Thursday, January 18, 2007
Love Part 1
"Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit."
Peter Ustinov (1921-2004)
English actor & author
Born in London to White Russian parents, writer, director, and playwright, Peter Ustinov was educated at Gibbs's Preparatory School and Westminster School, and graduated to the London Theatre Studio. He first appeared on stage in 1938. He made his screen début in a short film, Hullo Fame (1940), and the 22-year-old Ustinov appeared in his first feature film as a Dutch priest in Powell and Pressburger's One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942).
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Life Part 1
"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." - George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950):
Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman, and a leading figure in the 20th century theater. Shaw was a freethinker, defender of women's rights, and advocate of equality of income. In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. Shaw accepted the honour but refused the money.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950):
Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman, and a leading figure in the 20th century theater. Shaw was a freethinker, defender of women's rights, and advocate of equality of income. In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. Shaw accepted the honour but refused the money.
He wrote plays "Arms and the Man" 1894, "Caesar and Cleopatra" 1901, "Man and Superman" 1905, "Major Barbara" 1905, "Pygmalion" 1913, "Saint Joan" 1923.
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Read more from http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/gbshaw.htm
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