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Post by Mink on Sept 28, 2008 19:44:23 GMT -5
Paul Newman, one of the last of the great actors, died this weekend. My favorite movie is " "The Sting".....good-bye blue eyes and thanks for the entertainment  www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20229386_20219605,00.html |
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Post by harpman1 on Sept 28, 2008 22:42:55 GMT -5
Newman's public & private life served as an example to today's Hollyweirdos that their self-absorbment & hubris are detrimental to themselves & society as a whole.
His only son was sacrificed on the altar of drugs & excess.
He then dedicated his life to an active rejection of those excesses, and put his millions where his mouth was. An example to all that resentment is poison, and compassion is redemption.
Ave atque vale, frater.
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Post by subdjoe on Sept 28, 2008 23:31:18 GMT -5
Multas per gentes et multa per aequora vectus
advenio has miseras, frater, ad inferias,
ut te postremo donarem munere mortis
et mutam nequiquam alloquerer cinerem.
Quandoquidem fortuna mihi tete abstulit ipsum.
Heu miser indigne frater adempte mihi,
nunc tamen interea haec, prisco quae more parentum
tradita sunt tristi munere ad inferias,
accipe fraterno multum manantia fletu,
atque in perpetuum, frater, ave atque vale.
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Post by jgaffney on Oct 2, 2008 14:56:01 GMT -5
Subjoe, I don't have my Cassel's Latin Dictionary anymore - translation, pls.
I saw P.L. Newman up close and personal when I was working a race at Laguna Seca. He owned the Newman-Haas Racing Team and he was always in the pits, overseeing the effort. Paul was stately and dignified while everyone else around him was running around like crazy. He even smiled and turned to me when I called his name.
Yes, he was a great actor, but he was also a great driver and a great team owner. Plus, he made a pretty good dressing.
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Post by subdjoe on Oct 2, 2008 18:11:51 GMT -5
Oh, sorry. I just figured EVERYONE knew Latin!
Through many countries and over many seas
I have come, Brother, to these melancholy rites,
to show this final honour to the dead,
and speak (to what purpose?) to your silent ashes,
since now fate takes you, even you, from me.
Oh, Brother, ripped away from me so cruelly,
now at least take these last offerings, blessed
by the tradition of our parents, gifts to the dead.
Accept, by custom, what a brother’s tears drown,
and, for eternity, Brother, ‘Hail and Farewell’
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Post by nufsaid on Oct 3, 2008 12:29:36 GMT -5
Did the profits from his dressing go to charity or am I mistaken?
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Post by Mink on Oct 3, 2008 20:05:55 GMT -5
Did the profits from his dressing go to charity or am I mistaken? Indeed, you heard correctly nufsaid. The company's motto: "Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good" www.newmansown.com/Newman's Own has grown into a powerful and lasting expression of Paul Newman's generosity. The Company has generated over $250 million in proceeds that have been donated by Paul Newman and the Newman's Own Foundation to thousands of charities worldwide. Particularly close to his heart were the Hole in the Wall Camps, now the leading global family of camps for children with life-threatening illnesses, which Paul started over 20 years ago. ________________________________________________ The good thing is, it looks like they will continue his legacy. |
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