Sholem Asch

Sholem Asch



Memory

@ Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence. [Sholem Asch, The Nazarene.]

Shoeless Joe Jackson (1887-1951)



Shoeless Joe Jackson (1887-1951)

Joseph Jefferson Jackson (July 16, 1887 – December 5, 1951), nicknamed "Shoeless Joe", was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball in the early part of the 20th century. He is remembered for his performance on the field and for his association with the Black Sox Scandal, in which members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox participated in a conspiracy to fix the World Series. As a result of Jackson's association with the scandal, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Major League Baseball's first commissioner, banned Jackson from playing after the 1920 season.

Jackson played for three different Major League teams during his 12-year career. He spent 1908–1909 as a member of the Philadelphia Athletics and 1910 with the minor league New Orleans Pelicans before joining the Cleveland Naps at the end of the 1910 season. He remained in Cleveland through the first part of the 1915; he played the remainder of the 1915 season through 1920 with the Chicago White Sox.

Jackson, who played left field for most of his career, currently has the third- highest career batting average in major league history. In 1911, Jackson hit for a .408 average. It is still the sixth-highest single-season total since 1901, which marked the beginning of the modern era for the sport. His average that year also set the record for batting average in a single season by a rookie. Babe Ruth later claimed that he modeled his hitting technique after Jackson's.

Jackson still holds the Indians and White Sox franchise records for both triples in a season and career batting average. In 1999, he ranked number 35 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players and was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. The fans voted him as the 12th-best outfielder of all-time. He also ranks 33rd on the all-time list for non-pitchers according to the win shares formula developed by Bill James.

Jackson was reported to be illiterate, a charge to which he was sensitive. In restaurants, rather than ask someone to read the menu to him, he would wait until his teammates ordered and then order one of the items that he heard.


Quotes·Quotation by Shoeless Joe Jackson


Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe Jackson from Field of Dreams (1989)

"If you build it, he will come."


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

SHIMABITO Shiori (島人 栞)


SHIMABITO Shiori (島人 栞)


Quotes·Quotations by SHIMABITO Shiori (島人 栞)

独島

¶ 韓国領であるため、独島って言うんですよ.
It's called Dokdo because it belongs to Korea.

Sherlock Holmes


Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes ( /ˈʃɜrlɒk ˈhoʊmz/) is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take on almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve difficult cases.

Holmes, who first appeared in publication in 1887, was featured in four novels and 56 short stories. The first novel, A Study in Scarlet, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887 and the second, The Sign of the Four, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. The character grew tremendously in popularity with the first series of short stories in Strand Magazine, beginning with A Scandal in Bohemia in 1891; further series of short stories and two novels published in serial form appeared between then and 1927. The stories cover a period from around 1880 up to 1914.

All but four stories are narrated by Holmes's friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson; two are narrated by Holmes himself ("The Blanched Soldier" and "The Lion's Mane") and two others are written in the third person ("The Mazarin Stone" and "His Last Bow"). In two stories ("The Musgrave Ritual" and "The Gloria Scott"), Holmes tells Watson the main story from his memories, while Watson becomes the narrator of the frame story. The first and fourth novels, A Study in Scarlet and The Valley of Fear, each include a long interval of omniscient narration recounting events unknown to either Holmes or Watson.


Quotes·Quotations by Sherlock Holmes

When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

Elementary, my dear Watson.


http://thatgul.blogspot.com/2007/08/sherlock-holmes.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes

Sharon McCarthy (P.S. I Love You)


Sharon McCarthy from P.S. I Love You (2007) by Gina Gershon


Quotes·Quotations by Gina Gershon

Gina Gershon as Sharon McCarthy from P.S. I Love You (2007)

¶ Which you never had. Gotta be rich to be insane, Hol. Losing your mind is not a luxury for the middle class.


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

Sergeant Calhoun from Wreck-It Ralph (2012)


Sergeant Calhoun from Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

Sergeant Tamora Jean Calhoun is a character from Disney's 2012 film Wreck-It Ralph. She is the lead character in the "Hero's Duty" game and is voiced by Jane Lynch.


Official Disney Bio

In the sci-fi battle zone of Hero’s Duty, Sergeant Calhoun is more than just a pretty face—she is the tough-as-nails, take-charge leader who fights for humanity’s freedom. When she’s not offering in-game intel, she’s training her troops for the next attack wave. This unrelenting commander is driven by a personal vendetta and will stop at nothing to protect the player and the arcade from a virulent Cy-Bug invasion.


Quotes·Quotations by Sergeant Calhoun

Sergeant Calhoun from Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

¶ "Fear" is a four-letter word, ladies! You wanna go peepee in your big-boy slacks, keep it to yourself!


http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Sergeant_Calhoun

Selena Gomez (1992- )


Selena Gomez (1992- )

Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American actress and singer best known for portraying Alex Russo, the protagonist in the Emmy Award-winning television series Wizards of Waverly Place. She subsequently ventured into feature films and has starred in the television movies Another Cinderella Story, Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, and Princess Protection Program. She made her starring theatrical film debut in Ramona and Beezus.

Her career has expanded into the music industry; Gomez is the lead singer and founder of the pop band Selena Gomez & the Scene, which has released three RIAA Gold certified studio albums, Kiss & Tell, A Year Without Rain, and When the Sun Goes Down, spawned three RIAA Platinum certified singles, "Naturally", "Who Says" and "Love You Like a Love Song" and charted four No. 1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs. Gomez has also contributed to the soundtracks of Tinker Bell, Another Cinderella Story, Wizards of Waverly Place, and Shake It Up after signing a record deal with Hollywood Records.

In 2008, Gomez was designated a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.


Quotes·Quotations by Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez as Alex Russo from Wizards of Waverly Place (2008/2009)

¶ Here's how. I don't read.

¶ It's for all the times you saved me when I wasn't good. And a couple of more times in the future so we're even. [Wizards of Waverly Place, Wizards vs. Angels (2011) #4.09/10]


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

Sera, Nine Musse


Sera, Nine Musse


Quotes·Quotations by Sera, Nine Musse

Marriage

¶ You think Snow White or Cinderella were married happily ever after? I don't think so, they would have probably divorced eventually.

Seneca (BC4–AD65)


Seneca the Younger

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca; ca. 4 BC – AD 65) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero. While he was later forced to commit suicide for alleged complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to assassinate Nero, the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors, he may have been innocent. His father was Seneca the Elder and his elder brother was Gallio.


Quotes·Quotations by Seneca

Art

¶ All art is an imitation of nature.


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

Selina Kyle (Dark Knight Rises, 2012)


Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle / Catwoman from The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Selina Kyle is a cat burglar described as "an associate" of Bane who establishes a relationship with Batman that "takes some of the somberness away from his character." Kyle is pursuing a "clean slate", a computer program rumoured to be able to erase a person's criminal history, when she crosses paths with Bruce Wayne. Hathaway auditioned not knowing what role she was being considered for, admitting that she had one character in mind, but only learned that the role was Selina Kyle after talking with Christopher Nolan for an hour. Hathaway described the role as being the most physically-demanding she had ever played, and confessed that while she thought of herself as being fit she had to redouble her efforts in the gym to keep up with the demands of the role. Hathaway trained extensively in martial arts for the role, and looked to Hedy Lamarr—who was the inspiration for the Catwoman character—in developing her performance.


Quotes·Quotations by Selina Kyle

Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle / Catwoman from The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

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

¶ [a couple thugs go to attack Lucius while he's handcuffed. Catwoman intervenes and beats them down]
Lucius Fox: [to Batman] I like your new girlfriend!
Catwoman: [she undoes his cuffs] He should be so lucky.

¶ Stryver: Do those heels make it hard to walk?
[Catwoman kicks Stryver from behind]
Catwoman: I don't know, do they?

Selina Kyle: You don't get to judge me just because you were born in the master bedroom of Wayne Manor
Bruce Wayne: [interrupting] Actually, I was born in the Regency Room.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Knight_Rises
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catwoman