Marcel Achard (1899-1974)


Marcel Achard (1899-1974)

Marcel Achard (b. 5 July 1899, in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône; d. 4 September 1974, Paris) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies maintained his position as a highly-recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles for five decades. He was elected to the Académie Française in 1959.


Quotes·Quotation

Education

¶ When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped.


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

Marc Faber (1946- )


Marc Faber (1946- )

Marc Faber, born February 28, 1946, is a Swiss investor.


Quotes·Quotation by Marc Faber

Economy

The problem with Mr. Obama is that you get more regulation and it’s a disincentive for businessmen to hire people. You probably also get higher taxes, so in terms of the economy, he is very negative in my view.

Finance·Money

¶ If you are eager to invest in countries that have good corporate governance, don't invest in emerging economies.

¶ I think that interest rates in time will be much higher because the fiscal deficit will stay very elevated or even increase and that will impair the ability of the government to pay the interest. If the ability to pay the interest is impaired, there's only one way out and that is for them to print money, and so eventually you will get higher interest rates. [interview with the Daily Bell, 06/26/2011]

¶ Economics is a very complex system and is essentially human life and the behavior of humans. So to build one theory around it is probably wrong. [interview with the Daily Bell, 06/26/2011]

¶ I suppose the world will always develop but that we will always have periods where we have wars and tremendous wealth destruction, or where we have plague and where the population shrinks. I am optimistic about certain issues and pessimistic about others. [interview with the Daily Bell, 06/26/2011]

¶ Somewhere down the line we will have a massive wealth destruction that usually happens either through very high inflation or through social unrest or through war or credit market collapse. Maybe all of it will happen, but at different times. [in CNBC, 04/02/2012]

¶ I think that people should own some gold and I think that people should own some equities, because before the collapse will happen, with Mr. Bernanke at the Fed, they're going to print money and print and print and print. So what you can get is a bad economy with rising equity prices. [in CNBC, 04/02/2012]

¶ Europe is already in recession. Germany is still growing very, very slightly, but is likely to go into recession soon. The U.S. economy has decelerated and I don't see much growth in the next six to 12 months. ... I think that if you look at the injection of liquidity and the intervention by the Federal Reserve and the Treasury with fiscal measures, it has already impoverished the U.S. economy. [in CNBC, 08/23/2012]


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_faber
CNBC: 'Massive Wealth Destruction' Is About to Hit Investors: Faber

Mandy Nichols (Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil, 1997)


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


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.

Mandy Patinkin (1952- )


Mandy Patinkin (1952- )

Mandel Bruce "Mandy" Patinkin ( /pəˈtɪŋkɨn/; born November 30, 1952) is an award-winning American actor of stage and screen and a tenor vocalist. He is a noted interpreter of the musical works of Stephen Sondheim, and is best known for his work in musical theatre, originating iconic roles such as Georges Seurat in Sunday in the Park with George, Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden, Burrs in The Wild Party and Che in the original Broadway production of Evita.

He has appeared in television series such as Chicago Hope, Dead Like Me and the first two seasons of Criminal Minds. He currently plays Saul Berenson in the Showtime series Homeland. His best-known film role was as Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride in 1987. Other film roles include Alien Nation (1988), Yentl (1983), Dick Tracy (1990), and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999).


Quotes·Quotations by Mandy Patinkin

Mandy Patinkin as Jason Gideon from Criminal Minds

¶ Joseph Conrad said, "The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary. Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness." [Criminal Minds E01S01 Extreme Aggressor]

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.


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

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.


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

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]


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

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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Anthony_Froude
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Anthony_Froude


Lables

James A. Froude, James Anthony Froude

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