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Test Your Omniscience!

October 14, 2017 3 Comments

St Bernard Of Clairvaux Stained Glass Window

Sample final exam questions, of a truly apocalyptic quality, proposed for an unnamed secondary institution, but that was a leading preparatory school in the area where the Professor used to live and work and have his being.

Filed Under: Miscellania Tagged With: silly

What were you thinking when you squeezed the life out of him? Did you think you were G O D, BRANDON?!

A quoi songeais-tu pendant que tu lui retirais la vie? Te prenais-tu pour D I E U, BRANDON?!
–Rupert (Jimmy Stewart) to Brandon (John Dall) in Rope (1948)

Filed Under: Films/Television Tagged With: French, silly

Go ahead and look! I hope you LIKE what you see!!!
Eh bien! vas-y, regarde, puisque tu y tiens. J’espère que la vue te plaira!
– Brandon (John Dall) to Rupert (Jimmy Stewart) in Rope (1948)

Filed Under: Films/Television Tagged With: featured, French, silly

So let it be written — So let it be done!
Qu’on l’écrive ainsi — et qu’on le fasse pareillement! – Rameses (Yul Brynner) in The Ten Commandments (1956)

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Ten Public Figures Who Have Influenced My Speaking Style

August 23, 2014 4 Comments

William B. Williams

It is good to show gratitude where it is due. In this post I acknowledge my debt to excellent public speakers who have left their mark on me.

Filed Under: Autobio Tagged With: silly

Close the door, Joshua, and let death pass!!
Ferme la porte, Josué. Que la Mort aille son chemin!– Moses (Charlton Heston) in The Ten Commandments (1956)

Filed Under: Films/Television Tagged With: French, silly

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