Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

John Dewey: (Burlington, 20 October 1859 – New York, 1 June 1952). American philosopher, psychologist and educator. His work made important contributions to educational science, educational philosophy and the philosophical movement of pragmatism, among other things. Dewey is also often regarded as the father of functionalism. This is a school of psychology that focuses on… Lees verder John Dewey

William Somerset Maugham: ( 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965). English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. Born in Paris, where he spent his first ten years, Maugham was schooled in England and went to a German university. He became a medical student in London and qualified as a physician in… Lees verder W. Somerset Maugham

María Victoria Casares y Pérez: (21 November 1922 – 22 November 1996). Spanish-born French actress and one of the most distinguished stars of the French stage and cinema. She was credited in France as Maria Casarès. Casares published her autobiography, Résidente privilégiée (Privileged Resident) in 1980, in which she described her 16-year affair with Albert… Lees verder Maria Casares

Rosa Clotilde Chacel Arimón: (June 3, 1898 – July 27, 1994). Famous and sometimes controversial writer from Spain. She was a native of Valladolid. Autumn opens in me a wound of tenderness.        

Zinaida Nikolayevna Hippius (Gippioes): (Saint Petersburg, 20 November 1869 – Paris, 9 September 1945). Russian poet and writer from the Symbolist school. The last days of August are a kind of whisper. Not the Autumn yet, but the smell of it.            

Françoise Sagan: Pseudonym of Françoise Quoirez. (Cajarc, Lot, 21 June 1935 — Honfleur, Calvados, 24 September 2004). French writer and film director. She was part of the Nouvelle Vague movement. We have as little freedom now as we did twenty years ago: back then, young girls were forbidden from having sex, now it has almost… Lees verder Françoise Sagan

Walter Hartwell White Sr.: Also known by his alias Heisenberg, is the fictional character and the main protagonist of the American crime drama television series Breaking Bad. He is portrayed by Bryan Cranston. Sometimes it feels better not to talk. At all. About anything. To anyone.      

James Burnham: (November 22, 1905 – July 28, 1987). American philosopher and political theorist. He chaired the New York University Department of Philosophy. His first book was An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis (1931). Burnham became a prominent Trotskyist activist in the 1930s. His most famous book, The Managerial Revolution (1941), speculated on the future of… Lees verder James Burnham

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor: (Hampstead (London), 27 February 1932 – Los Angeles, 23 March 2011). Also known as Liz, she was a British-American actress. She won an Oscar in 1960 for her leading role in Butterfield 8 and in 1966 for her leading role in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. She also received more than 35… Lees verder Elizabeth Taylor

Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen: (Nijkerk, 24 January 1932 – Hilversum, 21 September 1996). Dutch Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Utrecht, professor at American universities and author of Christian books. We must dare to accept our brokenness, to become familiar with it, to befriend this ‘enemy’, to walk with it.