Tag "People"
RADNER, Gilda
GILDA RADNER, American comedian & actor – Author Quotes
DUBUC, Nancy
NANCY DUBUC – American business leader, media company CEO – AUTHOR QUOTE PAGE
YOUSAFZI, Malala
MALALA YOUSAFZI- Pakistani education & human rights activist – AUTHOR QUOTE PAGE
NELSON, Willie
WILLIE NELSON – American country music singer-songwriter, actor & activist – AUTHOR QUOTE PAGE
KERR, Jean
CitationContextSource IDCitation “A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, any more than a good mortician wants to finish the job and then have the patient sit up on the table.” ~Jean Kerr, American author & playwright Mary, Mary (1960) Script, Act I; New York: Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 1965 revised ed., p. 33 Context Extended excerpt [Play dialogue - character ‘Oscar’ to ‘Bob’ & ‘Mary’]: “OSCAR. (Crosses U.R.C., eyeing them both.) Please don’t be embarrassed on my account. I’m delighted. I hate a friendly divorce. A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, any more than a good mortician wants to finish the job and
YEZIERSKA, Anzia
YEZIERSKA, Anzia
ZINN, Howard
CitationContextSource LinkCitation “History can suggest to us alternatives that we would never otherwise consider. It can both warn and inspire. It can warn us that it is possible for a whole nation to be brainwashed, for “enlightened” and “educated” people to commit genocide, for a “democratic” country to maintain slavery, for oppressed to turn into oppressors, for “socialism” to be tyrannical and “liberalism” to be imperialist, for whole peoples to be led to war like sheep. It can also show us that apparently powerless underlings can defeat their rulers, that men (for at least most moments of time) can live like brothers, that men can make incredible sacrifices on behalf
ZINSSER, William K.
Learn more about William Zinsser | Here are a few good places to start – William Zinsser – Official website includes a biography, photo gallery, book passages, links to articles, and music page: www.williamzinsserwriter.com/william-zinsser-music.html ‘On Memoir, Truth and ‘Writing Well’’ (13 April 2006) NPR “All Things Considered” conversation with Michelle Norris; link includes audio file, transcript & excerpt from Zinsser’s book How to Write a Memoir: www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5340618 ‘The Complete Zinsser on Friday’| The American Scholar collection of Zinsser essays: https://theamericanscholar.org/the-complete-zinsser-on-friday/#.V_XPL5MrKAY ‘Lives: William K. Zinsser ‘44’’ (3 February 2016) Princeton Alumni Weekly tribute by Sanda Sobieraj Westfall: https://paw.princeton.edu/article/lives-william-k-zinsser-%E2%80%9944 ‘My Stardust Memories’ (2 August 2010) The American Scholar – What’s it like to
ZWORYKIN, Vladimir
Learn more about Vladimir Zworykin | Here are a few good places to start – Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (2006) National Academy of Sciences – ‘Biographical Memoir’ by Jan Rajchman: www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/zworykin-vladimir.pdf ‘Electrical Engineering Hall of Fame: Vladimir K. Zworykin’ (March 2009) Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) overview of Zworykin’s professional contributions, by James E. Brittain; online via Vdocuments: https://vdocuments.site/electrical-engineering-hall-of-fame-vladimir-k-zworykin-scanning-our-past.html ‘Vladimir Zworykin, Television Pioneer, Dies at 92’ (1 August 1982) New York Times obituary by Robert Thomas Jr.: nytimes.com/1982/08/01/obituaries/vladimir-zworykin-television-pioneer-dies-at-92.html Image link: ZWORYSKIN, Vladimir Kosma (1929) with Mildred Birt, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., Demonstrating new cathode ray TV tube, No known restrictions, SIA 90-105 [SIA2010-1667], Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives,
RAND, Ayn
AYN RAND – Russian-American author, philosopher & screenwriter – AUTHOR QUOTE PAGE