Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Telling a programmer there’s already a library to do X is like telling a songwriter there’s already a song about love.

Your body responds, if you dare to listen.

Friendship and money: oil and water.

William Cuthbert Faulkner: (New Albany (Mississippi), 25 September 1897 – Oxford (Mississippi), 6 July 1962). American writer from Mississippi and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949. Although his works are sometimes challenging or even difficult, he is generally considered one of the most important fiction writers in the United States. Some days… Lees verder William Faulkner

I shall pass this way but once; any good that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being; let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

Helen Adams Keller: (Tuscumbia, Alabama, 27 June 1880 – Westport, Connecticut, 1 June 1968). American writer and linguist. When she was 19 months old, she became deaf and blind as a result of an illness. With the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan (1866-1936), she learned to communicate using the finger alphabet, spelling words in… Lees verder Helen Keller

Henri Émile Benoît Matisse: (Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 31 December 1869 – Cimiez, near Nice, 3 November 1954). French painter, graphic artist and sculptor. Along with Pablo Picasso, he is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative artists of the 20th century. I think there is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than… Lees verder Henri Matisse

Gary Edward “Garrison” Keillor: (born August 7, 1942). American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He created the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion (called Garrison Keillor’s Radio Show in some international syndication), which he hosted from 1974 to 2016. Keillor created the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon, the setting… Lees verder Garrison Keillor

Maxine: Stage name of Gonny Buurmeester. (Rotterdam, 14 October 1970). Dutch singer who became known thanks to her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. She initially performed under the name Bojana. Maxine spent her childhood in Rotterdam and moved to Breda later in life. Music and singing have always played an important role in her… Lees verder Maxine

You can’t stop being afraid by just pretending everything that scares you isn’t there.