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Why do I do this every Sunday...

Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the same as last week's. Different books same reviews.

John Osborne 35 quotes

George Bernard Shaw writes li...

George Bernard Shaw writes like a Pakistani who has learned English when he was twelve years old in order to become an accountant.

John Osborne 35 quotes

Oh heavens, how I long for a ...

Oh heavens, how I long for a little ordinary human enthusiasm. Just enthusiasm - that's all. I want to hear a warm, thrilling voice cry out Hallelujah! Hallelujah! I'm alive!

John Osborne 35 quotes

The schoolteacher is certainl...

The schoolteacher is certainly underpaid as a childminder, but ludicrously overpaid as an educator.

John Osborne 35 quotes

And even in the hatred of the...

And even in the hatred of the majority, there's a kind of triumph because I know that, although they'd never admit it, they secretly respect me.

John Osborne 35 quotes

I must say it's pretty dreary...

I must say it's pretty dreary living in the American Age - unless you're an American of course. Perhaps all our children will be Americans.

John Osborne 35 quotes

The whole point of a sacrific...

The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say -- or their beliefs -- or sex.

John Osborne 35 quotes

Laughter's the nearest we eve...

Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of grace that saves most of us from contempt.

John Osborne 35 quotes

There will be a quick rash of...

There will be a quick rash of hairy American filth, but it shouldn't threaten the existence of decent, serious British filth.

John Osborne 35 quotes

Heaven be thanked, we live in...

Heaven be thanked, we live in such an age when no man dies for love except upon the stage.

John Osborne 35 quotes

I must be the luckiest man in...

I must be the luckiest man in the world. Not only am I bisexual, I am also Welsh.

John Osborne 35 quotes

I never deliberately set out ...

I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my plays I think there is something wrong.

John Osborne 35 quotes

Don't clap too hard - it's a ...

Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.

John Osborne 35 quotes

There's no such thing as fail...

There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.

John Osborne 35 quotes

Here we are, we're alone in t...

Here we are, we're alone in the universe, there's no God, it just seems that it all began by something as simple as sunlight striking on a piece of rock. And here we are. We've only got ourselves. Somehow, we've just got to make a go of it. We've only ourselves.

John Osborne 35 quotes

The whole point of a sacrific...

The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say - or their beliefs - or sex.

John Osborne 35 quotes

They spend their time looking...

They spend their time looking forward to the past.

John Osborne 35 quotes

It is easy to answer the ulti...

It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones.

John Osborne 35 quotes

In London, love and scandal a...

In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea.

John Osborne 35 quotes

It is widely held that too mu...

It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will in a dull man.

John Osborne 35 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...

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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...

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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...

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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....