Egotism is nature's compensation for mediocrity. Egotism is nature's compensation for mediocrity....

Do not dig up the tree to examine his roots....

Le Duan (1908-1986) was a major figure in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War and the principal leader of all Vietnam in the postwar era. He proved to be a good wartime ruler, but was less successful as a leader dealing with the problems ...

L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) wrote 69 books beloved by children, including The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which became a classic movie. Lyman Frank Baum was born on May 15, 1856, near Syracuse, New York. His father, Benjamin, was a wealthy oil b...

Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality....

Think of the mail-order business and several prominent names come to mind--Sears, Roebuck & Company, Montgomery Ward, and Spiegel's, to name just a few. But perhaps none has achieved the unique quality, charm, and character of L.L. Bea...

L. Neil Smith (full name- Lester Neil Smith III, also known by his nickname El Neil or The Sage of the High Plains ) is a libertarian science fiction author and political activist. He was born on May 12 , 1946 in Denver. His works include ...

Spirit is matter seen in a stronger light....

Continuing a short series on authenticity: "Prayer in the Name of Christ", though it is essentially a mystical phrase, also contains a surface meaning which is very valuable to those who grasp and apply it. The more Jesus becomes our stand...

Lyon Sprague de Camp is one of America's leading writers and scholars of fantasy and science fiction. His interests in technology, history, and language have also resulted in the publication of numerous works of popular science, archaeolog...

Russian mathematician whose work in geometry and topology was of great importance. Lyusternik's work in polyhedra (solid shapes with many sides) included shapes that inspired Buckminister Fuller to invent the geodesic dome, after wh...

"It's not about blood and guts--it's about idealism," commented author L. J. Smith on SimonSays. Smith was speaking of the two dozen novels with which she has turned the light romantic horror novel into a metaphor for the adolescent experi...

Ritchie Valens helped merge traditional Mexican music with American rock 'n' roll when he recorded "La Bamba" in 1958. Since his version, "La Bamba" has been recorded over 150 times in the United S...

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together. Love lessens a woman's delicacy and increases a man's....

La Cage aux Folles is a 1983 broadway musical. I'm dancin' like a monkey! We are what we are and what we are is an illusion.//We love how it feels//Putting on heels causing confusion. "We Are What We Are" song If beauty is skin deep, why a...

Godard's vision of [the young Maoists in La Chinoise (The Chinese Girl)] is persuasively realistic. And chilling. And comic. What always saves Godard's work for me is his superb sense of irony. His sympathetic fascination with the outsiders...

SOURCE: Dickinson, Linzy Erika. “Theatre as Metaphor in La Comédie humaine.” In Theatre in Balzac's La Comédie humaine, pp. 169-229. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Rodopi B. V., 2000. In the following excerpt, Dickinson analyzes terminology ...

L.A. Confidential is a 1997 film . Screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson based on the novel by James Ellroy ; Directed by Curtis Hanson Contents 1 Sid 2 Dudley 3 Lynn 4 Bud 5 Ed 6 Other 7 Dialogue 8 Cast 9 External links // Sid...

Zeno’s Conscience by Italo Svevo Italo Svevo, whose real name was Ettore Aron Schmitz, was born in 1861 in Trieste to Jewish parents of mixed backgrounds. His mother, Allegra Moravia, belonged to an Italian Jewish family. His father,...

La Débâcle is a novel by Émile Zola written in 1892, the penultimate in les Rougon-Macquart series. The story is set against the background of the series of political and military events that ended the reign of Napoléon III and the Seco...

Nearly a year ago, just after he had finished La Femme Infidèle …, Claude Chabrol said in a television interview that he always made films about the bourgeoisie because that was the class he knew best. And the reason for that was simple:...

United States 1915 Sailors and fishermen have historically faced grueling hours, hazardous conditions, and low wages. During the nineteenth century, they were also confronted with corporal punishment, poorly maintained vessels, and few la...