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Oldfield, Bruce
1950–
1950–
1
Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas.
Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas.
in
Independent
9 September 1989
Olivier, Laurence
1907–89
1907–89
1
Shakespeare—the nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of God.
Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.
Shakespeare—the nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of God.
in
Kenneth Harris Talking To
(1971) "Sir Laurence Olivier"
Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.
in
Time
3 July 1978
Omar
c.
581–644
c.
581–644
1
If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless and need not be preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed.
on burning the library of Alexandria,
ad
c.
641
If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless and need not be preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed.
on burning the library of Alexandria,
ad
c.
641
Edward Gibbon
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
(1776–88) ch. 51
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy
1929–94
1929–94
1
If you bungle raising your children I don't think whatever else you do well matters very much.
The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.
If you bungle raising your children I don't think whatever else you do well matters very much.
Theodore C. Sorenson
Kennedy
(1965)
The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.
Peter Colier and David Horowitz
The Kennedys
(1984)
O'Neill, Eugene
1888–1953
1888–1953
1
For de little stealin' dey gits you in jail soon or late. For de big stealin' dey makes you Emperor and puts you in de Hall o' Fame when you croaks.
The iceman cometh.
A long day's journey into night.
Mourning becomes Electra
For de little stealin' dey gits you in jail soon or late. For de big stealin' dey makes you Emperor and puts you in de Hall o' Fame when you croaks.
The Emperor Jones
(1921) sc. 1
The iceman cometh.
title of play (1946)
A long day's journey into night.
title of play (written 1940–1)
Mourning becomes Electra
title of play (1931)
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