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"The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small," he said, somewhat impressively. — W. Somerset Maugham, "The Moon and Sixpence" (1919) During the Second World War, both Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt quoted Longfellow when promising retribution for the extermination of the Jews.
And the L ORD did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats and large chu... [At this point, the friar is urged by Brother Maynard to "skip a bit, brother"]... And the L ORD spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to ...
In the 1981 BBC radio serial of The Lord of the Rings, Pippin was played by John McAndrew. [16] Jari Pehkonen played Peregrin Took in the 1993 Finnish miniseries Hobitit. [17] In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Pippin is played by the Scottish actor Billy Boyd. [11] The casting of the production has been called "pitch ...
Mr. Sardonicus is a 1961 horror film produced and directed by William Castle, based on the short story "Sardonicus" by Ray Russell, who also wrote the screenplay. [1] It tells the story of Sardonicus, a man whose face becomes frozen in a horrifying grin while robbing his father's grave to obtain a winning lottery ticket.
The downfall of Númenor and the changing of the world: the island is drowned by Ilúvatar, and Elendil, Isildur and their people escape to Middle-earth. [1]In Tolkien's legendarium, the island of Númenor, in the great sea to the West of Middle-earth, was created at the start of the Second Age as a reward to the men who had fought against the fallen Vala Morgoth, the primary antagonist of the ...
The novel concerns the life of a young nobleman who was disfigured as a child on the orders of the king. Exiled and renamed "Gwynplaine", he travels with his protector and companion, the vagabond philosopher Ursus, and Dea, who he rescued as a baby during a storm. The novel is famous for Gwynplaine's mutilated face, stuck in a permanent grin.
The chickens in “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” are sweet. Not just to look at, with their wide eyes and goofy grins, but literally: if you licked the palm-sized clay and silicone bird ...
Check "Grin" Hardwing (voiced by Brad Garrett as an adult, and J.D. Daniels as a kid), is a large super-strong member of the group with a Zen-like philosophy. Unlike the stereotype of strong people, Grin is wise and doesn't let his anger cloud his judgment. He rarely uses weapons in battle, relying on his wisdom and strength instead.