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    How is actor Ronan Vibert not actor David Warner's son??
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The Truly Great Stephen Spender I think continually of those who were truly great. Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns, Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition Was that their lips, still touched with fire, Should tell of the Spirit, clothed from head to foot in song. And who hoarded from the Spring branches The desires falling across their bodies like blossoms.   What is precious, is never to forget The essential delight of the blood drawn from ageless springs Breaking through rocks in worlds before our earth. Never to deny its pleasure in the morning simple light Nor its grave evening demand for love. Never to allow gradually the traffic to smother With noise and fog, the flowering of the spirit.   Near the snow, near the sun, in the highest fields, See how these names are fêted by the waving grass And by the streamers of white cloud And whispers of wind ...
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I still think that the characters from Twelfth Night were hiding under the characters from Cheers. Sam=Orsino, Diane=Viola, Rebecca=Olivia, Woody=Sebastian, Norm=Toby Belch, Cliff=Andrew Aguecheek, Carla=Maria, Malvolio=Frasier.
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Reminded of this moment of vocal perfection by Steven Alderson.
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Actor Rod Steiger's grave. Tough guy Rod Steiger put The Little Prince on his grave!
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How strange it must be for any cellist to play the Elgar or the Dvorak -- the Dvorak! -- with Daniel Barenboim, knowing that the memory, the sound of Jacqueline du Pre lives within him!
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 "It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving  lovely   names to things. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one."
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Great story about Hendrix' Electric Lady studio.
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    I know they don't really look alike, but if I ever bump into Neil Gaiman, I am going to think he's Tim Burton.  And if I bump into Tim Burton, I am going to think he's Neil Gaiman.
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Your Face, Bill Plympton (1987)
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Rembrandt, 1635-1637
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Dirk Bogarde's full name was Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde.
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"A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept."  -- Carlos Ruiz Zafon