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Known for his frugal and unpretentious lifestyle, Warren Buffet was named by Forbes Magazine as the richest person in the world on March 8th, 2008. He has an estimated net worth of approximately 62 billion dollars. As CEO and the main stockholder of the investment firm Berkshire Hathaway, he only makes a [...]
Continue Reading →Ingrid Bergman was born in Stockholm, Sweden and had a childhood filled with the tragedy of her mother’s death when she was 3 and her father’s death at her age of 13. At age 17 she began acting in theater in Stockholm with the Royal Dramatic Theatre of Stockholm and soon after began [...]
Continue Reading →Tony Bennett, who is widely considered to be one of the best singers of the past two centuries, is an American icon who saw his career decline in the 70’s with the advent of rock and roll. Keeping true to his repertoire of popular and jazz standards, however, Bennett staged a successful [...]
Continue Reading →Bonne and I have had my brother Greg’s Diane Arbus book of photographic portraits, An Aperture Monograph, in our possession for many years now. We really ought to give it back to him. Greg wrote his name and the date he acquired the book, May 20th 1974, in the inside cover. [...]
Continue Reading →Scott Adams, the cartoonist whose social commentary largely focuses on the world of corporate management, is best known as the creator of the comic strip “Dilbert.” Adams is no stranger to the business world. He earned a four-year degree in economics from Hartwick College and an MBA business management degree from the [...]
Continue Reading →Oprah Winfrey is a huge force in teaching the principles of successful living as well as the promotion of world peace through her TV show and her work with girls and young woman in Africa.
“The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get [...]
Continue Reading →The third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He also owned and managed a large estate.
“Never spend your money before you have it.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Continue Reading →Igor Stravinsky was financially successful as a composer, conductor and performer of his music. He was named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of the twentieth century. Even so, Igor and his wife, Vera Stravinsky, often had money woes, partially due to providing substantial unending financial support to his adult children.
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Continue Reading →“Character is an essential tendency. It can be covered up, it can be messed with, it can be screwed around with, but it can’t be ultimately changed. It’s the structure of our bones, the blood that runs through our veins.”
- Sam Shepard (1943- )
Continue Reading →Stewart Brand is an author and creator of ‘The Whole Earth Catalog.’ He was one of the ‘futurists’ consulted for the planning of the movie ‘Minority Report’, starring Tom Cruise.
“Once a new technology rolls over you, if you’re not part of the steamroller, you’re part of the road.”
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Continue Reading →Linus Pauling was an American quantum chemist and biochemist who won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1954 and also the Nobel Peace Prize in 1963 for his campaign against above-ground nuclear testing.
“The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas”.
Linus Pauling (1901-1994)
Continue Reading →Descartes, famous for his statement, ‘Cogito Ergo Sum’, or ‘I think, therefore I am,’ is known as the ‘Father of Modern Philosophy’.
“Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.”
Rene Descartes (1596-1650)
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