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Having imagination it takes y...

Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

There are plenty of good five...

There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter.

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

Nothing is more responsible f...

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

What this country needs is a ...

What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

I find that a great part of t...

I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

The true republic: men, their...

The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

Middle age occurs when you ar...

Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

Years ago we discovered the e...

Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

The trouble with this country...

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

When the political columnists ...

When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

You do not know what you can m...

You do not know what you can miss before you try.

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

The best part of the fiction i...

The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary.

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

An extravagance is something y...

An extravagance is something you buy which is no earthly use to your wife.

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

In the order named, these are ...

In the order named, these are the hardest to control: Wine, Women, and Song.

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

Count the day won, when the ea...

Count the day won, when the earth, turning on its axis, imposes no additional taxes

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

There are hundreds who can sta...

There are hundreds who can stand failure to one who can stand success; the good loser is far more common than the good winner.

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

Conscience: A small, still voi...

Conscience: A small, still voice that makes minority reports.

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

These are the saddest of possi...

These are the saddest of possible words, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Trio of Bear Cubs fleeter than birds, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble, Making a Giant hit into a double, Words that are weighty with nothing but trouble, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. This brief poem, immortalized the Chicago Cubs' double-play combination: Shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance.

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

Money isn't everything, but la...

Money isn't everything, but lack of money isn't anything.

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

Having imagination, it takes y...

Having imagination, it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that, if you were unimaginative, would take you only a minute. Or you might not write the paragraph at all.

Franklin Pierce Adams 68 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....