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“For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this earth. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers.”
There is a long-lost additional member of the Snap,Crackle and Pop group. . . can you name the character?
In the critically acclaimed motion picture, All About Eve, which received 14 Academy Award nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1951, Bette Davis, in the role of Margo Channing, spoke the words: “Fasten your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.” To this day, All About Eve is the only film in Oscar history to have received nominations for 4 female actors (Bette Davis and Ann Baxter as Best Actress, Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter as Best Supporting Actress), although none took home the Academy Award for their performances.
“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.”
Who said “Fasten your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy night”?
Hint: It wasn’t Captain Kirk!
The famous “Heisman pose” is based on Ed Smith, the former New York University running back, who modeled for the Heisman Trophy’s sculptor.
“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.”
In 1934, who did the sculptor of the Heisman Trophy ask to strike the now famous “Heisman pose”?
Tremendous and stupendous, but not horrendous or hazardous!
Those are the only four words in the English language which end in “dous”
“More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.”