Michael Corleone (The Godfather)


Michael Corleone (The Godfather)

Michael Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novels, The Godfather and The Sicilian. He is also the main character of the Godfather film trilogy that was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, in which he was portrayed by Al Pacino, who was twice nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal (Best Supporting Actor for The Godfather, and Best Actor for The Godfather Part II).

Michael Corleone, as portrayed by Pacino, was recognized as the 11th most iconic villain in film history by the American Film Institute, although some critics consider Michael Corleone to be a tragic hero.


Quotes·Quotation by Michael Corleone

Al Pacino as Michael Corleone from The Godfather Part II (1974)

¶ There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Corleone

Mr. Mcguire (The Graduate)



Mr. Mcguire from The Graduate (1967)


Quotes·Quotations by Walter Brooke

Walter Brooke as Mr. Mcguire from The Graduate (1967)

Plastics.

Mrs. Gump (Forest Gump)


Mrs. Gump (Forest Gump)

Forrest's mother, who raises him after his father abandons them. Field reflected on the character, "She's a woman who loves her son unconditionally. ... A lot of her dialogue sounds like slogans, and that's just what she intends."


Quotes·Quotation by Mrs. Gump

Sally Field as Mrs. Gump from Forrest Gump (1994)

¶ Death is just a part of life.

¶ Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're gonna get.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Gump

Mozi (墨子, 470BC–391BC)


Mozi(墨子)

Mozi (Chinese: 墨子; pinyin: Mòzǐ; Wade–Giles: Mo Tzu, Lat. as Micius, ca. 470 BC – ca. 391 BC), original name Mo Di (墨翟), was a Chinese philosopher during the Hundred Schools of Thought period (early Warring States Period). Born in Tengzhou, Shandong Province, China, he founded the school of Mohism, and argued strongly against Confucianism and Daoism. During the Warring States Period, Mohism was actively developed and practiced in many states, but fell out of favour when the legalist Qin Dynasty came to power. During that period, many Mohist classics were ruined when Qin Shi Huang carried out the burning of books and burying of scholars. The importance of Mohism further declined when Confucianism became the dominant school of thought during the Han Dynasty, until mostly disappearing by the middle of the Western Han Dynasty. Mozi is known by children throughout Chinese culture by way of the Thousand Character Classic, which records that he was saddened when he saw dyeing of pure white silk, which embodied his conception of austerity (simplicity, chastity).


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozi
Mozi(墨子)

Mother Teresa (1910-1997)


Mother Teresa (1910-1997)

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu ( pronounced [aɡˈnɛs ˈɡɔndʒa bɔjaˈdʒiu]; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), more commonly known as Mother Teresa, was a Roman Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, in 1950. For over 45 years, she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries. Following her death, she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta".

Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity at the time of her death had 610 missions in 123 countries including hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, children's and family counselling programmes, orphanages and schools. She received numerous awards including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, and the Bharat Ratna in 1980.


Quotes·Quotation

Advice

¶ If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa

Kate Moss (1974- )


Kate Moss (1974- )

Kate Moss (born 16 January 1974) is an English model who rose to fame in the early 1990s as part of the heroin chic fashion trend. She is known for her waifish figure, and role in size zero fashion. She is also noted for her controversial private life, high-profile relationships, party lifestyle, and drug use. In 2007, TIME magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[3] In 2012, she came second on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $9.2 million in one year.[4] Aside from modelling, Moss has embarked on numerous ventures, both fashion related and non-fashion related, which include her own clothing line and involvement in musical projects.


Quotes·Quotations by Kate Moss

***




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Moss


Moses Hadas (1900-1966)


Moses Hadas (1900-1966)

Moses Hadas (June 25, 1900 – August 17, 1966) was an American teacher, one of the leading classical scholars of the twentieth century, and a translator of numerous works.

Raised in Atlanta in a Yiddish-speaking Orthodox Jewish household, his early studies included rabbinical training; he graduated from Jewish Theological Seminary of America (1926) and took his doctorate in classics in 1930. He was fluent in Yiddish, German, ancient Hebrew, ancient Greek, Latin, French, and Italian, and well-versed in other languages.

His most productive years were spent at Columbia University, where he was a colleague of Jacques Barzun and Lionel Trilling. There, he took his talent for languages, combined it with a popularizing impulse, to buck the prevailing classical methods of the day—textual criticism and grammar—presenting classics, even in translation, as worthy of study as literary works in their own right.

This approach may be compared to the New Criticism school: even as the New Critics emphasized close reading, eschewing outside sources and cumbersome apparatus, Hadas, in presenting classical works in translation to an influx of post-war G.I. Bill students, brought forth an appreciation of his domain for those without the specialized training of classicists.

His popularizing impulse led him to embrace television as a tool for education, becoming a telelecturer and a pundit on broadcast television. He also recorded classical works on phonograph and tape.

His daughter Rachel Hadas is a poet, teacher, essayist, and translator.


Quotes·Quotations by Moses Hadas

Reading

¶ This book fills a much-needed gap.

¶ I have read your book and much like it.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Hadas

Morgan Freeman (1937- )

Morgan Freeman as God from Evan Almighty (2007)

Morgan Freeman (1937- )

Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, film director, aviator and narrator. Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus and won in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby. He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Freeman has appeared in many other box office hits, including Unforgiven, Glory, Seven, Deep Impact, The Sum of All Fears, Bruce Almighty, Batman Begins, March of the Penguins, The Bucket List, Wanted, The Dark Knight, and RED.


Quotes·Quotations by Morgan Freeman

¶ Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be couragous? If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them opportunities to love each other?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Freeman

Montesquieu (1689-1755)


Montesquieu (1689-1755)

Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (/ˈmɒntɨskjuː/; French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tɛskjø]; 18 January 1689 – 10 February 1755), generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French social commentator and political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment. He is famous for his articulation of the theory of separation of powers, which is taken for granted in modern discussions of government and implemented in many constitutions throughout the world. He was largely responsible for the popularization of the terms feudalism and Byzantine Empire.


Quotes·Quotations by Montesquieu

Writing·Reading

¶ I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Secondat

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (1956- )


Sri Sri
Ravi Shankar

Author:
Ceeabraham

Wikimedia
Commons

/ CC-BY-SA-3.0

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar, commonly known as Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, was born on 13 May 1956. He is also frequently referred to simply as "Sri Sri" (honorific) or as Guruji or Gurudev. He is a spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living Foundation, which aims to relieve individual stress, societal problems, and violence. In 1997, he established a Geneva-based charity, the International Association for Human Values, an NGO that engages in relief work and rural development and aims to foster shared global values.


Mind

¶ In the realm of mind, like attracts like. If the soul is peaceful, then it attracts peaceful environment and people around it.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_(spiritual_leader)

André Malraux (1901-1976)


André Malraux (1901-1976)

André Georges Malraux (November 3 1901 – November 23, 1976) was a French novelist, adventurer, art historian and statesman. He served as Minister for Cultural Affairs from 1958 to 1969.


Quotes·Quotations by André Malraux

Arts

¶ History may clarify our understanding of the supreme work of art, but can never account for it completely; for the Time of art is not the same as the Time of history.


http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Malraux