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Jean Luc Goddard, director.
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"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
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hey! add my "John Quincy Adams" back in. He's not the same as "john adams" who was his father.
Haven't been here for ages....Comment
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John Stewart.Tutto nel mondo è burlaComment
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John 'Lackland' Plantagenet"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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,Attached FilesCall to Power 2: Apolyton Edition - download the latest version (12th June 2011)
CtP2 AE Wiki & Modding Reference
One way to compile the CtP2 Source Code.Comment
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Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!Comment
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Bad King John bin dohn.Originally posted by Ramo
John 'Lackland' Plantagenet
I offer for your delectation: Juan de Pareja
Juan de Pareja
[Spanish Baroque Era Painter, ca.1610-1670]
• Relationships: Indentured servant to Diego Velazquez, later freed.
The son of Moorish indentured servants (in other words, slaves), Juan de Pareja's was apparently left to Diego Velázquez in a will, as property. He acted as a personal assistant to Velázquez, and in the studio he ground pigments and stretched canvases.
Velázquez would never let the slave even pick up a paintbrush, but the Moor watched and learned in the master's studio, and practiced drawing in secret.
According to legend, on an occasion when Velázquez's patron, the king of Spain, was due to visit, Pareja placed one of his own paintings where it would be seen by him. When the king came across it, Pareja threw himself at the king's feet, told him how he had learned to paint without his master's knowledge, and begged him to intercede on his behalf. The king voiced the opinion that "any man who has this skill cannot be a slave," at which point Velázquez had little option but to grant Pareja his freedom.
Another version of events has Pareja being given the gift of his freedom in return for his friendship and support following the death of Velázquez's wife.
In any case, Juan de Pareja was granted his freedom in 1654 and stayed on in Velázquez's studio, painting openly and quickly becoming an artist of considerable talent.
From www.artcyclopedia.comVive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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Jon IrenicusThe books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. Oscar Wilde.Comment
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John LydonSpeaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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Johnny Unitas
Johnny Unitas' record of throwing a TD pass in 48 straight games is preserved, for the time being, since Brett Favre was held to 0 TD passes yesterday by the Philadelphia Eagles. I think Brett had 37 games in a row and was closing rapidly on Unitas' record.Haven't been here for ages....Comment
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St. Johns University.
ACK!
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!Comment
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Johnny Walker.
Spec.-Never argue with an idiot; He will bring you down to his level and beat you with experience.Comment
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Johnny Be Good.
Spec.-Never argue with an idiot; He will bring you down to his level and beat you with experience.Comment
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