Albert Einstein, one of the most brilliant minds in history, is known not only for his groundbreaking theories in physics, but also for his insightful and thought-provoking quotes. From his views on the nature of reality to his musings on the importance of imagination, Einstein’s words have inspired and challenged generations of thinkers and dreamers. … Read more
Born Israel Brodsky to an Eastern European immigrant family in Brooklyn, New York , as a child he befriended a newly arrived neighbor, Sid Tepper . Their mutual interest in music led to a successful musical collaboration that lasted more than twenty-five years. Bennett graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, then studied music at the City College of New … Read more
Hilary Hinton Ziglar -better known as Zig Ziglar- was an internationally famous salesman, speaker, author and president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation who was born on November 6, 1926 in Cofee, Alabama. His parents, John Silas Ziglar , nicknamed “the Judge”, and Lila Hannifew Wiscott , later Lila Ziglar, had a total of twelve children : “Zig” was number ten. When little Zig Ziglar was … Read more
(Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill; Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1874 – London, 1965) British politician especially remembered for his tenure as Prime Minister (1940-45) during World War II: with his “blood, sweat and tears” motto, managed to raise the morale of the troops and the civilian population and sustain the nation until the allied victory. Throughout … Read more
Despite the efforts of his biographers, a background of legend is still hovering over the figure of Walt Disney (1901-1966). A repeated rumor assures that Disney was a European emigrant, probably Spanish, who arrived in the United States and who, later, for fear of suspicion, falsified his origin. The circumstances of his death have also been mythologized: … Read more
(François-Marie Arouet; Paris, 1694 – 1778) French writer. Dominant intellectual figure of his century and one of the main thinkers of the Enlightenment, he left a heterogeneous and uneven literary work, of which his stories and books of ideological controversy stand out. As a philosopher, Voltaire was a brilliant popularizer, and his secular and anticlerical creed guided … Read more
Vince Lombardi is one of the most special figures in the National Football League (NFL) , the most important American football league on the planet , which this year celebrates its 100th season . This man, the son of Italian immigrants born in Brooklyn, is remembered for having been a coach for the Green Bay … Read more
(Tupac Amaru Shakur; New York, 1971 -1996) American rapper, probably the most influential in the history of the genre. Murdered in his youth in circumstances that have not yet been clarified, his premature death cut short a rising career and helped elevate him to the category of rap legend. His parents, members of the Black Panthers … Read more
Third President of the United States of America (Shadwell, Virginia, 1743 – Monticello, Virginia, 1826). Thomas Jefferson belonged to the aristocracy of great landowners in the South, a position he had fulfilled by becoming a lawyer. His intellectual concerns brought him closer to the philosophy of the Enlightenment and liberal ideas, making him abandon religion. He became … Read more
(Athens, 470 BC – id., 399 BC) Greek philosopher. Despite the fact that he did not leave any written work and there are few ideas that can be safely attributed to him, Socrates is a leading figure of ancient thought, to the point of being called pre- Socratic philosophers before him. Breaking with the previous predominant orientations, his reflection … Read more