Al Pacino (1940- )

Al Pacino (1940- )

Alfredo James "Al" Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an American film and stage actor and director. He is famous for playing mobsters, including Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy and Tony Montana in Scarface, though he has also appeared several times on the other side of the law — as a police officer, a detective and a lawyer. His role as Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman won him the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1993 after receiving seven previous Oscar nominations, one of them being in the same year.

He made his feature film debut in the 1969 film Me, Natalie in a minor supporting role, before playing the leading role in the 1971 drama The Panic in Needle Park. Pacino made his major breakthrough when he was given the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather in 1972, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Other Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor were for Dick Tracy and Glengarry Glen Ross. Oscar nominations for Best Actor include The Godfather Part II, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, ...And Justice for All and Scent of a Woman.

In addition to a career in film, he has also enjoyed a successful career on stage, picking up Tony Awards for Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? and The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel. A longtime fan of Shakespeare, he made his directorial debut with Looking for Richard, a quasi-documentary on the play Richard III. Pacino has received numerous lifetime achievement awards, including one from the American Film Institute. He is a method actor, taught mainly by Lee Strasberg and Charles Laughton at the Actors Studio in New York.

Although he has never married, Pacino has had several relationships with actresses and has three children.

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Quotes·Quotation by Al Pacino

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.

Al Pacino as Sonny Wortzik from Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

¶ ATTICA! ATTICA!

Al Pacino as Tony Montana from Scarface (1983)

¶ You little cockroaches... come on. You wanna play games? Okay, I'll play with you. You wanna play rough? Okay! Say 'hello' to my little friend!

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

Al Capone (1899-1947)

Al Capone (1899-1947)

Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947) was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently also became known as the "Capones," was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early 1920s to 1931.

Born in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City to Italian immigrants, Capone became involved with gang activity at a young age after being expelled from school at age 14.[2] In his early twenties, he moved to Chicago to take advantage of a new opportunity to make money smuggling illegal alcoholic beverages into the city during Prohibition. He also engaged in various other criminal activities, including bribery of government figures and prostitution.
Despite his illegitimate occupation, Capone became a highly visible public figure. He made donations to various charitable endeavors using the money he made from his activities, and was viewed by many to be a "modern-day Robin Hood".[3] Capone's public reputation was damaged in the wake of his supposed involvement in the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, when seven rival gang members were executed.[4]

Capone was convicted on federal charges of tax evasion in 1931 and sentenced to federal prison; he was released on parole in 1939. His incarceration included a term at the then-new Alcatraz federal prison. In the final years of Capone's life, he suffered mental and physical deterioration due to late-stage neurosyphilis, which he had contracted in his youth. On January 25, 1947, he died from cardiac arrest after suffering a stroke.

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Quotes·Quotations by Al Capone

Gun

¶ You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.

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References

[1]^ http://oldghostshome.com/mtcarmel.html
[2]^ a b "Notorious Crime Files: Al Capone". The Biography Channel. Biography.com. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
[3]^ a b "Al Capone at Alcatraz". Ocean View Publishing. 1992.
[4]^ a b c d e f g The Five Families. MacMillan. Retrieved 2008-06-22.

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

Alison Eastwood (1972- )

Alison Eastwood (1972- )

Alison Eastwood (born May 22, 1972) is an American film director, Hollywood actress, fashion model, and fashion designer. She made her directorial debut with Rails & Ties (2007), starring Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden.

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Quotes·Quotations by Alison Eastwood

Alison Eastwood as Mandy Nichols from Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil (1997)

¶ If you’re thirsty, a drink will cure it, if you’re not, a drink will prevent it. Prevention is better than a cure.

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

Alice (Resident Evil)

Alice (Resident Evil)

Alice is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Resident Evil film series, which is loosely based on the video game series of the same name. Though she is not a character in the game series, she does eventually interact with a number of characters from the games, including Jill Valentine, Claire Redfield, Carlos Olivera (whom Alice would have a love interest in), Chris Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy, Barry Burton, Ada Wong, Albert Wesker and Nemesis. Alice, portrayed by Milla Jovovich, plays the principal role in each film, the storylines all somewhat revolving around her and the struggle with the Umbrella Corporation. Apart from the films, she appears in the film's novelizations where her background is explained.

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Milla Jovovich as Alice from Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)

@ They did something to me. I barely feel human anymore.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_(Resident_Evil)

Ali (600-661)

Ali (600-661)

Ali bin Abu-Talib (Arabic: علي بن أبي طالب) (c. 600 – 661) was the cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, as well as being the first Shī‘ah Imām and fourth Sunni Caliph. Ali was revered for his knowledge and wisdom, and also for his eloquence as an orator and a poet.

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Friendship

@ He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere. [Ali, in A Hundred Sayings.]

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@ Fear only the will of God and you will have no cause to fear anyone else.

@ The best companion and helper is admirable morals. [Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.77, p.149.]

@ There are so many highly esteemed ones who became miserable and humiliated just because of their bad temper and morals; and humble people who have attained eminence and the highest honors because of good temper and morals. [Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.71, p.396.]

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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ali

Alfred A. Knopf, Sr. (1892-1984)

Alfred A. Knopf, Sr. (1892-1984)

Alfred Abraham Knopf, Sr. (September 12, 1892 – August 11, 1984) was an American publisher of the 20th century, and founder of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.. His contemporaries included the likes of Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, and (of the previous generation) Frank Nelson Doubleday, J. Henry Harper and Henry Holt. Knopf paid special attention to the quality of printing, binding, and design in his books, and earned a reputation as a purist in both content and presentation.

Asked how to say his name, Knopf told the Literary Digest: "Sound the k: k'nupf."

Quotes·Quotation

Economics

¶ An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_A._Knopf,_Sr.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language.

Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, such as "In the Valley of Cauteretz", "Break, Break, Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears" and "Crossing the Bar". Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, such as Ulysses, although In Memoriam A.H.H. was written to commemorate his best friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and fellow student at Trinity College, Cambridge, who was engaged to Tennyson's sister, but died from a brain haemorrhage before they could marry. Tennyson also wrote some notable blank verse including Idylls of the King, "Ulysses," and "Tithonus." During his career, Tennyson attempted drama, but his plays enjoyed little success.

A number of phrases from Tennyson's work have become commonplaces of the English language, including "Nature, red in tooth and claw", "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", "Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new". He is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

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Quotes·Quotations by Alfred Tennyson

Friends

¶ He makes no friend who never made a foe. [Friend·Friendship]

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Alfonso Bedoya (1940-1957)

Alfonso Bedoya (1940-1957)

Alfonso Bedoya (April 16, 1904 – December 15, 1957) was a Mexican actor who frequently appeared in U.S. films.

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Quotes·Quotation by Alfonso Bedoya

Alfonso Bedoya as Gold Hat from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

¶ Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!

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

Alexandra (Nikita)

Alexandra (Nikita)

Alexandra "Alex" Udinov is one of the main characters of Nikita. Portrayed by Lyndsy Fonseca, Alex serves as the deuteragonist of the series.

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Quotes·Quotations by Alexandra Udinov

Lyndsy Fonseca as Alexandra Udinov from Nikita (2010)

¶ No risk, no reward. Isn't that what you taught me? [Nikita, All The Way 01.11 2010]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_(Nikita_character)

Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870)

Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870)

Alexandre Dumas, pronounced: [a.lɛk.sɑ̃dʁ dy.ma], born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie ([dy.ma da.vi də pa.jət.ʁi]) (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent. Born in poverty, Dumas was the grandson of a French nobleman and a Haitian slave.

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Quotes·Quotation

Business? It's quite simple. It's other people's money. [Business]

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