Sean Connery was probably the first movie hero to linger over his vowels—stretching them out as if contemplating them—in a manner that was usually left to villains . . . or Europeans. This slouching towards nonchalance added elegant fun to all of Connery’s performances as James Bond; his vaguely imperturbable Agent 007 acted as if he left his license to kill in his other suit. In Goldfinger, Bond’s nemesis is the stubby, impatient Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe), and it may have been the first time in film that the fate of the world seemed to be the very stake. Subsequent Bond films—and pop movies forever after—strained to follow in the wake that Goldfinger left, which still exerts its influence today.
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Quotes of the Day
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
All men hear is blah blah blah blah sex, blah blah blah blah food, blah blah blah blah beer.
As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.
In three words I can sum up everything about life: it goes on.
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather the lack in will.
Amat Victoria Curam (Victory Loves Carefulness)
Nihil Sine Labore (Nothing Without Effort)
A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
