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This is the ultimate collection of quotations from famous people about famous people. From Martin Amis on Jimmy Connors and Jane Austen on Henry VIII, to Liz Hurley on Marilyn Monroe, there are over 4,000 quotations about both historical and contemporary figures from all over the world. The speakers are often as well known as the people they are talking about, and come from a broad range of disciplines rnd professions, including actors, architects, dancers, historians, mathematicians, literary figures, politicians, academics, sports personalities, and scientists. All the quotations about each individual are brought together in an entry headed by a brief description, making it possible to compare what different people have said about one particular person. A detailed author index gives a context line from each quotation, biographical information on authors, and an overview of their comments, often revealing their personalities. Entertaining and perfect for browsing, it is also a valuable biographical resource. Who could fathom Plato's mind? Unless one is a genius philosophy is a mug's game Iris Murdoch on Plato He was a good man, but did not know how to paint El Greco on Michelangelo Madame Curie is very intelligent but as cold as a herring Albert Einstein on Marie Curie We elected a President, not a Pope Barbara Streisand on Bill Clinton His technique is astounding, yet everything is accomplished with the air of someone sauntering through the park on a spring morning Margot Fonteyn on Fred Astaire Keep your eyes on him; some day he will give the world something to talk about Mozart on Beethoven

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• Foreword(p. ix)
• Quotations(p. 1)
• Index(p. 375)

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Library Journal Review

Ratcliffe (Oxford Dictionary of Thematic Questions) offers some 4000 quotations by famous folks about other famous folks, living and dead, throughout history and throughout the world. Subjects from all walks of life including the arts, the sciences, sports, and politics are identified by dates and accomplishments; the author index provides the same information on sources, along with a list of citations. Quotations per subject vary from just one (often by the subject him- or herself) to two pages each on Churchill and Shakespeare. Some subjects get shortchanged (for example, there's only one quotation each for Pope John XXIII and Johann Strauss), and there are notable omissions, such as Irish playwrights Sean O'Casey and John Millington Synge, American writers Washington Irving and Eugene O'Neill, and all the Deweys. This work is similar to Richard Kenin and Justin Wintle's Dictionary of Biographical Quotation of British and American Subjects (LJ 12/1/78), but since the earlier work is limited to deceased Britons and Americans, public libraries might wish to purchase this new volume. Denise J. Stankovics, Rockville P.L., Vernon, CT (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

Oxford's compendium of comments by the famous about the famous could be habit-forming. It surveys worlds of chatter and plucks out the zingers. Among them: Leonard Mosley on Lord Mountbatten, "A man of charm, charm, charm, and luck, luck, luck," and Queen Victoria on Florence Nightingale, "Such a head! I wish we had her at the War Office." Though male dominated, coverage is delightfully broad, including Billie Holiday, Homer, Robert Hook, J. Edgar Hoover, and Bob Hope. Actress Sharon Stone shares a fold with birth control advocate Marie Stopes, Adlai Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson, car racer Jackie Stewart, and conductor Leopold Stokowski. There are letdowns: Susan B. Anthony and other suffragists are missing, and a catty barb Camille Paglia hurled at Gloria Steinem identifies Steinem only as "a leading figure in the women's movement." The joy of this compendium is the absence of tedious machinery, allowing readers, speakers, journalists, writers, or historians to sample at will. A well-prepared author index repeats the page layout of boldface authors and the terms they applied to famous people. The right-hand column names the subject in small caps along with the number of the entry in the main text. Librarians and readers should snap up copies for the shelves and for themselves. M. E. Snodgrass independent scholar

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Susan Ratcliffe is an associate editor on the Oxford Quotations Dictionaries. She has edited 'The Oxford Dictionary of Thematic Quotations', 'The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations', and 'Love Quotations'.