Winslow Homer (1836-1910)
Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters of 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art in general.[1]
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| Winslow Homer (1836-1910), The Fog Warning, 1885, oil on canvas, h 76.8 x w 123.1 cm, Museum of Fine Arts Boston |
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winslow_Homer
Yi Sun-sin (1545-1598)
Yi Sun-sin (Korean: 이순신; Korean pronunciation: [i.sʰun.ɕin]; April 28, 1545 – December 16, 1598) was a Korean admiral and military general famed for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Imjin war in the Joseon period.[1]
J. Paul Getty (1892-1976)
Jean Paul Getty Sr. (/ˈɡɛti/; December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American-born British petroleum industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in 1942 and was the patriarch of the Getty family.[1]
Quotes·Quotations by J. Paul Getty
¶ If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
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| Getty in 1944 |
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Paul_Getty
Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (/ˈdɛləkrwɑː, ˌdɛləˈkrwɑː/ DEL-ə-krwah, -KRWAH, French: [øʒɛn dəlakʁwa]; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.[1]
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| Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), Christ on the Sea of Galilee, 1854, oil on canvas, 59.8 x 73.3 cm, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, United States of America |
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| Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), Christ on the Sea of Galilee, 1854, oil on canvas, 59.8 x 73.3 cm, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, United States of America |
Will Durant (1885-1981)
William James Durant (/dəˈrænt/; November 5, 1885 – November 7, 1981) was an American historian and philosopher, best known for his 11-volume work, The Story of Civilization, which contains and details the history of Eastern and Western civilizations.[1]
Quotes·Quotations by Will Durant
Happiness
¶ Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
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| Durant in 1967 |
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Durant
Brendan Graham
Brendan Graham (born 12 February 1945) is an Irish songwriter and novelist. Among songs he has written are "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" (1994) and "The Voice" (1996), both of which won the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland in their respective years, and "You Raise Me Up" (2002), which was an international hit recorded by various artists, including Josh Groban.[1]
¶ You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up, to more than I can be
[You Raise Me Up][2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Graham
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Raise_Me_Up
Zoroaster
Zoroaster, also known as Zarathustra or Zartosht, was a religious reformer and the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism. In about 1000 BC he founded the first documented monotheistic religion in the world and also had an impact on Plato, Pythagoras, and the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.[1]
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@ Unto Thee, O Lord, the Soul of Creation cried:
"For whom didst Thou create me, and who so fashioned me?
Feuds and fury, violence and the insolence of might have oppressed me;
None have I to protect me save Thee;
Command for me then the blessings of a settled, peaceful life."
[Ahunuvaiti Gatha; Yasna 29, 1.][2][3]
@ Thus to the Lord doth Asha, the Truth, reply:
"No guide is known who can shelter the world from woe,
None who knows what moves and works Thy lofty plans."
[Ahunuvaiti Gatha; Yasna 29, 3.]
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster
Zuo Zongtang
Zuo Zongtang (左宗棠) (November 10, 1812 – September 5, 1885), sometimes referred to as General Tso, was a statesman and military leader of the late Qing dynasty (大清).[1]
Quotes·Quotations by Zuo Zongtang
@ We shall first confront them [the Russians] with arguments...and then settle it on the battlefields. [John King Fairbank, Kwang-ching Liu, Denis Crispin Twitchett (1980). Late Ch'ing, 1800-1911. Cambridge University Press. p. 93. ISBN 0521220297. Retrieved on 2010-6-28.][2]
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| Photograph of Zuo Zongtang, late 19th century |
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuo_Zongtang
[2] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zuo_Zongtang
Konrad Zuse
Konrad Ernst Otto Zuse (June 22, 1910 – December 18, 1995)was a German civil engineer, pioneering computer scientist, inventor and businessman. His greatest achievement was the world's first programmable computer; the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3 became operational in May 1941. Thanks to this machine and its predecessors, Zuse is regarded by some as the inventor and father of the modern computer.[1]
Quotes·Quotations by Konrad Zuse
@ The rattling of the relays of the Z4 was the only interesting thing to be experienced in Zurich's night life!
Attributed to Zuse in: Ra L Rojas, Ulf Hashagen (2002) The First Computers: History and Architectures. p.270.[2]
@ Die Gefahr, dass der Computer so wird wie der Mensch, ist nicht so groß wie die Gefahr, dass der Mensch so wird wie der Computer.
Translation: The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.
Attributed in: Hersfelder Zeitung. Nr. 212, 12. September 2005.
@ Der Glaube an eine bestimmte Idee gibt dem Forscher den Rückhalt für seine Arbeit. Ohne diesen Glauben wäre er verloren in einem Meer von Zweifeln und halbgültigen Beweisen.
Translation: The belief in a certain idea gives to the researcher the support for his work. Without this belief he would be lost in a sea of doubts and insufficiently verified proofs.
Attributed in Konrad Zuse on "Die Erfindergalerie", dpma.de, 2008.
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| Konrad Zuse in 1992 |
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse
[2] http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse
@ To eliminate the discrepancy between men's plans and the results achieved, a new approach is necessary. Morphological thinking suggests that this new approach cannot be realized through increased teaching of specialized knowledge. This morphological analysis suggests that the essential fact has been overlooked that every human is potentially a genius. Education and dissemination of knowledge must assume a form which allows each student to absorb whatever develops his own genius, lest he become frustrated. The same outlook applies to the genius of the peoples as a whole. [Fritz Zwicky, Morphological astronomy, The Observatory, Vol. 68, p. 121-143 (1948)]
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