Kate Bush (1958- )
Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on July 30, 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer; sister of John Carder Bush
Alchemy
@ What a lovely afternoon
On a cloudbusting kind of day.
We took our own 'Mystery Tour'
And got completely lost somewhere up in the hills.
And we came up on a bee-keeper,
And he said "Did you know they can change it all?"
They got alchemy.
They turn the roses into gold
They turn the lilac into honey
They're making love for the peaches.
And they'll do it,
Do it for you.
Kate Bush, in "You Want Alchemy" (B-side of "The Red Shoes" single) (4 April 1994)
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@ Artists shouldn't be made famous. You know... they're just ... as important as... um doctors, and priests ... or maybe not as important sometimes, and yet they have this huge aura of almost god-like quality about them, just because their craft makes a lot of money. And at the same time it is a forced importance — you know, football stars and theatre stars — It is man-made so the press can feed off it.
Profiles in Rock interview (December 1980)
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kate_Bush
Ha-Joon Chang
Ha-Joon Chang
Ha-Joon Chang (born 7 October 1963) is a Korean development economist.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ha-Joon_Chang
Ha-Joon Chang (born 7 October 1963) is a Korean development economist.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ha-Joon_Chang
NOWgNOY
NOWgNOY
Quotes·Quotations by NOWgNOY
Life
¶ Life is more beautiful than you thought... if you do not give up.
Norway
Norway
Norway i/ˈnɔrweɪ/ (Norwegian: Norge (Bokmål) or Noreg (Nynorsk)), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of 385,252 square kilometres (148,747 sq mi) and a population of about 4.99 million. It is the second least densely populated country in Europe. The majority of the country shares a border to the east with Sweden; its northernmost region is bordered by Finland to the south and Russia to the east; in its south Norway borders the Skagerrak Strait across from Denmark. The capital city of Norway is Oslo. Norway's extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea, is home to its famous fjords.
Two centuries of Viking raids tapered off following the adoption of Christianity by King Olav Tryggvason in 994. A period of civil war ended in the 13th century when Norway expanded its control overseas to parts of the British Isles, Iceland, and Greenland. Norwegian territorial power peaked in 1265, but competition from the Hanseatic League and the spread of the Black Death weakened the country. In 1380, Norway was absorbed into a union with Denmark that lasted more than four centuries. In 1814, Norwegians resisted the cession of their country to Sweden and adopted a new constitution. Sweden then invaded Norway but agreed to let Norway keep its constitution in return for accepting the union under a Swedish king. Rising nationalism throughout the 19th century led to a 1905 referendum granting Norway independence. Although Norway remained neutral in World War I, it suffered heavy losses to its shipping. Norway proclaimed its neutrality at the outset of World War II, but was nonetheless occupied for five years by the Third Reich. In 1949, neutrality was abandoned and Norway became a founding member of NATO. Discovery of oil and gas in adjacent waters in the late 1960s boosted Norway's economic fortunes. In referenda held in 1972 and 1994, Norway rejected joining the EU. Key domestic issues include immigration and integration of ethnic minorities, maintaining the country's extensive social safety net with an aging population, and preserving economic competitiveness.
Norway has extensive reserves of petroleum, natural gas, minerals, lumber, seafood, fresh water, and hydropower. On a per-capita basis, it is the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas outside the Middle East, and the petroleum industry accounts for around a quarter of the country's gross domestic product. The country maintains a Nordic welfare model with universal health care, subsidized higher education, and a comprehensive social security system. From 2001 to 2006, and then again from 2009 through 2011, Norway has had the highest human development index ranking in the world.
Norwegian Proverbs
Food·Dieting
¶ Cookies are made of butter and love.
Hero
¶ Heroism consists in hanging on one minute longer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway
Northern Ndebele people
Northern Ndebele people
The northern Ndebele (Northern Ndebele: amaNdebele) are a nation and ethnic group in Southern Africa, who share a common Ndebele culture and Ndebele language. Their history began when a Zulu chiefdom split from King Shaka in the early 19th century under the leadership of Mzilikazi, a former chief in his kingdom and ally. Under his command the disgruntled Zulus went on to conquer and rule the chiefdoms of the Southern Ndebele. This was where the name and identity of the eventual kingdom was adopted.
During a turbulent period in Nguni and Sesotho-Tswana history known as the Mfecane, Mzilikazi regiment, initially numbering 500 soldiers, moved west towards the present-day city of Pretoria, where they founded a settlement called Mhlahlandlela. They then moved northwards in 1838 into present-day Zimbabwe where they overwhelmed the Rozvi, eventually carving out a home now called Matabeleland and encompassing the west and south-west region of the country. In the course of the migration, large numbers of conquered local clans and individuals were absorbed into the Ndebele nation, adopting the Ndebele language and culture. Historically the assimilated people came from the Southern Ndebele, Swazi, Sotho-Tswana, and amaLozwi/Rozvi ethnic groups.
Northern Ndebele Proverb
Fortune
¶ Amajodo awela abangelambiza.
Translation: Fortune favours the foolish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ndebele_people
Norman Bates (Psycho, 1960)
Norman Bates from Psycho (1960)
Norman Bates is a fictional character created by writer Robert Bloch as the central character in his novel Psycho, and portrayed by Anthony Perkins as the main antagonist of the 1960 film of the same name directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The character was inspired by murderer and body snatcher Ed Gein.
Quotes·Quotations by Norman Bates
Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates from Psycho (1960)
¶ A boy's best friend is his mother.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Bates
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Perkins
Norio Kuboi
Norio Kuboi
A professor at Momoyama Gakuin University (also known as St. Andrew’s University)
Quotes·Quotations by Norio Kuboi
Dokdo/Takeshima
¶ Dokdo is Korean territory. The Japanese government needs to recognize the fact that it forcefully seized Dokdo, or Takeshima during the Russo-Japanese War between 1904 and 1905.
¶ We confirmed that South Korean residents are living on Takeshima, and that the islets are being guarded. It is clear that South Korea is in a position of being able to claim sovereignty over the islets. [May 24, 2013]
Noah Calhoun/"Duke" from The Notebook (2004)
Noah Calhoun/"Duke" from The Notebook (2004)
Quotes·Quotations by Noah Calhoun/"Duke"
James Garner as Old Noah Calhoun/"Duke" from The Notebook (2004)
¶ They didn't agree on much. In fact, they rarely agreed on anything. They fought all the time, and they challenged each other every day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Garner
Ni-Chang (The Forbidden Kingdom, 2008)
Li Bingbing as Ni-Chang, the White-Haired Witch/Assassin from The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
@ How romantic. Men will tell you what you want to hear, Sparrow, but in the end they will leave you with nothing!
Nina Dobrev (1989- )
Nina Dobrev (1989- )
Nina Dobrev (born Nina Constantinova Dobreva, January 9, 1989) is a Bulgarian-Canadian actress and model. She played the role of Mia Jones, the single teenage mother, on Degrassi: The Next Generation, from the show's sixth to ninth season. She currently stars as Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce on The CW television teen drama, The Vampire Diaries.
Quotes·Quotation by Nina Dobrev
Celebrities
¶ It’s changed my life a lot, in many different ways. I came into it really new to the business, didn’t really know much. I learned everything on set here, made some really good friends. Everyone’s really positive – I love it. [on being part of “Degrassi: The Next Generation" ]
¶ People tell me that I look like her a few times a day. I think she’s gorgeous.
¶ When I have an audition I don’t pick up the phone, I sit at home and I dissect the scenes to the bone. There’s a lot of time and work that goes into it.
Challenge
¶ Every role is a challenge. I want to keep doing everything… I want to try to do things that aren’t similar to one another.
¶ It was challenging because it’s not me. I went to a lot of web sites that dealt with teenage pregnancy. I read a lot of stories about girls having to go through what Mia did [Mia is Nina's character on Degrassi]. There’s the alienation factor and there are all the stories and rumors, having everybody judge you. It isn’t easy.
Life
¶ (If given a chance at immortality) I don’t know if I’d want it. I live a pretty cool life, so I’m happy where I am.
¶ I came to L.A. for the first time in January of this past year. The Vampire Diaries was actually my first audition for a pilot. I read the script, and I loved it. I thought it was really cool and I’d just gotten off a series, so obviously I was trained and ready, and I knew the drill and everything to do with it. It just sort of worked out. [in a 2009 interview]
¶ I didn’t have a stage mom at all. I was the one who planned out my auditions and drove myself an hour and a half into the city. [in a 2009 interview]
Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert from Vampire Diaries
¶ They just don't care any more. They don't remember that our parents are dead, they have their own lives to deal with. The rest of the world has moved on. You should try to. [Vampire Diaries, Pilot 1.1]
¶ Dear Diary, Today will be different. It has to be. I will smile, and it will be believable. My smile will say, "I'm fine, thank you. Yes, I feel much better." I will no longer be the sad little girl that lost her parents. I will start fresh, be someone new. It's the only way I'll make it through. [Vampire Diaries, Pilot 1.1]
¶ Dear Diary, I made it through the day. I must have said "I'm fine, thanks" at least 37 times. And I didn't mean it once. But no one noticed. When someone asks "How are you?", they really don't want an answer. [Vampire Diaries, Pilot 1.1]
¶ All you can do is be ready for the good, so when it comes, you invite it in. Because you need it. I need it. [Vampire Diaries, Pilot 1.1]
¶ When you lose someone, it stays with you. Always reminding you of how easy it is to get hurt. [Vampire Diaries, 1.2 The Night of the Comet]
¶ I would write, `Dear Diary, Today I convinced myself it's okay to give up. Stick with the status quo, now just isn't the time. But my reasons aren't reasons, they're excuses and the truth is, I'm scared` Stefan. I'm scared that if I let myself be happy for one minute, that the my world's going to come crashing down and I don't know if I'll be able to survive that. [Vampire Diaries, 1.2 The Night of the Comet]
¶ Well, then say something about yourself.. anything. Otherwise, I'm left with nothing but what other people tell me. [Vampire Diaries, 1.4 Family Ties]
¶ No, I'm not okay with any of it. I'm not gonna cry about it either. Honestly, I'm not gonna be one of those pathetic girls whose world stops spinning because of some guy. [Vampire Diaries, 1.5 You're Undead To Me (2009)]
¶ Dear Diary, I'm not a believer. People are born, they grow old and then they die. That's the world we live in. There's no magic, no mysticism, no immortality. There is nothing that defies rational thought. It's not possible. I'm not a believer, I can't be. But how can I deny what's right in front of me? Someone who never grows old.. never gets hurt.. someone who changes in ways that can't be explained. Girls bitten.. bodies drained of blood.. [Vampire Diaries, 1.5 You're Undead To Me (2009)]
¶ (Thinks, and gets out of the car, with a determined face) No. You don't get to make that decision for me. If you walk away, it's for you because I know what I want. Stefan I love you. [Vampire Diaries, 01.10 The Turning Points (2009)]
¶ If you don't come with me, I'm going by myself. What? You're the one who told me that I could handle things on my own now. [Vampire Diaries, 03.02 The Hybrid]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Dobrev
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