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Asking a writer what he think...

Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs.

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 British public has always...

The British public has always had an unerring taste for ungifted amateurs.

John Osborne 35 quotes

There's no such thing as failu...

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

John Osborne 35 quotes

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

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

John Osborne 35 quotes

Laughter's the nearest we ever...

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

We all of us waited for him to...

We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he'd get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss.

John Osborne 35 quotes

Royalty is the gold filling in...

Royalty is the gold filling in a mouthful of decay

John Osborne 35 quotes

George Bernard Shaw writes lik...

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

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

Marriage is rather a silly hab...

Marriage is rather a silly habit.

John Osborne 35 quotes

Don't be afraid of being emoti...

Don't be afraid of being emotional. You won't die of it.

John Osborne 35 quotes

Asking a writer what he thinks...

Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs.

John Osborne 35 quotes

They spend their time looking ...

They spend their time looking forward to the past.

John Osborne 35 quotes

Here we are, we're alone in th...

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

Writers don't need love; all t...

Writers don't need love; all they require is money.

John Osborne 35 quotes

A refined sort of butcher, a w...

A refined sort of butcher, a woman is.

John Osborne 35 quotes

That voice that cries out does...

That voice that cries out doesn't have to be a weakling's does it?

John Osborne 35 quotes

You see I learnt at an early a...

You see I learnt at an early age what it was to be angry - angry and helpless. And I can never forget it. I knew more about - love... betrayal... and death, when I was ten years old than you will probably ever know in your life.

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

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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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...

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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....