Quotes On Life
‘If we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time, not tomorrow or next year. Today should always be our most wonderful day.’
Thomas Dreier
Top Gun Film Review: Can The Fascination Be Explained
Director: Tony Scott.
Cast: Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Kelly McGillis, and Anthony Edwards.
Top Gun has often being cited as the film most closely associated with the 80s. It is strange that a film with so many weaknesses is so fondly remembered by many. In fact film director, Quentin Tarantino, memorably misquotes some of the script in the film ‘Sleep With Me’.
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Evgeni Plushenko and Alexei Yagudin: The Rivalry Of The Greatest Figure Skaters
Figure skating is a supreme sport. A marriage of raw athleticism with delicate poise and gracious movements, it is truly a spectator’s event. Undoubtedly, two of the leading candidates for male figure skating have been the Russians, Evgeni Plushenko and Alexei Yagudin.
Together they have changed the course of the sport and reached new heights that will prove difficult for future skaters to reach. However, while their relationship with one another is now cordial it was not always the case.
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Quotes On Love
‘As you think, you travel. As you love, you attract.’
James Allen
About The Greatest Jugglers: The Art Of Making The Difficult Seem Seductively Simple
Juggling is one of the most difficult of activities. It requires quick hands, great hand-to-eye co-ordination and above all, immense patience. One of the simple joys of life is witnessing highly skilled people doing what they are good at. Often those observing may have little insight into the difficulty of the seemingly simplistic tasks being performed before them. All great performers make their chosen field look deceptively simple.
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Film Review Revolutionary Road: Domestic Bliss Cannot Mask Shattered Dreams
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Shannon and Kathy Bates.
Revolutionary Road is a deeply unsettling film that delves beneath the mask of domesticity and reveals desperation, despair and falsehoods. In short, this is a film that nearly everyone can empathise with. Either you have been in a similar relationship, you are in that relationship or you know someone in that kind of relationship.
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Ennio Morricone: The Greatest Composer The World Has Ever Known
Some of us have different concepts that we use to describe the experience of listening to music. We choose to use intellectual equations and formulas to ascertain the perfect musical score. The sumptuous blend of bass, treble and rhythm all working together to give us something unique, something remarkable, something unmatched.
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Quotes On Habits
‘Strength does not come from winning. Your struggle develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.’
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Pan’s Labyrinth Film Review: A Confusing Film That Got Lost In Its Own Hype
Director: Guilermo Del Toro
Cast: Ivana Baquera, Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu, Ariadna Gil and Doug Jones.
The much acclaimed Pan’s Labyrinth has received many rave reviews such as the prolonged standing ovation at Cannes. However, it is hard to justify such praise upon seeing the film. There are many good set pieces but taken in the whole context, the film falters in its delivery.
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Quotes On Achieving
‘I believe that being sucessful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can’t truly be considered successful in your business if your home is in shambles.’
Zig Ziglar
Quotes On Seeking Truth
‘If you were all alone in the universe with no one to talk to, no one with which to share the beauty of the stars, to laugh with, no touch, what would be your purpose in life? It is other life, it is love, which gives your life meaning. This is harmony, We must discover the joy of each other, the joy of challenge, the joy of growth.’
Mitsugi Saotome
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Quotes On Discernment
‘To repeat what others have said, required education, to challenge it, requires brains.’
Mary Pettibone Poole
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