Olga Fonda
Olga Tchakova better known professionally as Olga Fonda, is a Russian-born American film and television actress and model.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Fonda
Olga Kurylenko (1979- )
Olga Kurylenko (1979- )
Olga Kurylenko (Ukrainian: Ольга Костянтинівна Куриленко, Ol’ha Kostyantynivna Kurylenko, [ˈɔlʲɦɑ kostʲɑnˈtɪnʲiwnɑ kurɪˈlɛnko]; Russian: Ольга Константиновна Куриленко, tr. Ol’ga Konstantinovna Kurilenko; IPA: [ˈolʲgə kənstɐnˈtʲinəvna kʊrʲɪˈlʲenkə]; born 14 November 1979) is a French actress and model. She rose to prominence for her roles as Nika Boronina in the movie adaptation of the video game Hitman (2007), and the Bond girl, Camille Montes, in the 22nd James Bond film, Quantum of Solace (2008).
Quotes·Quotations by Olga Kurylenko
¶ You can't put a price on integrity.
Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899)
Robert G. Ingersoll
Robert G. Ingersoll (11 August 1833 – 21 July 1899) was an American social activist, orator, and agnostic prominent during the Golden Age of Freethought.
Quotes·Quotations by ***
Music
@ Music is the voice of love.
Genius
@ In the republic of mediocrity genius is dangerous.
***
¶
@ An honest God is the noblest work of man.
This is derived from Alexander Pope's "An honest man's the noblest work of God." Motto of the essay "The Gods" (1876) as published in The Gods and Other Lectures (1879).
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_G._Ingersoll
Robert G. Ingersoll (11 August 1833 – 21 July 1899) was an American social activist, orator, and agnostic prominent during the Golden Age of Freethought.
Quotes·Quotations by ***
@ Music is the voice of love.
Genius
@ In the republic of mediocrity genius is dangerous.
***
¶
@ An honest God is the noblest work of man.
This is derived from Alexander Pope's "An honest man's the noblest work of God." Motto of the essay "The Gods" (1876) as published in The Gods and Other Lectures (1879).
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_G._Ingersoll
Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)
Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)
Dame Iris Murdoch DBE (15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was an Irish-born British author and philosopher, best known for her novels about good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious. Her first published novel, Under the Net, was selected in 1998 as one of Modern Library's 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 1987, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In 2008, The Times ranked Murdoch twelfth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Quotes·Quotations by Iris Murdoch
Art
¶ All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.
¶ Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
¶ But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.
Happiness
¶ My happiness has a sad face, so sad that for years I took it for my unhappiness and drove it away.
Love
¶ Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.
¶ Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes.
¶ We can only learn to love by loving.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Murdoch
N. D. Stice
N. D. Stice
Quotes·Quotations by N. D. Stice
Appearance
¶ Like a prune, you are not getting any better looking, but you are getting sweeter.
Number Six
Number Six
Six or Number Six, also known as Maren Elizabeth (formerly "Sheila," "Kelly," and "Veronica"), is 16-years old. In I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Six's Legacy, her Cêpan Katarina names Six as a Warrior. She is perhaps the most developed in both battle technique and military strategy of the Garde we have met thus far, due to the need to fend for herself for the last three years, but is a close tie with Nine. She is the only other Lorien child in I Am Number Four apart from Number Four/John Smith.
Six is described as very pretty, with long dark hair, olive-toned skin, hazel-grey eyes, high cheekbones, a wide mouth, and being two inches shorter than Number Four/John Smith. In The Rise of Nine preview she dyes her hair blonde. Her Cêpan, Katarina, died three years before the novel begins. It is later revealed that she was once called Maren Elizabeth, though John and Sam still call her Six. Both boys like her, though it is unknown who she prefers. She confessed that she liked both the boys and kissed John on his lips and Sam on his cheeks before she left. At the end of the second book Six, Seven, Ten (Ella) and Ten's unofficial Cêpan Crayton's goals are to locate Five, Eight and their Chimaeras, then meet Four and Nine in America. In the third book, Six and the others discover Eight and try to have him teleport to New Mexico, but are separated. Stuck in New Mexico Six is captured and to a underground base controlled by Mogs and the FBI, where she is forced to fight Setrakus Ra, the leader of the Mogadoriens, and is defeated. She also meets Sarah, who was also held captive, and understands that Sarah was the truly the one for John and did not turn him in. They girls are reconciled and mend their friendship. During her confrontation with Ra, he transforms into her and has Six pinned up on the wall covered in a black rock. After the Garde, with the exception of Five, manage to hurt Ra, Six escapes her prison and reunites with her friends, swearing to kill Ra the next time they see him. Six meets nine for the first time. Her Legacies include:
Invisibility - Her first Legacy, developing in a Mogadorian dungeon, which she used to escape. In I Am Number Four, she uses it to find John in the school by sneaking around the Mogadorians. It can also be used to turn other people and objects invisible via touch. John's grandfather had this power.
Atmoskinesis - The ability to control the four basic elements Earth, Fire, Water and Air, together they can be used to create, manipulate or control the weather. John's father had this power.
Telekinesis - Like all Garde, Six can move objects with her mind.
Enhancement - All Garde possess enhanced physical strength, speed, reflexes, endurance and durability.
Six is portrayed by Teresa Palmer in the film adaptation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lorien_Legacies_characters#Number_Six
Six or Number Six, also known as Maren Elizabeth (formerly "Sheila," "Kelly," and "Veronica"), is 16-years old. In I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Six's Legacy, her Cêpan Katarina names Six as a Warrior. She is perhaps the most developed in both battle technique and military strategy of the Garde we have met thus far, due to the need to fend for herself for the last three years, but is a close tie with Nine. She is the only other Lorien child in I Am Number Four apart from Number Four/John Smith.
Six is described as very pretty, with long dark hair, olive-toned skin, hazel-grey eyes, high cheekbones, a wide mouth, and being two inches shorter than Number Four/John Smith. In The Rise of Nine preview she dyes her hair blonde. Her Cêpan, Katarina, died three years before the novel begins. It is later revealed that she was once called Maren Elizabeth, though John and Sam still call her Six. Both boys like her, though it is unknown who she prefers. She confessed that she liked both the boys and kissed John on his lips and Sam on his cheeks before she left. At the end of the second book Six, Seven, Ten (Ella) and Ten's unofficial Cêpan Crayton's goals are to locate Five, Eight and their Chimaeras, then meet Four and Nine in America. In the third book, Six and the others discover Eight and try to have him teleport to New Mexico, but are separated. Stuck in New Mexico Six is captured and to a underground base controlled by Mogs and the FBI, where she is forced to fight Setrakus Ra, the leader of the Mogadoriens, and is defeated. She also meets Sarah, who was also held captive, and understands that Sarah was the truly the one for John and did not turn him in. They girls are reconciled and mend their friendship. During her confrontation with Ra, he transforms into her and has Six pinned up on the wall covered in a black rock. After the Garde, with the exception of Five, manage to hurt Ra, Six escapes her prison and reunites with her friends, swearing to kill Ra the next time they see him. Six meets nine for the first time. Her Legacies include:
Invisibility - Her first Legacy, developing in a Mogadorian dungeon, which she used to escape. In I Am Number Four, she uses it to find John in the school by sneaking around the Mogadorians. It can also be used to turn other people and objects invisible via touch. John's grandfather had this power.
Atmoskinesis - The ability to control the four basic elements Earth, Fire, Water and Air, together they can be used to create, manipulate or control the weather. John's father had this power.
Telekinesis - Like all Garde, Six can move objects with her mind.
Enhancement - All Garde possess enhanced physical strength, speed, reflexes, endurance and durability.
Six is portrayed by Teresa Palmer in the film adaptation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lorien_Legacies_characters#Number_Six
Number Four
Number Four
Number Four, or John Smith (formerly known as "Daniel Jones"), is 16-years old (as of The Power of Six). He is the protagonist and narrator of the first novel, I Am Number Four, and half of The Power of Six and The Rise of Nine. John is Number Four in the sequence protecting the ten Lorien children living and hiding on Earth. He is described as being a fit, very attractive young man with dark blonde hair. He has three circular scars on his right ankle, symbolizing the three dead Lorien children, and a scar similar to the pendant all the Lorien children wear, signifying the charm that protects them. John falls in love with high school junior Sarah Hart in the first book. In The Power of Six he develops feelings for number Six as well, although these subside in the third book, and his feelings for Sarah take over. Four also has a friend named Sam Goode who travels with him and Six in a search for his father who he believes to be a prisoner of the Mogadoriens. His Cêpan was named Henri, who dies at the end of the first book. At the end of the second book, Four and Nine go North in an attempt to find Six. It is also revealed in the third book that he may be the Garde who inherits all of Pittacus Lore's powers, with Nine and Eight as the other two possibilities. His Legacies include:
Lumen - The ability to produce fire, heat, and light from the users hands, and a resistance to heat, fire, and burns. John's grandfather had this power.
Animal Telepathy - The ability to communicate with animals. He discovered this Legacy last, near the end of the book one despite it being his first Legacy, happening before the timeline of the book.
Precognition - Ability to see the future (John has shown this ability a couple of times, though it is unconfirmed whether or not this is one of his Legacies)
Telekinesis - Like all Garde, Four can move objects with his mind.
Enhancement - All Garde possess enhanced physical strength, speed, reflexes, endurance and durability.
Area Healing - He learns this while in the fight in The Rise of Nine, when Sarah and Ella are shot and dying, he concentrates on how badly he does not want Sarah or Ella to die and heals them.
In the film adaptation, Number Four is portrayed by Alex Pettyfer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lorien_Legacies_characters#Number_Four
Number Four, or John Smith (formerly known as "Daniel Jones"), is 16-years old (as of The Power of Six). He is the protagonist and narrator of the first novel, I Am Number Four, and half of The Power of Six and The Rise of Nine. John is Number Four in the sequence protecting the ten Lorien children living and hiding on Earth. He is described as being a fit, very attractive young man with dark blonde hair. He has three circular scars on his right ankle, symbolizing the three dead Lorien children, and a scar similar to the pendant all the Lorien children wear, signifying the charm that protects them. John falls in love with high school junior Sarah Hart in the first book. In The Power of Six he develops feelings for number Six as well, although these subside in the third book, and his feelings for Sarah take over. Four also has a friend named Sam Goode who travels with him and Six in a search for his father who he believes to be a prisoner of the Mogadoriens. His Cêpan was named Henri, who dies at the end of the first book. At the end of the second book, Four and Nine go North in an attempt to find Six. It is also revealed in the third book that he may be the Garde who inherits all of Pittacus Lore's powers, with Nine and Eight as the other two possibilities. His Legacies include:
Lumen - The ability to produce fire, heat, and light from the users hands, and a resistance to heat, fire, and burns. John's grandfather had this power.
Animal Telepathy - The ability to communicate with animals. He discovered this Legacy last, near the end of the book one despite it being his first Legacy, happening before the timeline of the book.
Precognition - Ability to see the future (John has shown this ability a couple of times, though it is unconfirmed whether or not this is one of his Legacies)
Telekinesis - Like all Garde, Four can move objects with his mind.
Enhancement - All Garde possess enhanced physical strength, speed, reflexes, endurance and durability.
Area Healing - He learns this while in the fight in The Rise of Nine, when Sarah and Ella are shot and dying, he concentrates on how badly he does not want Sarah or Ella to die and heals them.
In the film adaptation, Number Four is portrayed by Alex Pettyfer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lorien_Legacies_characters#Number_Four
Kate Bush (1958- )
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)
***
@ 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
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)
***
@ 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
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