July 17 Birthdays

Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe.

Olympism is a philosophy which, by blending sport with culture, seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of good example and respect for universal ethical principles.

Beyond its entertainment value, Baywatch has enriched and, in many ways, helped save lives. I'm looking forward to the opportunity to continue with a project which has had such significance for so many.

How did Abraham know that it was God that bid him offer his son, being a breach of the sixth commandment?

A man who has a million dollars is as well off as if he were rich.

The landscape you grow up in speaks to you in a way that nowhere else does.

Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.

I can hypnotize rabbits.

The real trouble with the writing game is that no general rule can be worked out for uniform guidance, and this applies to sales as well as to writing.

Im always concerned that Im insulting the elder statesmen on the set by my crass behavior.

You dirty, double-crossing rat.

Ive had a wonderful life with music.

Even the accomplished suffers setbacks sometimes. The more bitter the lessons, the greater the successes will be.

As a result of the historic catastrophe in which Titus of Rome destroyed Jerusalem and Israel was exiled from its land, I was born in one of the cities of the Exile.

Each production has certain circumstances that will bring you to a certain way of making it. It is not intentional, it is not an artistic decision, the way we make films, it is the way we address to our problems.

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. Phyllis Diller

Anyone can be a yogi. All you need are a dirty sheet and two broken legs.

The four stages of a man are infancy, childhood, adolescence and obsolescence.

His favorite exercise is climbing tall people.