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Claude Rains (1889-1967)

Claude Rains (1889-1967)

William Claude Rains (10 November 1889 – 30 May 1967) was an English stage and film actor whose career spanned 46 years. He was known for many roles in Hollywood films, among them the title role in The Invisible Man (1933), a corrupt senator in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Mr. Dryden in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and, perhaps his most notable performance, as Captain Renault in Casablanca (1942).

Quotes·Quotation by Claude Rains

Claude Rains as Capt. Louis Renault from Casablanca (1942)

¶ Major Strasser has been shot. [pause] Round up the usual suspects.

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

John Fletcher (1579-1625)

John Fletcher (1579-1625)

John Fletcher (baptized 29 December 1579 - died in August 1625) was a Jacobean playwright. After William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, he was one of the most prolific and influential of the Jacobean dramatists. In succession to Shakespeare, he became the chief dramatist for the leading company of London, the King's Men.

Death

@ Death hath so many doors to let out life.
The Custom of the Country (with Philip Massinger; c. 1619–23; published 1647), Act II, scene 2.

Woman

@ Oh, woman, perfect woman! what distraction
Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!
What an inviting hell invented.
Comedy of Monsieur Thomas (c. 1610–16; published 1639), Act III, scene 1.

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

Chuck Palahniuk (1962- )

Chuck Palahniuk (1962- )

Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk (pron.: /ˈpɔːlənɪk/;[1] born February 21, 1962) is an American novelist and freelance journalist, who describes his work as transgressional fiction. He is best known as the author of the award-winning novel Fight Club, which also was made into a feature film. He maintains homes in the states of Oregon and Washington.[2]

Quotes·Quotations by ***

Chuck Palahniuk

¶ We all die. The goal isn't to live forever. The goal is to create something that will.

Notes

[1]^ "How to Pronounce Palahniuk". Chuckpalahniuk.net. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
[2]^ Palahniuk, Chuck. "Chuck Palahniuk F.A.Q.". Retrieved August, 8, 2011.

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

CHOO Kyu-ho (1952- )

CHOO Kyu-ho

Choo Kyu-ho (추규호, born August 21, 1952) was a Korean Governor.

Quotes·Quotations by CHOO Kyu-ho

Dokdo

¶ We reaffirmed our unswerving position that Dokdo (or Takeshima) is our(Korean) territory given authoritative historical evidence, geographical facts and international law.

Christopher Morley

Christopher Morley

Quotes·Quotations by Christopher Morley

Appearance

@ In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.

¶

Christopher Pearce Cranch (1813-1892)

Christopher
Pearse
Cranch

Christopher Pearce Cranch (1813-1892)

Christopher Pearse Cranch (March 8, 1813 – January 20, 1892) was an American writer and artist.

Quotes·Quotations by Christopher Pearce Cranch

Spring

¶ If there comes a little thaw, Still the air is chill and raw, Here and there a patch of snow, Dirtier than the ground below, Dribbles down a marshy flood; Ankle-deep you stick in mud In meadows while you sing, "This is Spring."

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

Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)

Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)

Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems. She is perhaps best known for her long poem Goblin Market, her love poem Remember, and for the words of the Christmas carol In the Bleak Midwinter.

Quotes·Quotations by Christina Rossetti

August

¶ In the parching August wind,
Cornfields bow the head,
Sheltered in round valley depths,
On low hills outspread.
[A Year's Windfalls, Stanza 8]

Spring

¶ Spring is when life's alive in everything.

Wind

¶ Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you.
But when the leaves hang trembling
The wind is passing through.

Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I.
But when the trees down their heads.
The wind is passing by.
[The Wind]

Winter

¶ In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.

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

Christian Bale (1974- )

Christian Bale (1974- )

Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor.[1][2] He has starred in blockbuster films and smaller projects from independent producers and art houses.

Bale first caught the public eye at the age of 13, when he was cast in the starring role of Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987). Based on the original story by J. G. Ballard, Bale played an English boy who is separated from his parents and subsequently finds himself lost in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.[3] In 2000, he garnered critical acclaim for his portrayal of serial killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho. He earned a reputation as a method actor after he lost 63 pounds to play the role of Trevor Reznik in the 2004 film The Machinist.[4]

Bale went on to receive greater commercial recognition and acclaim for his role as Bruce Wayne / Batman in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). He also portrayed Dicky Eklund in the biopic The Fighter (2010), for which he received critical acclaim and won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.

Quotes·Quotations by Christian Bale

Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman from The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

¶ Catwoman: You don't owe these people any more! You've given them everything!
Batman: Not everything. Not yet.

References

[1]^ "Q&A with Christian Bale". Phase9.tv. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
[2]^ "Christian Bale: American Psycho". IMDB News. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2008. "I was born in Wales but I'm not Welsh – I'm English"
[3]^ Singer, Leigh (19 February 2009). "Oscars: the best actors never to have been nominated". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 26 February 2010.
[4]^ http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/5890121-christian-bale-lost-63-pounds-and-get-other-110-in-less-than-a-year

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

Christopher Paolini (1983- )

Christopher Paolini (1983- )

Christopher Paolini (born November 17, 1983, in Los Angeles, California)[1] is an American author. He is best known as the author of the Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr and Inheritance. He lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he wrote his first book.

Quotes·Quotations by Christopher Paolini

Beauty

¶ Her sculptured face was as perfect as a painting.

Notes

[1]^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At familytreelegends.com.

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

Christian Dior (1905-1957)

Christian Dior (1905-1957)

Christian Dior (French pronunciation: [kʁistjɑ̃ djɔːʁ]) (21 January 1905 – 23 October 1957) was a French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, also called Christian Dior.

Quotes·Quotations by Christian Dior

Beauty

¶ Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.

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

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