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The resulting list of "100 novels that shaped our world", [1] called the "100 Most Inspiring Novels" by BBC News, [2] was published by the BBC to kick off a year of celebrating literature. [2] [3] The list triggered comments from critics and other news agencies.
With five, Humphrey Bogart is the actor with the most quotes (four from Casablanca and one from The Maltese Falcon). Al Pacino , Bette Davis , Marlon Brando , Tom Hanks , and Vivien Leigh have three apiece, while Jack Nicholson , Judy Garland , Gloria Swanson , Dustin Hoffman , Clint Eastwood , Charlton Heston , James Cagney , and Arnold ...
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Miloš Forman: 1975 18: The Diary of Anne Frank: George Stevens: 1959 19: The Right Stuff: Philip Kaufman: 1983 20: Philadelphia: Jonathan Demme: 1993 21: In the Heat of the Night: Norman Jewison: 1967 22: The Pride of the Yankees: Sam Wood: 1942 23: The Shawshank Redemption: Frank Darabont: 1994 24: National ...
Print of Clio, made in the 16th–17th century. Preserved in the Ghent University Library. [2]The word Muses (Ancient Greek: Μοῦσαι, romanized: Moûsai) perhaps came from the o-grade of the Proto-Indo-European root *men-(the basic meaning of which is 'put in mind' in verb formations with transitive function and 'have in mind' in those with intransitive function), [3] or from root *men ...
11. Beloved 12. Smitten 13. Friendship 14. Venerate 15. Deify 16. Canonize 17. Idealize 18. Enjoy 19. Prefer 20. Delight 21. Partiality 22. Rapture 23. Value
A muse is a person who provides creative inspiration to a person of the arts (such as a writer, artist, composer, and so on) or sometimes in the sciences. In the course of history, these have usually (but not necessarily) been women. The term is derived from the Muses, ancient Greek goddesses of inspiration. Human muses are woven throughout ...
One hand washes the other; One kind word can warm three winter months; One man's meat is another man's poison; One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter; One man's trash is another man's treasure; One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb; One might as well throw water into the sea as to do a kindness to rogues
This is a list of Wikipedia articles of Latin phrases and their translation into English. To view all phrases on a single, lengthy document, see: List of Latin phrases (full) The list is also divided alphabetically into twenty pages: