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POPSToday, We Are All Marxists! Yes, today, everyone has become a Marxist. Groucho Marxist, that is. 2 October 2008, is the 118th anniversary of his birth. A master of wit, who, unlike Don Rickles, made one feel complimented to have been insulted by him. All hail, Marx and Lennon (see http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/laughstore_2013_1230600), and don't neglect to check out the rest of the quotes at the clipsource.
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POPSOn the Threshold of Eternity… It was, always have been in human nature... Depression. Terrible destructive feelings of hopelessness, darkness even in bright day. In the final count it is looseness, inability to manage your own life, copying with advancing troubles. Look at his haircut, beard, high hills... And he had his paintings. Instead of Internet.
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POPSIllusion: What do you see? This illusion has always been intriguing....... What do you first see ..... A young girl or an old woman....keep looking!! First published in 1915.
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POPS19th-Century Painter Van Gogh Died Of Self-Inflicted Gunshot 29 July 1890 * Born: 30 March 1853 * Birthplace: Groot Zundert, Holland * Died: 29 July 1890 (self-inflicted gunshot) * Best Known As: The marvelous painter who cut off his own earlobe A 19th-century painter, Van Gogh is almost as famous for his mental instability as for his vivid paintings. His career as an artist lasted only 10 years and coincided with frequent bouts of depression and anguish Among his favorite painters at this time were Jean François Millet, Rembrandt, Honoré Daumier; among his favorite authors, George Eliot, Charles Dickens, and Harriet Beecher Stowe - all of them interested in the poor and dispossessed. Complementing Van Gogh's dismal subject matter of this time were his colors, dark brownish and greenish tones. The masterpiece of the Dutch period is the Potato Eaters (1885), a night scene in which peasants sit at their meal around a table.
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POPSSydney Town Hall Grand Organ The world's largest, entirely mechanical pipe organ. There is a video link a to rendition of Toccata and fugue in D minor by J.S.Bach - one of the best compositions for a grand organ there is. Just the sort of thing you would expect Igor to play. The title above the top thumbnail, is a link to the Video The title may be unfamiliar, but the music has been used in any number of film and T.V. productions,(and ads) so it should be familiar.
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