Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Joan Didion: (December 5, 1934 – December 23, 2021). American writer and journalist. She is considered one of the pioneers of New Journalism, along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson, and Tom Wolfe. Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?

Kay Gunnar Leopold Pollak: (born 21 May 1938). Swedish film director. After a long break from film-making, he returned in 2004 with As It Is in Heaven (Så som i himmelen), a major box office success in Sweden. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also nominated… Lees verder Kay Pollak

Joseph Conrad: (3 December 1857 – Bishopsbourne, 3 August 1924). Polish-English novelist and prose writer. He was born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in Berdychiv, the Russian Empire (now Ukraine). His novels mostly deal with dangerous life at sea and exotic places. Conrad is considered one of the greatest novelists in English-language literature. The belief in… Lees verder Joseph Conrad

Harvey Kurtzman: (October 3, 1924 – February 21, 1993). American cartoonist and editor. His best-known work includes writing and editing the parodic comic book Mad from 1952 until 1956, and writing the Little Annie Fanny strips in Playboy from 1962 until 1988. His work is noted for its satire and parody of popular culture, social… Lees verder Harvey Kurtzman

Irvin David Yalom: (Washington D.C., 13 June 1931). American writer and psychiatrist. I dream of alove that is more than two people craving to possess one another.

Émile Zola: (Paris, 2 April 1840 – there, 29 September 1902). French writer and journalist. He is considered the foremost representative of the literary school of naturalists. Zola’s literary work was influenced by the works of Honoré de Balzac and Gustave Flaubert. We are like books. Most people only see the cover, the minority read… Lees verder Émile Zola

Robin Sharma: Canadian writer, best known for his The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari book series. Sharma worked as a litigation lawyer until age 25, when he self-published MegaLiving (1994), a book on stress management and spirituality. He initially also self-published The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, which was then picked up for wider distribution… Lees verder Robin Sharma

Your intuition: The subconscious, inner sense by which almost all decisions are made, your internal GPS. I told you…

Richard Phillips Feynman: (New York, 11 May 1918 – Los Angeles, 15 February 1988) . American physicist and Nobel laureate. Knowledge isn’t free. You have to pay attention.

Mason Cooley: (1927 – July 25, 2002). American aphorist known for his witty aphorisms. One of the aphorisms Cooley developed was “The time I kill is killing me.” He was professor emeritus of French, speech and world literature at the College of Staten Island. He was also an assistant professor of English at Columbia University… Lees verder Mason Cooley