Sean Connery (1930- )

Sean Connery (1930- )

Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930), better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award) and three Golden Globes (including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award).

Connery is best known for portraying the character James Bond, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983 (six "official" Eon productions films and the non-official Thunderball remake, Never Say Never Again). In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His film career also includes such films as Marnie, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Hunt for Red October, Highlander, Murder on the Orient Express, Dragonheart, and The Rock. He was knighted in July 2000. Connery has been polled as "The Greatest Living Scot" and "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". In 1989, he was proclaimed "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine, and in 1999, at age 69, he was voted "Sexiest Man of the Century".

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Quotes·Quotation by Sean Connery

Sean Connery as James Bond from Dr. No (1962)

¶ Bond. James Bond.

Sean Connery as James Bond from Goldfinger (1964)

¶ A martini. Shaken, not stirred.

Sean Connery as Patrick Hale from Wrong Is Right (1982)

¶ I was an actor, and a coal miner, and a bartender, and a sailor, and a soldier of misfortune.

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Warren Buffett (1930- )

Warren Buffett (1930- )

Warren Edward Buffett (/ˈbʌfɨt/; born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is widely considered the most successful investor of the 20th century. Buffett is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway[5] and consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people. He was ranked as the world's wealthiest person in 2008[6] and as the third wealthiest person in 2011.[7] In 2012, American magazine Time named Buffett one of the most influential people in the world.[8]

Buffett is called the "Wizard of Omaha", "Oracle of Omaha",[9] or the "Sage of Omaha"[10] and is noted for his adherence to the value investing philosophy and for his personal frugality despite his immense wealth.[11] Buffett is also a notable philanthropist, having pledged to give away 99 percent[12] of his fortune to philanthropic causes, primarily via the Gates Foundation. On April 11, 2012, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer,[13] for which he completed treatment in September 2012.[14]

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Quotes·Quotations by Warren Buffett

Finance

¶ It's only when the tide goes out that you learn who's been swimming naked.

Investment

¶ We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.

Sagacity

¶ Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

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References

[7]^ Luisa Kroll, Matthew Miller (March 10, 2010). "The World's Billionaires". Forbes. Retrieved March 11, 2010.
[8]^ "The 100 Most Influential People In The World". Time. April 18, 2012.
[9]^ Markels, Alex (July 29, 2007). "How to Make Money the Buffett Way". U.S. News & World Report.
[10]^ Sullivan, Aline (December 20, 1997). "Buffett, the Sage of Omaha, Makes Value Strategy Seem Simple: Secrets of a High Plains Investor". International Herald Tribune.
[11]^ Gogoi, Pallavi (May 8, 2007). "What Warren Buffett might buy". MSNBC. Retrieved May 9, 2007.
[12]^ Buffett, Warren (June 16, 2010). "My philanthropic pledge". CNN.
[13]^ Telegraph staff and agencies (17 April 2012). "Warren Buffett diagnosed with prostate cancer". The Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 17 April 2012.
[14]^ Lopez, Ricardo (September 16, 2012). "Warren Buffett completes prostate cancer treatment". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 September 2012.

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