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Hedy Lamarr

Saturday, April 21st, 2012 | Arts, Quotes

“A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.”

Hedy Lamarr

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Chanakya, the Indian Machiavelli

Chanakya, also known as Kautilya, was a Hindu statesman and philosopher who wrote a classic treatise on politics, Arthashastra, or The Science of Material Gain. Often compared to Machiavelli, Chanakya wrote the book as a guide for the Maurya emperor, Chandragupta. An astute advisor, Chanakya is considered one of the architects of the Mauryan Empire, [...]

Sunday, August 19th, 2012 | Quotes

The Phoenix Lights: Aliens or Air Force? (1997)

In 1997, thousands of people reported a series of optical phenomena—since known as the Phoenix Lights—taking place in the skies over the US states of Arizona and Nevada. The sightings consisted of two events: a triangular formation of lights observed passing overhead and a series of stationary lights seen in the Phoenix area. Although the [...]

Sunday, March 13th, 2011 | Quotes

Pliny’s Natural History

Pliny the Elder was a Roman scholar famous for his Historia Naturalis—Natural History—an encyclopedia published in 77 CE. His one surviving work, it is divided into 37 books that survey all the known sciences of the day, notably geography, anthropology, zoology, mineralogy, and botany. Although the work was the European authority on scientific matters up [...]

Saturday, July 9th, 2011 | Quotes

Peter F. Drucker – create future

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” ~Peter F. Drucker

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 | Inspirational, Quotes

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. -Bach, Richard

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. -Bach, Richard

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 | Quotes