Life & People: 05/1993

Lex Luthor (Smallville)

Lex Luthor, Smallville

Lex Luthor is a fictional character from the television series Smallville. He was a series regular from the pilot episode until the season seven finale, and has been played continuously by Michael Rosenbaum, with various actors portraying Lex as a child throughout the series. The character of Lex Luthor, first created for comic books by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1940 as archnemesis of Superman, was adapted to television in 2001 by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar—this is only the third time the character has been adapted to a live action television series. The character has also appeared in various literature based on the Smallville television series, none of which directly continues from or into the television episodes.

In this 2001 series, Lex Luthor is sent to Smallville, by his father Lionel Luthor, to run the local LuthorCorp fertilizer plant. After driving his car off a bridge, he is saved by Clark Kent and quickly develops a new friendship with the farm boy. As the series unfolds, Lex's curiosity about Clark and all things connected to Clark ultimately destroys their friendship. Lex's relationship with his father is tension-filled from the start of the show, and eventually comes to an end when Lex murders his father in an effort to discover Clark's secret.

The Smallville incarnation of Lex Luthor is first introduced as a morally ambiguous character, who walks a fine line between good and evil. Lex is an inquisitive person, and it is that curiosity that drives him to attain as much power as possible as the series progresses—it will ultimately lead him to being Clark's greatest enemy. Michael Rosenbaum has been nominated for and won a Saturn Award and a Teen Choice Award for his portrayal of Lex Luthor on Smallville. After seven seasons as a series regular, Michael Rosenbaum left the show, but reprised the role for the 2-hour series finale.

Quotes·Quotation

Friend·Friendship

¶ Trust me Clark. Our friendship is going to be the stuff of legends.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luthor_(Smallville)

Lew Wallacee (1827-1905)

Lew Wallacee (1827-1905)

Lewis "Lew" Wallace (April 10, 1827 – February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician and author. Wallace served as governor of the New Mexico Territory at the time of the Lincoln County War and worked to bring an end to the fighting.

Of his novels and biographies, he is best known for his historical novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), a bestselling book since its publication, and called "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century."[1] It has been adapted four times for films.

Quotes·Quotations by Lew Wallacee

Beauty

¶ Beauty is altogether in the eye of the beholder.

Notes

[1]^ a b c d "Ben-Hur: The Book That Shook the World", Humanities, November/December 2009 Volume 30, Number 6, Accessed 2010-04-20

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

Leslie Nielsen (1926-2010)

Leslie Nielsen (1926-2010)

Leslie William Nielsen, OC (11 February 1926 – 28 November 2010) was a Canadian and naturalized American actor and comedian. Nielsen appeared in more than one hundred films and 1,500 television programs over the span of his career, portraying more than 220 characters. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Nielsen enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and worked as a disc jockey before receiving a scholarship to Neighborhood Playhouse. Making his television debut in 1948, he quickly expanded to over 50 television appearances two years later. Nielsen made his film debut in 1956, and began collecting his roles in dramas, westerns, and romance films between the 1950s and the 1970s. Nielsen's performance in the films Forbidden Planet and The Poseidon Adventure received positive reviews as a serious actor, although he is primarily known for his comedic roles during the 1980s and the early 1990s.

Although Nielsen's acting career crossed a variety of genres in both television and films, his deadpan delivery in Airplane! marked a turning point in his career, one that would make him, in the words of film critic Roger Ebert, "the Olivier of spoofs." Nielsen enjoyed further success with The Naked Gun film series, based on an earlier short-lived television series Police Squad! in which he also starred. Nielsen's portrayal of comedic characters seemingly oblivious to (and complicit in) their absurd surroundings gave him a reputation as a comedian. In the final years of his life, Nielsen appeared in numerous spoof and parody films, many of which were met poorly by critics, but performed well in box office and home media releases. Nielsen married four times and had two daughters from his second marriage. Nielsen was recognized with a variety of awards throughout his career, and was inducted into the Canada and Hollywood Walks of Fame.

Quotes·Quotations by Leslie Nielsen

Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack from Airplane! (1980)

¶ I am serious...and don't call me Shirley.

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

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)

Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й, pronounced [lʲev nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ tɐlˈstoj]) (September 9, 1828 – November 20, 1910) was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist fiction. Many consider Tolstoy to have been one of the world's greatest novelists. Tolstoy is equally known for his complicated and paradoxical persona and for his extreme moralistic and ascetic views, which he adopted after a moral crisis and spiritual awakening in the 1870s, after which he also became noted as a moral thinker and social reformer.

His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him in later life to become a fervent Christian anarchist and anarcho-pacifist. His ideas on nonviolent resistance, expressed in such works as The Kingdom of God Is Within You, were to have a profound impact on such pivotal twentieth-century figures as Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Quotes·Quotation

Advice

¶ Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Beauty

¶ What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

Happiness

¶ If you want to be happy, be.

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@ The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty, who has been, is, and will be beautiful, is Truth. [Sevastopol in May (1855), Ch. 16]

@ The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him. [The Kingdom of God is Within You (1894) Ch. III]

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

Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998)

Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998)

Felice Leonardo "Leo" Buscaglia Ph.D. (31 March 1924 – 12 June 1998), also known as "Dr Love," was an author and motivational speaker, and a professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Southern California.

Quotes·Quotation by Leo Buscaglia

Advice

¶ Those who think they know everything have no way of finding out they don't.

Emotions

¶ Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.

Love

¶ Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise.

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

Leonardo DiCaprio (1974- )

Leonardo DiCaprio (1974- )

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (pronounced /dɨˈkæpri.oʊ/; born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer. As an actor, he has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award eight times and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Aviator (2004). He has also been nominated by the Academy Awards, Screen Actors Guild and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, DiCaprio started his career by appearing in television commercials prior to landing recurring roles in TV series such as the soap opera Santa Barbara and the sitcom Growing Pains in the early 1990s. He made his film debut in the comedic sci-fi horror film Critters 3 (1991) and received first notable critical praise for his performance in This Boy's Life (1993). DiCaprio obtained recognition for his subsequent work in supporting roles in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) and Marvin's Room (1996), as well as leading roles in The Basketball Diaries (1995) and Romeo + Juliet (1996), before achieving international fame in James Cameron's Titanic (1997).

Since the 2000s, DiCaprio has been nominated for awards for his work in such films as Catch Me If You Can (2002), Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), Blood Diamond (2006), The Departed (2006), and Revolutionary Road (2008). His latest films Shutter Island (2010) and Inception (2010) rank among the biggest commercial successes of his career. DiCaprio owns a production company named Appian Way Productions, whose productions include the films Gardener of Eden (2007) and Orphan (2009). A committed environmentalist, DiCaprio has received praise from environmental groups for his activism.

Quotes·Quotation by Leonardo DiCaprio

As Jack Dawson, Titanic

¶ I'm the king of the world!

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

Leo Rosten (1908-1997)

Leo Rosten (1908-1997)

Leo Calvin Rosten (April 11, 1908 - February 19, 1997) was born in Łódź, Russian Empire (now Poland) and died in New York City. He was a teacher and academic, but is best known as a humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism and Yiddish lexicography.[1]

Quotes·Quotation

Advice

¶ If at first you don't succeed, before you try again, stop to figure out what you did wrong.

Life

¶ The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Rosten

Leezar (Your Highness, 2011)

Leezar from Your Highness (2011)

Quotes·Quotations by Leezar

Justin Theroux as Leezar from Your Highness (2011)

¶ Belladonna: Look at yourself. Why would anyone ever want to be with you?
Leezar: Hm, I'm not sure really. Oh yeah, perhaps because I'm rich, I live in a castle and I can do magic.

Lola Lee (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 1938)

Lola Lee (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 1938)

Quotes·Quotations by Lola Lee

Quotes·Quotations by Phyllis Brooks as Lola Lee from Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)

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Lee Hyeri (1994- )

Lee Hyeri (1994- )

Lee Hyeri (born June 9, 1994; Hangul: 이혜리), better known by her stage name Hyeri (Hangul: 혜리), is a South Korean idol singer. She is best known as a sub-vocalist of the girl group, Girl's Day under Dream Tea Entertainment.

Quotes·Quotations by Lee Hyeri

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

LEE Hi (1996- )

LEE Hi (1996- )

Lee Ha Yi (Hangul: 이하이, born September 23, 1996), also known by her stage name Lee Hi, is a South Korean singer. She is known as the SBS's "K-Pop Star" runner-up of 2011. Her debut single "1.2.3.4", was released on October 28, 2012 and reached #1 with the first-week sales of 667,549 downloads.[1][2] She's often called Monster Rookie because she has won many awards despite of her young age and little experience.

Her first full-length album First Love was released in two parts. Part 1 was released on On March 7, 2013 and Part 2 was released on March 28, 2013.[3]

Quotes·Quotations by LEE Hi

Love

¶ Every rose has its thorn.

References

[1]^ "Gaon Chart's download". gaon. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
[2]^ "Lee Hi Offical Website".
[3]^ "Lee Hi unveils part 2 of her 1st album ‘First Love’". allkpop. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

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

LEE Kun-hee (1942- )

LEE Kun-hee (1942- )

Lee Kun-hee (born January 9, 1942) is Chairman of Samsung Electronics. He resigned on April 21, 2008 owing to Samsung Slush funds scandal, but returned on March 24, 2010. Lee has a degree in economics from Waseda University in Tokyo and attended an MBA course at George Washington University in the United States in 1966 without earning a degree. He speaks Korean, English, and Japanese. In 1996, Lee became a member of the International Olympic Committee. With an estimated net worth of $7.4 billion, he and his family rank among the Forbes richest people in the world. He is the third son of Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-chull.

An avid sportsman, he was instrumental in the successful third attempt to bring the 2018 Winter Olympics to Pyeongchang.

Quotes

"One genius can feed millions of others. For the upcoming era where creativity will be the most important driver of business success, we need to hire the best. The economic value of one genius is more than $1 billion."

"The business world has changed significantly. It is becoming increasingly difficult to foresee what sectors will prosper or opportunities will arise in the future. But if you hire the best and brightest, you will solve whatever issues arise in the future."

"It is difficult to understand the true dimensions of a problem or a situation when so many things seem to be happening on the surface. This is why I urge my employees to analyze a given situation from various perspectives. This way of thinking allows one to see the true aspects of a situation, which, in turn, allows one to respond wisely."

"Firing a CEO because his financial performance was poor is simply a bad decision. I've encountered several situations where a CEO once performed poorly in one sector then went on to perform much better elsewhere. This is one of the reasons Japanese corporations were able to compete successfully against US corporations."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee

LEE Bo-young (1979- )

LEE Bo-young (1979- )

Lee Bo-young (born 12 January 1979) is a South Korean actress and model.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Bo-young

Lea Michele (1986- )

Lea Michele (1986- )

Lea Michele Sarfati (born August 29, 1986), known professionally as Lea Michele, is an American actress and singer, best known for her performance as Rachel Berry on the Fox television series Glee.

Michele began working professionally as a child actress on Broadway in productions such as Les Misérables, Ragtime, and Fiddler on the Roof. In 2006 she originated the role of Wendla in the Broadway musical Spring Awakening.

Quotes·Quotations by Lea Michele

Lea Michele as Rachel Berry from Glee

¶ Now-a-days being anonymous is worse than being poor. Fame is the most important thing in our culture now. And if there is one thing I've learned it is that no one is just going to hand it to you.

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

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