Quotables 1 October 2024: Jayne Mansfield on sex, war, and God

‘I love sex.... It should be animalistic, it should be sadistic, it should at times be masochistic.... There are few rules and moral conventions.’ 

‘War is a foolish, childish, animalistic, unthinking, unintelligent way of trying to accomplish a purpose.’

‘I guess a lot of people think that a girl who shows her bosom and wears tight dresses can't be close to God. God has always been close to me. Only He knew what was in my heart.’

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Quotables 25 September 2024: On the 44th anniversary of his passing, John Bonham reflects on the importance of maintaining one’s drum kit and what neglecting it equates to

Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. Photo: Neal Preston

‘Mistreating your drum set is just one step below child abuse’. - John Bonham, 31 May 1948 to 25 September 1980.

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Quotables 24 September 2024: Orwell on the increasing ‘slovenliness’ of the English language and its impact on thought

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‘A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts’. - George Orwell, ‘Politics and the English Language’, 1946.

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Born #OTD 1905: the melancholy Swedish screen goddess, Greta Garbo

Photo: Ruth Harriet Louise, circa 1926

‘Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it’. - Greta Garbo, 18 September 1905 to 15 April 1990.

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Quotables 17 September 2024: Myrna Loy on her lack of success in marriage

Actress Myrna Loy in ‘A Connecticut Yankee’, 1931, Fox Film Corporation

JD Vance and the rest of the extreme natalists and zealous pro-marriage advocates in today’s Republican Party would be appalled: ‘Some perfect wife I am. I've been married four times, divorced four times, have no children, and can't boil an egg’.

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Photo: actress Myrna Loy in 1931’s ‘A Connecticut Yankee’, adorned in sumptuous attire befitting a queen. Her elaborate and resplendent crown rests upon her brow like a circlet of stars, glittering with jewels that seem to capture the very light of the heavens. Her gown, richly embroidered with fine threads of gold and silver, cascades down her form, while a necklace of exquisite gems graces her neck. Her steady and serene gaze suggests both wisdom and power, as though she commands dominion over all she surveys. A vision of majesty and grace, Myrna Loy embodies the very essence of royalty.

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Quotables 12 September 2024: On the 144th anniversary of his birth, H.L. Mencken’s prophecy about Trump, government as a ‘broker in pillage’, and the eternal nature of the American people

American journalist H.L. Mencken. Photo: A. Aubrey Bodine/Keystone/Getty Images

Foretelling Donald Trump: ‘On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron’.

A ‘broker in pillage’: ‘The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can't get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods’.

This holds more true now than ever: ‘The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth’.

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Quotables 10 September 2024: Joan Collins on ‘the problem with beauty’

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‘The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer’.

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Photo: actress Joan Collins, seated without, upon what seemeth to be a step of stone or concrete. She is arrayed in a fashionable raiment of light-coloured lace, with long sleeves and fine embellishments. Her legs are bare, and she is unshod, her toes resting upon the step beneath. Her dark tresses, full and flowing, are styled in loose waves, and her countenance is serene yet dignified, her gaze fixed upon the lens. Behind her, the clear and vivid azure sky doth provide a striking contrast to her garb, enhancing her grace in this tranquil scene.

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Quotables 9 September 2024: Louise Brooks on her talent for ‘enraging people’

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‘I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife’.

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Photo: actress Louise Brooks, captured in a still from the 1929 film 'The Canary Murder Case'. She doth recline most elegantly upon a vintage velvet sofa, her arm draped over the side and her legs stretched forth in languid repose. Adorned is she in a dark satin gown, her signature bob framing her face most artfully, whilst her countenance doth appear serene, as though lost in deep contemplation.

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Quotables 7 September 2024: Chrissie Hynde on the difference between being drunk at 23 and at 43

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Wishing a very happy birthday to the great singer-songwriter, born on this day in 1951:

‘You know, when you're 23 and you get pissed, I mean drunk, you can just go crazy and it's all right. But if you're 43 and you do it, it's like your best friend's mother who used to come in pissed and everybody was really embarrassed. It just doesn't go down well, you know, after a certain age’.

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Quotables 24 August 2024: Jiddu Krishnamurti on whether healthy people ought to adjust to an unhealthy society

1987 Indian postal stamp honouring philosopher and spiritual leader Jiddu Krishnamurti

‘Is society healthy, that an individual should return to it? Has not society itself helped to make the individual unhealthy? Of course, the unhealthy must be made healthy, that goes without saying; but why should the individual adjust himself to an unhealthy society? If he is healthy, he will not be a part of it. Without first questioning the health of society, what is the good of helping misfits to conform to society?

‘To help the individual to fit into a society which is ever at war with itself – is this what psychologists and analysts are supposed to do? Is the individual to be healed only in order to kill or be killed? If one is not killed, or driven insane, then must one only fit into the structure of hate, envy, ambition and superstition which can be very scientific?’ - Jiddu Krishnamurti, 1895 - 1986.

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Quotables 21 August 2024: Jack Buck reflects on the beauty of baseball

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The golden voice of the St. Louis Cardinals would have turned 100 years old today:

‘It's such a beautiful sport, with no politics involved, no color, no class. Only as a youngster can you play and as a pro can you win. The game has kept me young, involved and excited and for me to be up here with gems of baseball’.

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Quotables 18 August 2024: Aldous Huxley discusses the obedience of ‘the greater part of the population’ under an ‘efficient totalitarian state’

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‘The greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided the rulers do not interfere with its material comforts and its cherished beliefs, it is perfectly happy to let itself be ruled.

‘A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude’.

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Quotables 22 July 2024: Wisdom from Mark Twain, Benjamin Franklin, C.S. Lewis, T.S. Eliot, and more

Illustration: Edwin Larson/National Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian Institution

‘An intelligent person never shares three things with anyone - Their innermost fears, past regrets, and ultimate excuse for showing up late’. - Mark Twain

‘The doors of wisdom are never shut’. - Benjamin Franklin, from ‘Poor Richard's Almanack’

‘One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts.’ - C.S. Lewis, from ‘The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’

‘Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it’. - Adlai Stevenson II

‘Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important’. - T.S. Eliot

‘It’s a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It’s much easier to be somebody else or nobody at all’. - Sylvia Plath

‘When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind’. - C.S. Lewis

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Quotables 9 July 2024: Irish poet W.B. Yeats on politicians

National Library of Ireland

‘The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.’ - W.B. Yeats

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Quotables 7 July 2024: Christina Ricci on having a womanly body

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‘Now my body is really womanly - a little too much so. It's something I can fall back on. When I don't know what else to do, I stick my chest out’.

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Photo: Behold a beautiful thespian of much renown, Christina Ricci, as she doth recline upon a bed in a chamber both intimate and tranquil. Partially veiled by white sheets, she rests upon her side, one arm supporting her head in contemplation. The other lies at her ease by her side. A thoughtful mood doth seem to overtake her, and a touch of melancholy, perchance, hangs in the air as her gaze is fixed directly upon thine own. Her raven tresses, unbound and loose, do frame her face, angelic in its form, with a natural grace. Expect, dear reader, to see more of this singular lady, for she is a treasure without compare, and gracing these pages she shall.

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Quotables 6 July 2024: Sophia Loren on her ‘peculiar yardstick for measuring a man’

‘I have my own peculiar yardstick for measuring a man: does he have the courage to cry in a moment of grief? Does he have the compassion not to hunt an animal? In his relationship with a woman, is he gentle? Real manliness is nurtured in kindness and gentleness, which I associate with intelligence, comprehension, tolerance, justice, education, and high morality. If only men realized how easy it is to open a woman's heart with kindness, and how many women close their hearts to the assaults of the Don Juans’.

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Photo: Captured by Michael Donovan, circa 1955: Sophia Loren strikes a pose to captivate the very soul, seated upon the deck of a vessel, the vast expanse of the ocean glistening around her. She is wearing a floral-patterned summer gown, its bodice embracing her curves with grace, while the skirt billows forth in a cascade of blooms. A necklace of fiery rubies adorns her neck, mirrored in the crimson jewels that dance in her ears. Her hair is a masterpiece of bygone days, and a confident expression reigns upon her visage.

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Quotables 25 June 2024: Groucho Marx on principles

Sporting a visage both dignified and merry, Groucho Marx doth exude a charm and confidence most profound. A cigar held aloft in his right hand, he peers through his round spectacles. A neatly trimmed moustache completes the picture, all framed by a check suit jacket over a checked shirt. Photo: Getty Images

‘Those are my principles, and if you like them… well I have others’. 

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Quotables 19 June 2024: Veronica Lake on being a ‘misfit’ in 1940s Hollywood

A sepia-toned picture of actress Veronica Lake, taken around 1941. She's posing in front of a backdrop with a drawn horse. Dressed in a long, flowing gown and a striking necklace, she's seated on a cushioned surface. The photograph captures her enigmatic glamour. Photo: Louise Dahl-Wolfe

‘There's no doubt I was a bit of a misfit in the Hollywood of the forties. The race for glamour left me far behind. I didn't really want to keep up. I wanted my stardom without the usual trimmings. Because of this, I was branded a rebel at the very least. But I don't regret that for a minute. My appetite was my own and I simply wouldn't have it any other way’.

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Quotables 7 June 2024: Joan Crawford on where to find ‘the girl next door’

B&W icon: Joan Crawford in a striking floral dress by George Hurrell (MGM, c. 1932). Classic waves frame her confident gaze. Dramatic light accentuates her strength and elegance in this timeless portrait.

From a 1937 Los Angeles Times interview: ‘I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door’.

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Quotables 5 June 2024: Paulette Goddard on ‘the most fascinating person in the world’

Photo: Bud Fraker

‘Actors and actresses who say they never go to see their own pictures are talking through their hats. You don't have to be a Freud to know that the most fascinating person in the world - actors or anybody - is yourself’.

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