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Karl Menninger (1893-1990)

Karl Menninger (1893-1990)

Karl Augustus Menninger (July 22, 1893 – July 18, 1990), was an American psychiatrist and a member of the famous Menninger family of psychiatrists who founded the Menninger Foundation and the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas.

Quotes·Quotation

Love

¶ Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.

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

Karen Murphy (Abduction)

Karen Murphy from Abduction (2011)

Quotes·Quotations by Karen Murphy

Lily Collins as Karen Murphy from Abduction (2011)

¶ Nathan, I've got something you need to see. (Karen to Nathan after finding Nathan's baby picture in the internet.)

¶ That's better than middle school.

¶ Definitely.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abduction_(2011_film)

Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)

Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)

Kahlil Gibran (sometimes spelled Khalil Gibran; Arabic: جبران خليل جبران‎ / ALA-LC: Jubrān Khalīl Jubrān or Jibrān Khalīl Jibrān; January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer. Born in the town of Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon (then part of Ottoman Mount Lebanon), as a young man he immigrated with his family to the United States, where he studied art and began his literary career. In the Arab world, Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel. His romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature, especially prose poetry, breaking away from the classical school. In Lebanon, he is still celebrated as a literary hero. He is chiefly known in the English-speaking world for his 1923 book The Prophet, an early example of inspirational fiction including a series of philosophical essays written in poetic English prose. The book sold well despite a cool critical reception, gaining popularity in the 1930s and again especially in the 1960s counterculture. Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu.

Quotes·Quotations by Kahlil Gibran

Attitude

¶ Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

Beauty

¶ Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Franz Kafka (1883-1924)

Franz Kafka (1883-1924)

Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-language writer of novels and short stories, regarded by critics as one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. Kafka strongly influenced genres such as existentialism. Most of his works, such as "Die Verwandlung" ("The Metamorphosis"), Der Prozess (The Trial), and Das Schloss (The Castle), are filled with the themes and archetypes of alienation, physical and psychological brutality, parent–child conflict, characters on a terrifying quest, labyrinths of bureaucracy, and mystical transformations.

Quotes·Quotations by Franz Kafka

Beauty

¶ Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

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

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973)

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973)

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE (pron.: /ˈtɒlkiːn/;[1] 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.

He served as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1945 and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature at Merton College, Oxford from 1945 to 1959.[2] He was at one time a close friend of C. S. Lewis—they were both members of the informal literary discussion group known as the Inklings. Tolkien was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972.

After his death, Tolkien's son Christopher published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including The Silmarillion. These, together with The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings form a connected body of tales, poems, fictional histories, invented languages, and literary essays about a fantasy world called Arda, and Middle-earth[3] within it. Between 1951 and 1955, Tolkien applied the term legendarium to the larger part of these writings.[4]

While many other authors had published works of fantasy before Tolkien,[5] the great success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings led directly to a popular resurgence of the genre. This has caused Tolkien to be popularly identified as the "father" of modern fantasy literature[6][7]—or, more precisely, of high fantasy.[8] In 2008, The Times ranked him sixth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".[9] Forbes ranked him the 5th top-earning dead celebrity in 2009.[10]

Quotes·Quotations by J.R.R. Tolkien

Advice

¶ All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

Notes

[1]^ Tolkien pronounced his surname /ˈtɒlkiːn/, see his phonetic transcription published on the illustration in The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One. [Edited by] Christopher Tolkien. London: Unwin Hyman, [25 August] 1988. (The History of Middle-earth; 6) ISBN 0-04-440162-0. The position of the stress is not entirely fixed: stress on the second syllable (tol-keen rather than tol-keen) has been used by some members of the Tolkien family. In General American the surname is also pronounced /ˈtoʊlkiːn/. This pronunciation no doubt arose by analogy with such words as toll and polka, or because many General American speakers lack vowels of the [ɒ] and [ɔː] types; thus this becomes the closest possible approximation to the Received Pronunciation in their phonologies. Wells, John. 1990. Longman pronunciation dictionary. Harlow: Longman, ISBN 0-582-05383-8
[2]^ Biography, pp. 111, 200, 266.
[3]^ "Middle-earth" is derived from an Anglicized form of Old Norse Miðgarðr, the land inhabited by humans in Norse mythology.
[4]^ Letters, nos. 131, 153, 154, 163.
[5]^ de Camp, L. Sprague (1976). Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: The Makers of Heroic Fantasy. Arkham House. ISBN 0-87054-076-9. The author emphasizes the impact not only of Tolkien but also of William Morris, George MacDonald, Robert E. Howard, and E. R. Eddison.
[6]^ Mitchell, Christopher. "J. R. R. Tolkien: Father of Modern Fantasy Literature". Veritas Forum. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
[7]^ The Oxford companion to English Literature calls him "the greatest influence within the fantasy genre. (Sixth edition, 2000, page 352. Ed. Margaret Drabble.)
[8]^ Clute, John, and Grant, John, eds. (1999). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-19869-8.
[9]^ "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". The Times (London). 5 January 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2008.
[10]^ Miller, Matthew (27 October 2009). "Top-Earning Dead Celebrities". Forbes.com.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien

P. D. James (1920- )

P. D. James (1920- )

Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE, FRSA, FRSL (born 3 August 1920), commonly known as P. D. James, is an English crime writer and Conservative life peer in the House of Lords. She is most famous for a series of detective novels starring policeman and poet Adam Dalgliesh.

Quotes·Quotations by P. D. James

Autumn

¶ It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.
[A Taste for Death Published 1986. Page 373]

***

@ I don’t think writers choose the genre, the genre chooses us. I wrote out of the wish to create order out of disorder, the liking of a pattern.
[Interview with Jake Kerridge, The Telegraph, 26 Sep 2009]

@ I can understand the poor and stupid voting for Marxism or one of its fashionable variants. If you've no hope of being other than a slave, you may as well opt for the most efficient form of slavery.
[A Taste for Death Published 1986. Page 412]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._D._James
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/P._D._James

John Lennon (1940-1980)

John Lennon (1940-1980)

John Ono Lennon, MBE, born John Winston Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founder member of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Together with Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.[1]

Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to raising his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release.

Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, writing, drawings, on film and in interviews. Controversial through his political and peace activism, he moved to New York City in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt by Richard Nixon's administration to deport him, while some of his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement.

As of 2012 Lennon's solo album sales in the United States exceed 14 million units, and as writer, co-writer or performer, he is responsible for 25 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart. In 2002 a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted him eighth, and in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all-time. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

Quotes·Quotations by John Lennon

Life

¶ Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.

This quote captures the essence of life’s unpredictability and the importance of living in the moment rather than being overly preoccupied with future plans.

Others

¶ I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?

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

Juvenal

Juvenal

Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, known in English as Juvenal, was a Roman poet active in the late 1st and early 2nd century AD, author of the Satires. The details of the author's life are unclear, although references within his text to known persons of the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD fix his terminus post quem (earliest date of composition).

In accord with the manner of Lucilius—the originator of the genre of Roman satire—and within a poetic tradition that also included Horace and Persius, Juvenal wrote at least 16 poems in dactylic hexameter covering an encyclopedic range of topics across the Roman world. While the Satires are a vital source for the study of ancient Rome from a vast number of perspectives, their hyperbolic, comedic mode of expression makes the use of statements found within them as simple fact problematic. At first glance the Satires could be read as a critique of pagan Rome, perhaps ensuring their survival in Christian monastic scriptoria, a bottleneck in preservation when the large majority of ancient texts were lost.

Quotes·Quotations by Juvenal

Money

¶ It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

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

Justin Russo (Wizards of Waverly Place)

Justin Russo (Wizards of Waverly Place)

Justin Vincenzo Pepe Russo is a fictional character on the Disney Channel sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place, portrayed by David Henrie. He is typically the erudite and mature older brother who gets straight "A"s. He often tries to stop his younger sister Alex's crazy schemes (that often involve magic) from becoming complete disasters, and sometimes unwittingly gets involved in these schemes because of Alex's sneaky conniving manipulation tactics that are all in good fun. Justin is often the subject of sarcastic remarks made by Alex, due to his intelligence, his love of science fiction and other quirks, and is a frequent victim of Alex's pranks.

David Henrie is one of only two cast members to have appeared in all episodes of the series; the only other cast member to have appeared in all episodes is Selena Gomez, as Alex Russo.

Quotes·Quotations by Justin Russo

David Henrie as Justin Russo from Wizards of Waverly Place (2011)

¶ We're wizards. I don't think we have a choice. [Wizards of Waverly Place, Wizards vs. Angels (2011) #4.09/10]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Russo_(Wizards_of_Waverly_Place)

Jessica JUNG (1989~ )

Jessica JUNG (1989~ )

Jessica Jung (Korean name: Jung Soo-yeon; born April 18, 1989) is an American-born Korean singer, dancer, actress and model best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. She was born in San Francisco, California, she is fluent in both of her native languages English and Korean after moving to South Korea at age 11.

Quotes·Quotations by Jessica (SNSD)

Help

¶ They say if you fall, someone who loves you, will lend a hand for you.

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

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