Submitted by global publisher on Thu, 10/29/2015 - 23:19
"Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work.”
Who he is
Andre Agassi is one of the greatest tennis players of all time, described by the BBC as “perhaps the biggest worldwide star in the sport's history.” He is the only male tennis player in history to achieve a Career Super Grand Slam: winning all four major tennis tournaments, the ATP Tour World Championships and an Olympic gold medal.
Submitted by global publisher on Thu, 10/29/2015 - 23:09
“She always said she had a daughter named sun and a son named moon” - Terian’s former student
Who she was
Alenush Terian was called the “mother of Iranian astronomy,” and was one of the founders of the solar observatory at the Institute of Geophysics at the University of Tehran. In 1964 she had become the first ever female professor of physics in Iran.
Submitted by global publisher on Thu, 10/29/2015 - 23:05
“On the arid lands there will spring up industrial colonies without smoke and without smokestacks; forests of glass tubes will extend over the plants and glass buildings will rise everywhere; inside of these will take place the photochemical processes that hitherto have been the guarded secret of the plants...And if in a distant future the supply of coal becomes completely exhausted, civilization will not be checked by that, for life and civilization will continue as long as the sun shines!”
Submitted by global publisher on Thu, 10/29/2015 - 22:57
"I introduced him [George Lucas] to Francis Coppola and the rest is history.”
Who he is
Howard Kazanjian is a filmmaker who produced three of the greatest films of all time: Star Wars’ “The Empire Strikes Back” (uncredited) and “Return of the Jedi,” and Indiana Jones’ “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
Submitted by global publisher on Fri, 10/16/2015 - 10:58
“During my life, I’ve never attended to my personal pleasure or welfare. I’ve always sought only one thing and have had only a singular pursuit: the freedom and well-being of my people.”
Submitted by global publisher on Fri, 10/16/2015 - 10:31
“Private property rights do not conflict with human rights. They are human rights...That is a fundamental reason for preference of a system of strong private property rights: private property rights protect individual liberty.”
Submitted by global publisher on Fri, 10/16/2015 - 10:18
"The sun never sets on my gallery.”
Who he is
Larry Gagosian is the man behind the world-famous Gagosian Galleries, a network of showrooms in art capitals around the world. He is known as the top art dealer in the world, managing dozens of renowned contemporary artists, like Jeff Koons, and the estates of artists like Pablo Picasso. The annual revenue of his worldwide galleries hovers around $1 billion.
Submitted by global publisher on Fri, 10/16/2015 - 10:01
"I challenge the accepted version of history because I do not write about things in black and white. People here are used to black and white; that’s why they are astonished that there are other shades, too."
