Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Emily Weiss

Emily Weiss: (born March 22, 1985). American businesswoman. She is the founder and former CEO of the cosmetics company Glossier and the blog Into the Gloss. She was featured in a Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2015. In 2019, she was included in Time magazine’s “Next 100”. My December is typically one big, sweaty… Lees verder Emily Weiss

P. J. O’Rourke

Patrick Jake O’Rourke: (November 14, 1947 – February 15, 2022). American author, journalist, and political satirist who wrote twenty-two books on subjects as diverse as politics, cars, etiquette, and economics. Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance both reached No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list. Christmas begins about the first of… Lees verder P. J. O’Rourke

Malcolm X

Malcolm X: Born as Malcolm Little. (Omaha (Nebraska), 19 May 1925 – New York, 21 February 1965). One of the American leaders and spokesmen for the Nation of Islam, an African-American Muslim organisation for equal rights for black people. He founded the Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organisation of Afro-American Unity. On 21 February 1965,… Lees verder Malcolm X

Catherine O’Hara

Catherine Anne O’Hara: (Toronto, 4 March 1954). Canadian-American actress. Among other awards, she won an American Comedy Award for Best in Show, a National Board of Review Award for For Your Consideration and, along with the entire cast of SCTV Network 90, an Emmy Award. I know. I’m lazy. But I made myself a New… Lees verder Catherine O’Hara

Ben Aaronvitch

Ben Dylan Aaronovitch: (born 22 February 1964). English author and screenwriter. He is the author of the series of novels Rivers of London. He also wrote two Doctor Who serials in the late 1980s and spin-off novels from Doctor Who and Blake’s 7. In the winter, she curls up around a good book and dreams… Lees verder Ben Aaronvitch

Hugh Laurie

James Hugh Calum Laurie: (Oxford (England), 11. Juni 1959). Englischer Schauspieler, Synchronsprecher, Komödiant, Drehbuchautor, Fernsehproduzent, Fernsehregisseur, Musiker und Autor. In England ist er vor allem durch seine Arbeit im Fernsehen bekannt, insbesondere durch seine Zusammenarbeit mit Stephen Fry als Komikerduo Fry & Laurie. In den Vereinigten Staaten ist er vor allem durch seine Rolle als… Lees verder Hugh Laurie

Charlotte Riddell

Charlotte Eliza Lawson Riddell: (nee Cowan; 30 September 1832 – 24 September 1906). Known also as Mrs J. H. Riddell, and by her pen name F. G. Trafford, was a popular and influential Irish-born writer in the Victorian period. She was the author of 56 books, novels and short stories, and also became part-owner and… Lees verder Charlotte Riddell

Samuel Beckett

Samuel Barclay Beckett: (Foxrock, Dublin, 13 April 1906 – Paris, 22 December 1989). Irish (stage) writer and poet. It was December, I had never felt so cold. The eel soup lay heavy on my stomach, I was afraid I’d die, I turned aside to vomit, I envied them.