Sunday, 31st January, 2016

Anton Chekhov-Physician

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. - Anton Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian playwright and short story writer who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. - Wikipedia

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Saturday, 30th January, 2016

Rosa Parks-Activist

Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome. - Rosa Parks

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913-2005) was an African-American Civil Rights activist, whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement". - Wikipedia

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Friday, 29th January, 2016

Colette-Novelist

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. - Colette

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, popular as Colette (1873-1954) was a French novelist nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Her best known work, the novella Gigi, was the basis for the film and Lerner and Loewe stage production of the same name. - Wikipedia

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Thursday, 28th January, 2016

Anne Roiphe-Writer

Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life. - Anne Roiphe

Anne Roiphe is (born 1935) an American writer and journalist. She is best known as a first-generation feminist, and author of the novel Up The Sandbox, which was filmed as a starring vehicle for Barbra Streisand in 1972.-  Wikipedia

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Wednesday, 27th January, 2016

Reinhold Niebuhr-Theologian

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary. - Reinhold Niebuhr

Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) was an American theologian, ethicist, public intellectual, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor at Union Theological Seminary for more than 30 years. - Wikipedia

Tuesday, 26th January, 2016

Neil Postman-Author

Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. - Neil Postman

Neil Postman (1931-2003) was an American author, educator, media theorist and cultural critic, who is best known for his seventeen books, including Amusing Ourselves to Death, and Conscientious Objections. - Wikipedia

Monday, 25th January, 2016

Steve Jobs-Entrepreneur

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. - Steve Jobs

Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (1955-2011) was an American information technology entrepreneur and inventor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. - Wikipedia

Sunday, 24th January, 2016

Mark Van Doren-Poet

Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king. - Mark Van Doren

Mark Van Doren (1894-1972) was an American poet, writer and critic, apart from being a scholar and a professor of English at Columbia University for nearly 40 years. - Wikipedia

Saturday, 23rd January, 2016

Federico Fellini-Film director

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life. - Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini (1920-1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Known for his distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness, he is recognized as one of the most influential filmmakers of all time. - Wikipedia

Friday, 22nd January, 2016

John Locke-Philosopher

We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us. - John Locke

John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism". -  Wikipedia

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Thursday, 21st January, 2016

Montesquieu-Lawyer

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion. - Charles de Montesquieu

Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689-1755) was a French lawyer, man of letters, and political philosopher who lived during the Age of Enlightenment. - Wikipedia

Wednesday, 20th January, 2016

Gwendolyn Brooks-Poet

We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond. - Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (1917-2000) was an American poet and teacher. She was the first black person to win a Pulitzer prize when she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950 for her second collection, Annie Allen. - Wikipedia

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Tuesday, 19th January, 2016

Samuel Beckett-Novelist

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. - Samuel Beckett

Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906-1989) was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in Paris for most of his adult life and wrote in both English and French. - Wikipedia

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Monday, 18th January, 2016

Dan Aykroyd-Actor

We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race. - Dan Aykroyd

Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born 1952) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and musician. - Wikipedia

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Sunday, 17th January, 2016

Ray Kroc-Businessman

Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get. - Ray Kroc

Raymond Albert "Ray" Kroc (1902-1984) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He joined McDonald's in 1954 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world. - Wikipedia

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Saturday, 16th January, 2016

Alvin Toffler-Writer

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. - Alvin Toffler

Alvin Toffler (born 1928) is an American writer and futurist, known for his works discussing the digital revolution, communication revolution and technological singularity. Toffler is a former associate editor of Fortune magazine. - Wikipedia

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Friday, 15th January, 2016

Alejandro Aravena-Architect

There are things that they know much better than us, and if somebody knows how to make the most efficient use of scarce resources it's poor families, they are masters in establishing priorities, and we wanted to take that wisdom into the system. – Alejandro Aravena

Alejandro Aravena (born 1967) is an architect from Santiago, Chile. He is executive director of the firm Elemental S.A. He won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2016. - Wikipedia

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Thursday, 14th January, 2016

Cabu-Comics artist

Sometimes laughter hurts, but humor and mockery are our only weapons. -Cabu 

Jean Cabut, known by the pen-name Cabu, (1938-2015) was a French comic strip artist and caricaturist. He died in the January 2015 shooting attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper offices. Cabut was a staff cartoonist and shareholder at Charlie Hebdo. - Wikipedia

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Wednesday, 13th January, 2016

Thich Nhat Hanh-Monk

We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize. - Thich Nhat Hanh

Thích Nhất Hạnh (born 1926) is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, teacher, author, poet and peace activist. He lives in Plum Village in the Dordogne region in the south of France, travelling internationally to give retreats and talks. - Wikipedia

Tuesday, 12th January, 2016

Abraham Joshua Heschel-Rabbi

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. - Abraham Joshua Heschel

Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) was a Polish-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. - Wikipedia

Monday, 11th January, 2016

Chuang Tzu-Philosopher

The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep. - Chuang Tzu

Chuang Tzu (370BCE-287BCE) is believed to lived in the Fourth or Third Century BCE, at a time when China was split up into a number of states weakly held together by the Chou dynasty. 

His thought is contained in the 33 chapters that remain of the Chuang Tzu, which describes both his philosophy and his way of life. In it, Chuang Tzu enlarges on the teachings of Lao Tzu in a lively Taoist discourse that opposes the ideas of Confucius and Mo Tzu.  - humanistictexts.org

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Sunday, 10th January, 2016

Malcolm de Chazal-Writer

Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us. - Malcolm De Chazal

Malcolm de Chazal (1902-1981) was a Mauritian writer, painter, and visionary, known especially for his Sens-Plastique, a work consisting of several thousand aphorisms and pensées. - Wikipedia

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Saturday, 9th January, 2016

Sylvia Plath-Poet

Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing. - Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short-story writer. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she studied at Smith College and Newnham College at the University of Cambridge, before receiving acclaim as a poet and writer. - Wikipedia

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Friday, 8th January, 2016

Marshall McLuhan-Philosopher

All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values.- Marshall McLuhan

Herbert Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) was a Canadian philosopher of communication theory and a public intellectual. - Wikipedia

Thursday, 7th January, 2016

George Sand
Novelist

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure. - George Sand 

Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, best known by her pseudonym George Sand, (1804-1876) was a French novelist and memoirist. - Wikipedia

Wednesday, 6th January, 2016

Eric Hoffer-Philosopher

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature. - Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer (1898-1983) was an American moral and social philosopher. He was the author of ten books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983. - Wikipedia
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Tuesday, 5th January, 2016

Joyce Carol Oates-Author

We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language. - Victor Carol Oats

Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938) is an American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over 40 novels, as well as a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. - Wikipedia

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Monday, 4th January, 2016

Leo Rosten-Humorist

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable. - Leo Rosten

Leo Calvin Rosten (1908-1997) was an American humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism and Yiddish lexicography. - Wikipedia

Sunday, 3rd January, 2016

Albert Schweitzer-Theologian

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) was a German—and later French—theologian, organist, philosopher, physician. He was born in the province of Alsace-Lorraine, at that time part of the German Empire, though he considered himself French and wrote mostly in French. - Wikipedia

Saturday, 2nd January, 2016

Brad Henry-Politician

A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning. - Brad Henry

Charles Bradford "Brad" Henry (born 1963) was the 26th Governor of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected governor in 2002. Henry won re-election for a second term on November 7, 2006 with 66% of the vote. - Wikipedia

Friday, 1st January, 2016

Alfred Lord Tennyson-Poet

Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true. - Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS (1809-1892) was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets. - Wikipedia
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