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My definition of an optimist has to be the Luftwaffe F-104 pilot who gave up smoking!
— John Wiley
("Старфайтер" F-104 из-за высокой аварийности немецкие пилоты прозвали "летающим гробом" и "поставщиком вдов")

The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.
— Mark Russell

When asked why he was referred to as 'Ace':
Because during World War Two I was responsible for the destruction of six aircraft, fortunately three were enemy.
— Captain Ray Lancaster, USAAF

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the very first Fokker airplane built in the world. The Dutch call it the mother Fokker.
— Custodian at the Aviodome aviation museum, Schiphol airport Amsterdam

Chi Vola Vale,
Chi Non Vola non Vale,
Chi Vale e Non Vola и un Vile
— seen on a office wall at the Italian Airforce Ministery. Translation: He who flies is worthy, He who doesn't fly is unworthy, he who is worthy and doesn't fly is a coward

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Robert Burns: 'Auld Lang Syne'

"Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never thought upon,
The flames of love extinguished,
And freely past and gone?
Is thy kind heart now grown so cold
In that loving breast of thine,
That thou canst never once reflect
On old-long-syne?

"On old long syne.
On old long syne, my jo,
On old long syne:
That thou canst never once reflect
On old long syne."

"Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Tho' they return with scars?
These are the noble hero's lot,
Obtain'd in glorious wars:
Welcome, my Varo, to my breast,
Thy arms about me twine.
And make me once again as blest,
As I was lang syne."

"Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Or friendship e'er grow cauld?
Should we nae tighter draw the knot
Aye as we're growing auld?
How comes it, then, my worthy friend,
Wha used to be sae kin',
We dinna for ilk ither spier
As we did lang syne?"

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Yесколько новых слов с помощью которых можно избежать банальностей :D

hebdomadal
Pronunciation: /heb-DA-ma-dal/
adj : meeting or appearing once a week: weekly
"Pop diva Madonna made it a weekly practice to jog New York's Central Park. Sure enough on most occasions, the paparazzi were there to record the hebdomadal event."

pusillanimous
Pronunciation: /pyoo-suh-LAN-i-mus/
adj : cowardly
"The pusillanimous behavior on the part of the passers-by who did nothing to help the young girl was reprehensible."

atrabilious
Pronunciation: /a-TRAB-i-lus/
adj : gloomy
"His name soon became synonymous for the atrabilious kind of guest who could ruin a party."

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Nad_Gamgee (HowMuchWatch) все записи автора 100 самых известных фраз Голливуда: the best.

Первое место досталось фразе из ленты Gone with the Wind (1939): Если честно, моя дорогая, мне наплевать (Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn). Популярна еще одна фраза из этого же фильма: Я подумаю об этом завтра (I wll think about it tomorrow).

На втором месте - цитата из God-Father (1972): Я сделаю ему предложение, от которого он не сможет отказаться (I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse).

Вторая часть God-Father (1974) отметилась следующей цитатой: Держи своих друзей близко к себе, а врагов - еще ближе (Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer) - 58 место.

Да будет с вами Сила (May the Force be with you) из Star Wars (1977) попала на восьмое место.

Фраза из знаменитого монолога Роберта Де Ниро перед зеркалом из Taxi-Driver (1976): Ты со мной разговариваешь? (You talking to me?) - на 10-м месте.

Я люблю запах напалма по утрам (I love the smell of napalm in the morning) из Apocalypse Today (1979) - на 12-м.

В золотую сотню вошли сразу шесть фраз из ленты Casablanca (1942). Среди них: Луи, мне кажется, это начало прекрасной дружбы (Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship) и У нас всегда будет Париж (We'll always have Paris).

Бонд, Джеймс Бонд (Bond. James Bond) - на 22 месте. Мартини. Взболтать, не перемешивая (A martini. Shaken, not stirred) из той же оперы - на 90-м.

Однажды меня попытался опросить агент по переписи населения. Я съел его печень с бобами и хорошим кьянти (A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti) - незабвенный доктор Ганнибал Лектер из Silence of the Lambs (1991) занял 21 место.

Элементарно, мой дорогой Ватсон (Elementary, my dear Watson) из Sherlok Holmes's Adventures (1929) - на 65-м.

Две фразы подарил миру Jerry McGweirr (1996): Покажи мне деньги! (Show me the money!) и Ты сделал меня на здрасьте (You had me at hello). Первая вышла на 25 место, вторая - на 52-е.

Естественно, не обошлось без Арнольда Шварценеггера. Я вернусь!" (I'll be back) заняла 37 место, а До свиданья, крошка! (Hasta la vista, baby) - 76-е.

К сожалению, весь список 100 фраз не прилагался

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Celebrities - Before and After

A
Eddie Albert - Edward Albert Heimberger
Woody Allen - Allen Konigsberg
Don Ameche - Dominic Felix Amici
Julie Andrews - Julia Elizabeth Wells
Fred Astaire - Frederick Austerlitz

B
Warren Beatty - Henry Warren Beatty
Robbie Benson - Robert Segal
Ingmar Bergman - Ernst Ingmar Bergman
Jon Bon Jovi - John Francis Bongiovi
Bono - Paul Hewson
Pat Boone - Charles Eugene Boone
David Bowie - David Jones
Charles Bronson - Charles Buchinsky
Yul Brynner - Taidje Kahn, Jr.

C
Nicolas Cage - Nicolas Coppola
Michael Caine - Maurice Micklewhite
Maria Callas - Maria Anna Sophia Cecilia Kalogeropoulos
Ray Charles - Ray Charles Robinson
Chevy Chase - Cornelius Crane Chase
Cher - Cherilyn Sarkisian
Eric Clapton - Eric Clap
Alice Cooper - Vincent Damon Furnier
David Copperfield - David Kotkin
Elvis Costello - Declan Patrick McManus
Bing Crosby - Harry Lillis Crosby
Tom Cruise - Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Tony Curtis - Bernard Schwartz

D
Rodney Dangerfield - Jacob Cohen
Bo Derek - Mary Cathleen Collins Derek
Danny DeVito - Daniel Michaeli
Marlene Dietrich - Maria von Losch
Kirk Douglas - Issur Danielovitch Demsky
Faye Dunaway - Dorothy Faye Dunaway
Bob Dylan - Robert Zimmerman

F
Douglas Fairbanks - Julius Ullman
Mia Farrow - Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow
Jodie Foster - Alicia Christian Foster
Michael J. Fox - Michael Andrew Fox

G
Greta Garbo - Greta Gustafson
Ava Gardner - Lucy Johnson
Judy Garland - Frances Gumm
Crystal Gayle - Brenda Gail Webb Gatzimos
Boy George - George Alan O'Dowd
Whoopi Goldberg - Caryn Johnson
Audrey Hepburn - Audrey Hepburn-Ruston
Billie Holiday - Eleanora Fagan
Engelbert Humperdinck - Arnold Dorsey
Billy Idol - William Broad

J
Elton John - Reginald Kenneth Dwight
Don Johnson - Donald Wayne
Tom Jones - Thomas Jones WoodwardK
Boris Karloff - William Henry Pratt
Diane Keaton - Diane Hall
Michael Keaton - Michael Douglas
Ben Kingsley - Krishna Banji
Nastassia Kinski - Nastassja Naksynznki
Bruce Lee - Lee Jun Fan
Jerry Lewis - Joseph Levitch
Sophia Loren - Sophia Sciccoloni
Bela Lugosi - Bela Ferenc Blasko

M
Andie MacDowell - Rose Anderson MacDowell
Shirley MacLaine - Shirley Beaty
Madonna - Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone
Dean Martin - Dino Crocetti
Walter Matthau - Walter Matuschanskayasky
Paul McCartney - James Paul McCartney
George Michael - Georgious Panayiotou
Marilyn Monroe - Norma Jean Mortenson Baker
Yves Montand - Ivo Livi
Demi Moore - Demi Gynes
Pat Morita - Noriyuki Morita

N
Chuck Norris - Carlos Ray
Kim Novak - Marilyn Paul Novak

O
Peter O'Toole - Seamus O'Toole

P
Gregory Peck - Eldred Gregory Peck
Priscilla Presley - Pricilla Wagner Beaulieu

R
Robert Redford - Charles Robert Redford
Roy Rogers - Leonard Slye
Mickey Rooney - Joe Yule, Jr.

S
Susan Sarandon - Susan Tomaling
Leo Sayer - Gerald Sayer
Jane Seymour - Joyce Frankenberg
Omar Sharif - Michael Shalhouz
Charlie Sheen - Carlos Irwin Estevez
Brooke Shields - Christa Brooke Shields
Sylvester Stallone - Michael Sylvester Stallone
Ringo Starr - Richard Starkey
Sting - Gordon Matthew Sumner
Meryl Streep - Mary Louise Streep
Donna Summer - La Donna Andrea Gaines
Max von Sydow - Carl Adolph von Sydow

T
Robert Taylor - Spangler Brugh
Tina Turner - Annie Mae Bullock

V
Rudolph Valentino - Rudolfo Alphonzo Raffaelo Pierre Filibut
Guglielmo di Valentina D'Antonguolla

W
Sigourney Weaver - Susan Weaver
Gene Wilder - Jerome Silberman
Bruce Willis - Walter Bruce Willis
Stevie Wonder - Steveland Morris Hardaway
Natalie Wood - Natasha Gurdin
Tammy Wynette - Wynette Pugh

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