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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/mænˈdɛlə/; Xhosa pronunciation: [xoˈliːɬaɬa manˈdeːla]; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was South Africa's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised racism, poverty and inequality, and fostering racial reconciliation. Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, he served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1991 to 1997. Internationally, Mandela was Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999.

Quotes·Quotations by Nelson Mandela

Change

¶ There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

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Mame Dennis (Auntie Mame)

Mame Dennis (Auntie Mame)

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Rosalind Russell as Mame Dennis from Auntie Mame (1958)

¶ Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!b

Malene Knudsen

Malene Knudsen

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Mae West (1893-1980)

Mae West (1893-1980)

Mae West (born Mary Jane West on August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades.

Known for her bawdy double entendres, West made a name for herself in Vaudeville and on the stage in New York before moving to Hollywood to become a comedienne, actress and writer in the motion picture industry. In consideration of her contributions to American cinema, the American Film Institute named West 15th among the greatest female stars of all time. One of the more controversial movie stars of her day, West encountered many problems including censorship. When her cinematic career ended, she continued to perform on stage, in Las Vegas, in the United Kingdom, on radio and television, and recorded rock and roll albums. She used the alias Jane Mast early in her career.

Quotes·Quotation by Mae West

Appearance

¶ It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Attitude

¶ Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

Mae West as Lady Lou from She Done Him Wrong (1933)

¶ I always did like a man in a uniform. That one fits you grand. Why don't you come up sometime and see me? I'm home every evening.

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Lyndsy Fonseca (1987- )

Lyndsy Fonseca (1987- )

Lyndsy Marie Fonseca (born January 7, 1987) is an American actress known for playing Colleen Carlton on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and The Restless, Dylan Mayfair on the ABC series Desperate Housewives, and Ted Mosby's future daughter on How I Met Your Mother. She also played Katie Deauxma in the 2010 superhero film Kick-Ass. Currently she stars as Alex Udinov (Russian heiress) in the CW's action series Nikita.

Quotes·Quotations by Lyndsy Fonseca

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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James A. Froude (1818-1894)

James Anthony Froude (1818~1894)

James Anthony Froude (April 23 1818 – October 20 1894) was a controversial English historian, novelist, biographer, and editor of Fraser's Magazine.

Quotes·Quotations by James A. Froude

Animals

@ Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.
Oceana, or, England and Her Colonies (1886) [C. Scribner's Sons, 1972, ISBN 083699096X, 9780836990966, 396 pages], p. 67

Attitudes

¶ History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong. Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.

Nature

@ Nature is less partial than she appears, and all situations in life have their compensations along with them.
Bunyan (1880), Ch. X, p. 175; a 2005 edition is also available from Kessinger Publishing ISBN 1-417-97107-X

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Lables

James A. Froude, James Anthony Froude

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Luis Barragán

Luis Barragán

Art

@ Art is made by the alone for the alone.

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Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872)

Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872)

Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach (July 28, 1804, Landshut, Lower Bavaria – September 13, 1872) was a German philosopher and anthropologist. He was the fourth son of the eminent jurist Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, brother of mathematician Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach and uncle of painter Anselm Feuerbach. An associate of Left Hegelian circles, Feuerbach was politically liberal, an atheist and a materialist. Many of his philosophical writings offered a critical analysis of Christianity. His thought was influential in the development of dialectical materialism, where he is often recognized as a bridge between Hegel and Marx.

Quotes·Quotations by Ludwig Feuerbach

Food

¶ Man is what he eats.

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Lucy Brown (1979- )

Lucy Brown (1979- )

Lucy Brown (born 13 February 1979) is an English actress best known for dual roles in the TV series Primeval.

Primeval

That's the problem with heroic gestures. Succeed, and you look wonderful. Fail, and all you do is leave the bloody mess for everyone to clear up. [Primeval 1.2] 2007

Erik Erikson (1902-1994)

Erik Erikson

Erik Homburger Erikson (15 June 1902 – 12 May 1994) was a Danish-German-American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on social development of human beings, and for coining the phrase identity crisis.

Quotes·Quotations by Erik Erikson

Children

@ Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of accomplishment to the triumph of hateful failure. Do not mistake a child for his symptom.
Childhood and Society (1950)

@ Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.
Childhood and Society (1950), p. 269

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