Fritz Lang seems to be constantly settling his accounts with society. His main characters are always outsiders, marginal people. The hero of M was portrayed as a victim. In 1933, Lang had to get out of Germany quickly in the face of Nazism....

Early one morning I, Vadim Maslennikov, set off for school having forgotten the envelope with the first-semester fees Mother had left me in the dining room the day before....

M.C. Escher (1898-1972) produced work that remains among the most widely reproduced and popular graphic art of the twentieth century. His brain-teasing prints use interlocking shapes, transforming creatures, and impossible architectures to...

SOURCE: "About the Various Pleasures of Eating," The New York Times Book Review, June 20, 1937, p. 3. In the following review, Woods offers enthusiastic praise for Serve It Forth. This is a book about food; but though food is universal, thi...

Among modern American critics, M. H. Abrams ranks as one of the foremost defenders of humanistic and historical literary study. His two major works, The Mirror and the Lamp (1953) and Natural Supernaturalism (1971), base their historical a...

Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately....

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional....

The love for work needs to be re-enthroned in our lives. Every family should have a plan for work that touches the life of each family member so that this eternal principle will be ingrained in their lives....

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The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you....

One of the most notable features of M. Butterfly is its interesting uses of tone, in particular Hwang's feelings about the main character (and the change these feelings seem to undergo), and Hwang's feelings about the situations posed. Als...

They say the pity of youth is that it's wasted on the young. Since we're well into our thirties and because we love the stories of Virginia Hamilton we must agree. Before motherhood descended upon us we could curl up in a corner with "Zeely...

(c. 1912–1987), Tamil film star and politician. Marudur Gopalamenon Ramachandran was a superstar in Tamil films from about 1950 to 1978. After that he moved into state politics to become the chief minister of Tamil Nadu state in so...

M. Night Shyamalan is a Hollywood phenomenon who steers clear of the city and its heavy mix of entertainment and corporate politicking. He both wrote and directed The Sixth Sense, a 1999 thriller starring Bruce Willis as a doctor treating ...

M. P. Shiel's first book, Prince Zaleski (1895), opens with a short story called "The S. S." It is a mystery concerning a series of apparent suicides which are revealed to be murders perpetrated by the "Spartan Society," a group dedicated ...

fl. c. 260 Chinese alchemist who created an early compass. Using differential gears, Ma Chün developed what he called a "south-pointing carriage." The design of his compass was probably much like that of the ones that ha...

The first popular stage entertainer to incorporate authentic blues in her song repertoire, Ma Rainey (1886-1939) performed during the first three decades of the twentieth century.Known as the "Mother of the Blues," she enjoyed mass popular...

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have. The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say We did it ourselves. The mind that does not understand is the Buddha. There is no other. •Ma-Tsu You can...

Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed TayaPresident (pronounced "ma-OH-ya OOD sid-AH-med TAH-ya") "I am glad to hail the increasing trust which our country enjoys with our partners in development and which has given us the opp...

The rites of passage conducted in the Massai tribe - Central Africa. The Massai is home to a series of different rites of passage, according to the different tribes, that are still carried out presently. The ceremonies are named different...

The Maastricht Treaty is the most recent step towards uniting Europe into a political and economic European union (EU).  For decades, Europeans have been gradually moving towards a united Europe in order to increase economic efficiency...