Cornelia Otis Skinner
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Cornelia Otis Skinnerwas an American author and actress...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth30 May 1901
CountryUnited States of America
learns life
One learns in life to keep silent and draw one's own confusions.
time philosophical mean
The French have no such expression as 'killing time.' In their more philosophical vocabulary the term is 'passing time,' which means savoring all moments of it each to his individual enjoyment. While we battle with time, they relax with tempo.
paris towers saint
the reason for the scaffolding on the tower of Saint Germain-des-Près is that a rich American has purchased it and is having it crated for shipping ...
mosquitoes ankles filling
mosquitoes were using my ankles as filling stations.
morning party devil
It's as though some poor devil were to set out for a large dinner party with the knowledge that the following morning he would be hearing exactly what each of the other guests thought of him.
cities waste gourmet
There is no English equivalent for the French word flâneur. Cassell's dictionary defines flâneur as a stroller, saunterer, drifter but none of these terms seems quite accurate. There is no English equivalent for the term, just as there is no Anglo-Saxon counterpart of that essentially Gallic individual, the deliberately aimless pedestrian, unencumbered by any obligation or sense of urgency, who, being French and therefore frugal, wastes nothing, including his time which he spends with the leisurely discrimination of a gourmet, savoring the multiple flavors of his city.