wolfgang

wolfgang amadeus motzart quotes ~

"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence, nor imagination, nor both together go to the making of genius.
Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius."

"I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame.
I simply follow my own feelings."

"...Passions, whether violent or not,
should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust..."

"When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal,
or during the night when I cannot sleep;
it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly."


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Amadeus (the 1984 film) ~

 





"In a play if more than one person speaks at the same time, it's just noise,
no one can understand a word.
But with opera, with music... with music you can have twenty individuals all talking at the same time,
and it's not noise, it's a perfect harmony!"



"They say I have to rewrite the opera.
But it's perfect as it is!
I can't rewrite what's perfect!"





"Here. It's all right here in my noodle.
The rest is just scribbling.
Scribbling and bibbling, bibbling and scribbling."



"All I wanted was to sing to God. He gave me that longing...
and then made me mute. Why? Tell me that.
If He didn't want me to praise him with music,
why implant the desire? Like a lust in my body!
And then deny me the talent?"
- Salieri




"I speak for all mediocrities in the world.
I am their champion.
I am their patron saint.
Mediocrities everywhere... I absolve you... I absolve you all."
- Salieri



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google images, and:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086879/quotes
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/wolfgang_amadeus_mozart.html

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When Wendy Grew Up

Chapter 17 ~


Of course all the boys went to school. ...
Before they had attended school a week,
they saw what goats they had been not to remain on the island;
but it was too late now, and soon they settled down to being as ordinary as you or me. ...
It is sad to have to say that the power to fly gradually left them. ...
In time they could not even fly after their hats.
Want of practice, they called it; but what it really meant was that they no longer believed. ...

when Peter came for [Wendy] at the end of the first year.
She flew away with Peter in the frock she had woven from leaves and berries in the Neverland,
and her one fear was that he might notice how short it had become;
but he never noticed, he had so much to say about himself.



She had looked forward to thrilling talks with him about old times,
but new adventures had crowded the old ones from his mind.
"Who is Captain Hook?" he asked with interest when she spoke of the arch enemy.
"Don't you remember," she asked, amazed, "how you killed him and saved all our lives?"
"I forget them after I kill them," he replied carelessly.
When she expressed a doubtful hope that Tinker Bell would be glad to see her,
he said, "Who is Tinker Bell?"
"O Peter," she said, shocked; but even when she explained he could not remember.
"There are such a lot of them," he said. "I expect she is no more." ...

Wendy was pained too to find that the past year was but as yesterday to Peter;
it had seemed such a long year of waiting to her. ...

Next year he did not come for her.
She waited in a new frock because the old one simply would not meet; but he never came. ...

Peter came next spring cleaning;
and the strange thing was that he never knew he had missed a year. ...

That was the last time the girl Wendy ever saw him. ...
years came and went without bringing the careless boy;
and when they met again Wendy was a married woman,
and Peter was no more to her than a little dust in the box in which she had kept her toys.

Wendy was grown up.
You need not be sorry for her.
She was one of the kind that likes to grow up. ...

"The last thing he ever said to me was,
`Just always be waiting for me, and then some night you will hear me crowing.' ...
But, alas, he forgot all about me," Wendy said it with a smile.
She was as grown up as that.

~



[she was no longer a girl when he visited her again]
"Peter," she said, faltering, "are you expecting me to fly away with you?"
"Of course; that is why I have come."
"I can't come," she said apologetically, "I have forgotten how to fly."
"I'll soon teach you again."
"O Peter, don't waste the fairy dust on me." ...

For almost the only time in his life that I know of, Peter was afraid. ...
She let her hands play in the hair of the tragic boy.
She was not a little girl heart-broken about him;
she was a grown woman smiling at it all, but they were wet eyed smiles.


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http://www.enotes.com/peter-pan-text/chapter-17---when-wendy-grew-up
http://www.fanpop.com/spots/peter-pan/images/14526254/title/peter-pan-wendy-darling-photo

fundraiser and b-ball

in may 2012, george clooney hosted a multi-million-dollar campaign fundraiser in his home
for obama and 150 donors, who paid $40k to attend,
including barbra streisand, james brolin, jack black, robert downey jr, salma hayek,
stacy keibler; jeffrey katzenberg (dreamworks exec.), and diane von furstenberg.


(the biggest smile i've ever seen)

then, they hit george's tented basketball court for a friendly face-off
with actors tobey maguire, and white house staff.

“i want to thank clooney for letting us use his basketball court,” obama said.
"this guy has been talking smack about his basketball game ever since I’ve known him,”



“who won the game?” shouted mark knoller (cbs) the next morning.

obama joked “what basketball game? what are you talking about?”
then smiled, “as you might expect, george and I won,
but I think we are all winners because nobody got hurt.”


no cameras were allowed in,
so here are some other shots of barry in the court...

























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scoop and bits from:
http://www.wbobradio.com/2012/05/11/obama-shoots-hoops-with-george-clooney-tobey-maguire-2/
http://courier-tribune.com/sections/living/entertainment/obama-basks-again-hollywood-glory-cost.html
http://obamaonbasketball.tumblr.com/

more rat pack bits

"A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made." -sammy

"Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted
in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted." -sammy



"Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right." -sammy


(burt boyar, photo by sammy)

"I didn't hate being 60 as much as I had 50." -sammy



"I don't have many easy songs." -sammy

"Reality is never as bad as a nightmare,
as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves." -sammy


(photo by sammy)

"Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before."
-sammy



"The ultimate mystery is one's own self." -sammy


(peter o'toole, photo by samme)

"There are certain romances that belong in certain cities,
in a certain atmosphere,
in a certain time." -sammy

"When you lose a lover, it's like getting a bad haircut; it grows back in time."
-sammy



"You don't swing where you sleep." -sammy

"The best revenge is massive success." -frank



"Everybody thought I was big-headed and stuck up, and I wasn't.
It was because I didn't know how to speak good English,
so I used to keep my mouth shut." -dean

"I can`t stand an actor or actress who tells me acting is hard work.It`s easy work.
Anyone who says it isn`t never had to stand on his feet all day dealing blackjack."
-dean



"I feel sorry for people who don't drink.
They wake up in the morning and that's the best they're going to feel all day."
-dean

"I once shook hands with Pat Boone
and my whole right side sobered up." -dean

"There's a statue of Jimmy Stewart in the Hollywood Wax Museum,
and the statue talks better than he does." -dean

"Do I look all blurry to you?
'Cause you look blurry to me!" -dean

"Milton Berle is an inspiration to every young person
that wants to get into show business.
Hard work, perseverance, and discipline:
all the things you need...when you have no talent." -dean

"Most people think of Joey Bishop as just a replacement for Johnny Carson.
That`s NOT true. We in show business know better: we don`t think of him at ALL."
-dean

"As a young boy, Bob (Hope) didn`t have much to say.
He couldn`t afford writers then." -dean


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http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/f/frank_sinatra.html#ixzz1qFrgoRLN
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/sammy_davis_jr.html#ixzz1qFnf6agg
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/dean_martin.html
http://coolnessistimeless.blogspot.com/2009/03/dean-martin-quotes-from-man-himself.html
https://www.google.com/search?q=rat+pack+gallery&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=p95oT4rtMevPiAKWic3XBg&ved=0CEEQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=850
http://www.askmen.com/galleries/the-rat-pack/picture-1.html

personal classics

there are many movies which are referenced during conversations with friends,
or mentioned in dvd commentaries,
or on top ten lists, etc...

and then there are some films which should be considered classics,
but no one talks about them!
so, here is my list of unsung masterpieces.
they are so well put together. amazing acting.
hilarious subtle moments, and serious heart break.
they should be seen.


- The Dawn Patrol
(errol flynn, david niven, basil rathbone)








- Summertime
(katharine hepburn, by david lean)






- Little Big man
(dustin hoffman)










- The Razor's Edge
(bill murray)






- Alice
(mia farrow, by woody allen)




- About Schmidt
(jack nicholson, by alexander payne)








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also underrated, though darker:


- Sweet Bird of Youth
(paul newman, geraldine page)

- The Misfits
(marilyn, gable, clift)

- I'm not There
(by todd haynes, starring everyone)

- Down in the Valley
(edward norton)

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bits and help from:
http://mattiewade.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/calm-and-coiled-musings-on-the-lolling-styles-of-hepburn-and-garland/
http://thegreatkh.blogspot.com/2012/07/david-leans-summertime-1955.html
http://www.cineplex.com/Movies/Archives/BL4665459/The-Razor-s-Edge/Photo.aspx?id=284474
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/dvdreviews28/errol_flynn_collection_v2.htm
http://cinemaocd.tumblr.com/post/7055776611/errol-flynn-david-niven-and-a-flock-of-champagne
http://rheaven.blogspot.com/2010/05/little-big-man.html
http://atthepictureshow.blogspot.com/
http://www.mentorless.com/2011/08/02/about-schmidt-the-silent-opening-sequence-from-page-to-screen/
http://wendychuck.com/about_schmidt.html
http://1morefilmblog.com/wordpress/about-schmidt-payne-2002-10-years-later/
http://www.soliloblog.com/blog/reviews/jack-nicholson-as-warren-r-schmidt-in-about-schmidt-2002/
http://www.alifeatthemovies.com/movie-of-the-day/about-schmidt/

jonathan gregory brandis

since it came out over ten years ago,
ang lee's Ride with the Devil has been on my list of movies to see.
finally rented it. turns out it's great film. buried treasure.
i was also impressed with the cast of underrated actors,
whom i've grown up watching, and so recognized right away.

...except for one.
a confederate with beautiful eyes, and a calm voice.
he looked familiar, but i couldn't place him...

so, i hit IMDB, and I got two great shocks;
this actor is actually one of my childhood crushes,
and he is dead.


(toby, skeet, and jon in Ride with the Devil)


(one of his photos i had on my wall when i was a girl)

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born april 13th, 1976, connecticut
died november 12th, 2003, LA



actor, also screenwriter, and director of several indie films

dated brittany murphy and was her high school prom date in '95
then dated actress/singer tatyana ali (played sister on fresh prince) '95-98

died at 27 from injuries he suffered after he hanged himself
he did not leave a suicide note,
although friends were quoted as saying he was depressed about his career,
which had slowly declined in recent years
(especially when his "comeback" in Hart's War was cut from the film).
one friend admitted that jon drank heavily, and mentioned suicide.



selected work:

82 One Life to Live
87 Fatal Attraction (Party guest)
90 The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
90 Alien Nation
90 It
90 Murder, She Wrote ("If the Shoe Fits")
91 Gabriel's Fire
92 Ladybugs
92 Sidekicks
93-96 seaQuest DSV (5 episodes)
96 Fall Into Darkness
97 Two Came Back
99 Outside Providence
99 Ride with the Devil
02 Hart's War (deleted)
03 Puerto Vallarta Squeeze
05 Bad Girls From Valley High



quotes -

"furthermore I will just have to see what the future will bring me.
but a change of food whets the appetite."

"i don't like being told someone's interpretation of something that I do."

"i try to say the right things and give the right advice.
but still, i'm only a person."

"i like strong girls."

"i hope i am also judged on my accomplishments as an actor
and not just on my pretty face!"

"i do look forward to doing things in the future that I haven't done before.
do you know what I have always dreamt about? playing a serial killer!"



"i can stand fiddling in front of the mirror for an hour
and another time i think: well heck, this is just the best it can get."

"some days I don't look my very best. mostly that's on saturday.
i'm standing there with my new clothes on, in front of the mirror
and I also don't really feel like going out. you can really see it at once.
but I think that you just can't hang around at home on a saturday evening.
when you're young, you should live out every weekend.
even if you look like a scarecrow, you just gotta go!"

"around 15 I was very sensitive about [pimples]...
i do remember that I was sitting in the make-up chair
before the shoots for a commercial or film or other,
and i thought: sometime soon they are going to make a close-up of me
and millions of people can see how many pimples i've got on my cheeks....
i even had nightmares about it.
i dreamt that my whole back was full of bulges, growing ever larger by the minute.
i did try to squeeze them and you know what came out? gallons of that white smuch.
that maybe was the worst thing that ever happened to me.
for weeks I thought about the possibility of this fantasy becoming a reality.
still every morning I take a peek at my back
just to be sure none of those red rascals have appeared. weird isn't it?"




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bits from wiki, google images, and:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/jonathan_brandis.html#rg0tYV2Ek5KRV15g.99
http://www.sneksoog.demon.nl/jona13-e.htm
http://www.mamapop.com/2010/06/jonathan-brandis-dead-of-suicide-at-27-celebrity-kids-gone-bad.html
http://www.panpop.com
http://www.listal.com/jonathan-brandis/pictures
http://www.angelfire.com/hero/jonathanbrandis/