synthesized sound isn't really what I would want to go for.

Rest Go Want Band Sound Agree

The idea of wanting to do something that's completely natural and then having to repress it is something that I find fascinating.

Find Natural Something Wanting Idea

You can tell a lot about a man's character by watching him win or lose money.

Character Money Man Win Win Or Lose

Every transportation department at schools thought that there should be a bike buddy program. They thought that bicycle commuters wanted to find another buddy to bike with to campus, which is a nice idea. But the consumer demand for that was about zero.

Bike Thought Bicycle Transportation

Scholarship except by accident is never the measure of a person's power.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

Power Measure Person Scholarship

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