Dean S Harrison

Louise’s legs are the first we see of her character Lucienne in the opening minutes of Prix de Beauté (1930). A longer clip is in the thread.

“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” — Charlie Chaplin

"La mente es todo. En lo que piensas te conviertes" - Sócrates

"Somos los libros que nos han hecho mejores" Jorge Luis Borges

If taking someone's property without their consent and transferring it to another person is theft when an individual does it, what changes when it's done through institutional mechanisms? Is there a coherent moral framework that distinguishes the two? Or does the ethical question remain the same, regardless of scale or authority?

“Las políticas socialistas se juzgan por sus intenciones, no por sus resultados. El mercado, en cambio, solo sobrevive si funciona. Por eso uno fracasa y el otro perdura.” - Thomas Sowell -

“Since socialism is an ideology that goes directly against human nature, it necessarily leads to slavery or death—there is no other destiny. To open the door to socialism is to invite death.” — Javier Milei

“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowlegde.” — Bertrand Russell

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Gloria Swanson #BOTD in her greatest role as Norma Desmond, who lives in the very past that eventually drives her mad, in "Sunset Boulevard (1950) Are you a fan of this wonderful film?

“Our civilization cannot survive if we continue to appease the Islamists.” —Sir Roger Scruton

Hedy Lamarr looks like she’s calculating the precise frequency at which your ego will self-destruct if you try to speak to her!

“The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error.” — Hannah Arendt

Milton Friedman couldn’t persuade Thomas Sowell to give up Marxism, but working for the federal government could.