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# Theodore Zeldin

Theodore Zeldin (born 22 August 1933) is a British philosopher, historian, and writer.

## Quotes

* I invented something called The Oxford Muse. The Muses were women in mythology. They did not teach or require to be worshipped, but they were a source of inspiration. They taught you how to cultivate your emotions through the different arts in order to reach a higher plane. What is lacking now, I believe, is somewhere you can get that stimulation not information, but stimulation where you can meet just that person, or find just that situation, which will give you the idea of invention, of carrying out some project which interests you, and show how it can become a project of interest to other people.
** About The Oxford Muse Foundation in an article at The Gurteen Knowledge Website
* The past is what provides us with the building blocks. Our job today is to create new buildings out of them.
** "Theodore Zeldin - historian, philosopher" in History Today (July 1999)

### An Intimate History of Humanity (1994)

* The violent have been victorious for most of history because they kindled the fear with which everyone is born.
* The temptation before 1933 was to believe in Hitler as a savior, to believe in a national rebirth. The path to National Socialism led through a wasteland of personal fears, collective anxiety, and resentments. The temptation was to surrender oneself to a dictator, to believe in a miracle. Hitler evoked human will and divine providence. The religious-mystical element in National Socialism was uncannily appealing to unpolitical people, to unrealistic people at odds with their world and accustomed perhaps to the dream of heroic irrationalism. The temptation was to abandon oneself to national delirium— despite (or even because of) the threat of violence.
* Even Gandhi, with all his charisma, did not "melt the hearts" of his oppressors, as he had hoped. After softening, hearts harden again. Asoka too was wrong to think that he was changing the course of history, and that his righteousness would last "as long as the sun and the moon."
* It takes a long time for people to recognize their soul-mates when they have too limited an idea of who they are themselves.
* No history of the world can be complete which does not mention Mary Helen Keller... whose overcoming of her blindness and deafness were arguably victories more important than those of Alexander the Great, because they have implications still for every living person.
** This quote seems to obviously refer to Helen Adams Keller, but why she is referred to as "Mary Helen Keller" is not clear.

## External links

* Brief bio at The Gurteen Knowledge Website
* The Oxford Muse - Zeldin's website
* Theodore Zeldin - historian, philosopher in History Today (July 1999)
* The Muse - email discussion group based on the ideas of The Oxford Muse
# Theodore of Pherme

Abba Theodore of Pherme was one of the Desert Fathers quoted in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers).

## Quotes

       Wortley, John (2014). Give Me a Word: The Alphabetical Sayings of the Desert Fathers. Yonkers, New York: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. ISBN 978-0-88141-497-4.
* Abba Theodore of Phermē possessed three fine books. Visiting Abba Macarius, he said to him: “I have three fine books and I benefit from them; the brothers borrow them and benefit too. Tell me what I ought to have done. Am I to keep them for my benefit and the brothers’ or sell them and give [the proceeds] to the poor?” In answer the elder said: “Deeds are good, but indifference to possessions﻿ is greater than all.” On hearing this he went and sold them, donating the proceeds to the poor.
** Saying 1
* They used to say of Abba Theodore of Phermē that he exceeded many in these three points: indifference to possessions, spiritual discipline, and avoiding people.
** Saying 5
# Theodore von Kármán

Theodore von Kármán (von Sköllöskislaki Kármán Tódor) (11 May 1881 – 6 May 1963) was a Hungarian-born engineer and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aeronautics during the seminal era in the 1940s and 1950s. He is personally responsible for many key advances in aerodynamics, notably his work on supersonic and hypersonic airflow characterization.

## Quotes

* I came to realize that exaggerated concern about what others are doing can be foolish. It can paralyze effort, and stifle a good idea. One finds that in the history of science almost every problem has been worked out by someone else. This should not discourage anyone from pursuing his own path.
** The Wind and Beyond, 1967
* Everyone knows it takes a woman nine months to have a baby. But you Americans think if you get nine women pregnant, you can have a baby in a month.
** November 1957 - Told to Joseph G. Martin, then Aide-de-Camp to Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Hooks, as Lt. Martin escorted Dr. von Kármán from New York City to lead a secret symposium on space flight in Cloudcroft, NM. Sputnik had been launched a month before and every branch of the US military had a separate space program and were desperately trying to get off a successful launch.
** The Life and Times of Joe Gordon (To the Best of My Recollection) by Joseph G. Martin (self published, 2007)
* A scientist studies what is, whereas an engineer creates what never was.
** Theoretical foundations for decision making in engineering design https://www.nap.edu/read/10566/chapter/2 (National Academy Press, 2001)
# Theodore Winthrop

Theodore Winthrop (September 22, 1828 – June 10, 1861) was a writer, lawyer and world traveler. He was one of the first Union officers killed in the American Civil War.

## Quotes

* Civilization without its appliances is weaker than barbarism.
** The Canoe and the Saddle: Adventures Among the Northwestern Rivers and Forests (1863), ch. ix: Via Mala.
# Theodore of Enaton

Abba Theodore of Enaton was one of the Desert Fathers quoted in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers).

## Quotes

       Wortley, John (2014). Give Me a Word: The Alphabetical Sayings of the Desert Fathers. Yonkers, New York: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. ISBN 978-0-88141-497-4.
* Abba Theodore of Enaton said: “If God were to lay to our account our lack of attention in prayers and our distractions in psalm-singing, we could not be saved.”
** Saying 3
# Theodore Watts-Dunton

Theodore Watts-Dunton (12 October 1832 – 6 June 1914) was an English critic and poet.

## Quotes

* Yon silvery billows breaking on the beach Fall back in foam beneath the star-shine clear, The while my rhymes are murmuring in your ear A restless lore like that the billows teach; For on these sonnet-waves my soul would reach From its own depths, and rest within you, dear, As, through the billowy voices yearning here Great nature strives to find a human speech.A sonnet is a wave of melody: From heaving waters of the impassion'd soul A billow of tidal music one and whole Flows in the "octave"; then, returning free, Its ebbing surges in the "sestet" roll Back to the deeps of Life's tumultuous sea.
** "The Sonnet's Voice (A metrical lesson by the seashore)", in The Athenaeum (17 September 1881).

### The Coming of Love and Other Poems (1897)

London: John Lane, 1897
* We looked o'er London, where men wither and choke, Roofed in, poor souls, renouncing stars and skies, And lore of woods and wild wind prophecies, Yea, every voice that to their fathers spoke.
** "A Talk on Waterloo Bridge: The Last Sight of George Borrow", p. 150.
* When hope lies dead—ah, when 'tis death to live, And wrongs remembered make the heart still bleed, Better are Sleep's kind lies for Life's blind need Than truth, if lies a little peace can give.
** "Prophetic Pictures at Venice II: The Temptation", p. 199.
* Man's knowledge, save before his fellow man, Is ignorance—his widest wisdom folly.
** "Prophetic Pictures at Venice VII: New Year's Morning, 1867", p. 207.

## Quotes about Theodore Watts-Dunton

* Theodore Watts, as he told me twenty years ago, holds the opinion that Shakespeare wrote private poetry in a separate book while composing his dramas, and that he gave such portions of it as he could make fit, to certain of his characters. He thought, if I remember aright that the soliloquy and the dagger-scence were morsels of this sort. It certainly must strike one that the "the law's delay" and "the insolence of office" were not prominent grievances in Hamlet's career.
** Thomas Gordon Hake: Memories of Eighty Years. London: Richard Bentley and Son. 1892. p. 27.
# Theodore Wilbur Anderson

Theodore (Ted) Wilbur Anderson (June 5, 1918 – September 17, 2016) is an American mathematician and statistician, who has specialized in the analysis of multivariate data.

## Quotes

* A time series is a sequence of observations, usually ordered in time, although in some cases the ordering may be according to another dimension. The feature of time series analysis which distinguishes it from other statistical analysis is the explicit recognition of the importance of the order in which the observations are made. While in many problems the observations are statistically independent, in time series successive observations may be dependent, and the dependence may depend on the positions in the sequence. The nature of a series and the structure of its generating process also may involve in other ways the sequence in which the observations are taken.
** T. W. Anderson. The Statistical Analysis of Time Series, (1971/2011), p. 1. Introduction; Cited in: American Sociological Association (1974), Sociological Methodology, p. 310

### "The ET interview: Professor TW Anderson," 1986

Phillips, Peter CB. "The ET interview: Professor TW Anderson." Econometric Theory, 2.02 (1986): 249-288.
* [At Princeton Samuel Wilks...] was the major interest for me... I did have a contact with Oscar Morgenstern... Von Neumann was developing theory of games at the time... but I must say, I really didn't understand it very well when he lectured it.
** p. 525
* Early in 1943 I got full time war research work... My first project was to evaluate long term weather forecast. Longe range, in that time, meant three to four days.
** p. 525

## Quotes about Theodore Anderson

* In mathematical statistics, as well as econometrics, Ted Anderson is a scholar of immense stature. The scope and diversity of his research in statistical theory is almost a phenomenon in itself. Sometimes it seems that wherever one turns the subject, Ted's mark and influence is already firmly established. His books on multivariate analysis and time series rapidly became accepted as major treatises and are now integral parts of the bookshelves of every statistician.
** Phillips, Peter CB. "The ET interview: Professor TW Anderson." Econometric Theory, 2.02 (1986): 249-288.
* Much of T. W. Anderson's work in statistical theory has had an important inﬂuence on econometrics. But it is his work on structural estimation that has had the greatest impact on subsequent developments in the subject.
** Phillips, Peter CB. "On TW Anderson’s Contributions to the Study of Structural Equation Estimation." (1990): 1643-1649.
# The Magic Voyage

The Magic Voyage is a 1992 German animated fantasy film produced and directed by Michael Schoemann.

## Opening

* Narrator: A long time ago, people thought the world was flat, and if you sailed uncharted waters, you just might fall over the edge into space. This may sound strange to us now, but in those days, no-one knew what lay over the far horizon. What with pirates, and hurricanes, and sea-monsters to contend with, it's a very dangerous time. But in 1492, there appeared an Italian navigator. A man with the revolutionary idea. He thought the world was... square, and his name was... Christopher Columbus.

## Friends meeting

* Pico: Pico the Woodworm, at your service.
* Columbus: And I'm Christopher Columbus, put it there pal.
# Ginni Rometty

Virginia Rometty (also known as Ginni Rometty, July 29, 1957) is an American business executive who was executive chairman of IBM after stepping down as CEO on April 1, 2020. She was previously chairman, president and CEO of IBM, becoming the first woman to head the company. She retired from IBM on December 31, 2020, after a near-40 year career there. Before becoming president and CEO in January 2012, she first joined IBM as a systems engineer in 1981 and subsequently headed global sales, marketing, and strategy.
While general manager of IBM's global services division, in 2002 she helped negotiate IBM's purchase of PricewaterhouseCoopers' IT consulting business, becoming known for her work integrating the two companies. As CEO, she focused IBM on analytics, cloud computing, and cognitive computing systems.
Rometty's tenure as IBM's CEO was marked by awards including by Bloomberg's 50 Most Influential People in the World, Fortune's "50 Most Powerful Women in Business", Time's 20 Most Important People in Tech and Forbes America's Top 50 Women In Tech. Her tenure was also met by fierce criticism relating to executive compensation bonuses, layoffs, outsourcing, and presiding over 24 consecutive quarters of revenue decline.

## Quotes

* That’s what my journey taught me, that I could do really meaningful things in a positive way—so that the ‘how’ it was done was maybe even more important than the ‘what’.
* At a really early age, I started to learn by watching that aptitude and access are two different things. My mom wasn’t dumb—she was smart, but she didn’t have access to things for most of her life. With a little bit of access to education, she changed her circumstances.
** Virginia Rometty said, (Mckinsey&company, March 10, 2023).
# Yvette Adounvo Atekpe

Yvette Adounvo Atekpe is a Ghanaian businesswoman who is currently the Regional Managing Director of Internet Solutions. As a former member of the National Communication Planning Committee, she helped draft Ghana's 1999 Communications Policy.

## Quotes

* I crave your indulgence to support this very noble cause which intends to raise GH¢10 million to support the building of shelters in all the districts and also provide counseling services to the victims .
** https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/local/news/202010/428853.php
* We are pleased to have received regulatory approval allowing us to rebrand and operate as dimension data. our vision is to be a partner of choice for businesses; delivering innovative, game-changing technology and solutions not only in Ghana but in the Middle East and Africa .
** https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Internet-Solutions-to-rebrand-to-Dimension-Data-1068088
* If you are talking about us moving forward, it really is about technology. And the only way we can reach people in the fathest areas is thougt technology .The moment we can harness that and get the internet to people all over, it becomes easier to disseminate information , so it's imperative that we harness technology .
** https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Tech-and-political-will-to-rescue-Africa-from-poverty-and-dependence-bane-Yvette-Atekpe-692171

## External links

* ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvette_Adounvo_Atekpe#cite_note-1
# Kate Quartey-Papafio

Kate Quartey-Papafio is a co-founder of Ghanaian cabling company Reroy Cables. In 2021, Kate was listed as one of the five richest women in Ghana with a net worth of $250 million.

## Quotes

* As a company one of our corporate social responsibilities initiatives is making sure we train the youth with adequate skills.
** https://marcopolis.net/reroy-cables-introduces-innovations-in-order-to-cut-power-usage-costs-in-ghana-and-beyond.htm
* It is fitting that his dear wife, Kate, and their children should seek to honour his memory by establishing a legacy for continued instruction and excellence in his chosen field of Endoscopy and other digital technology
** https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/quartey-papafio-foundation-refurbishes-3-wards-at-kbth.html
* We currently have less than 8% women in the business. “I want to replicate myself and “Project 1000 Women Engineers” is an ambitious target I have set for myself in the next five years to employ and train 1000 women engineers and people in the TVET sector to really participate in the energy sector.
** https://www.myjoyonline.com/women-manufacture-ecg-pylons-the-unique-story-of-reroy-cable/
* The women are better managers in all spheres of life, therefore they should stop at nothing in achieving their goals.
** https://www.modernghana.com/news/849696/kate-quartey-papafio-grabs-award.html
* "Nothing is impossible, it does not matter what you are doing, I encourage you ladies out there to work hard and pursue your dreams with seriousness and perseverance and you will get there."
# Kobi Hemaa Osisiadan

Afia Serwaa Kobi Hemaa Osisiadan-Bekoe (born 30 November 1983) is a Ghanaian female entrepreneur, TV presenter and communication specialist. She has had a career in the media industry for over ten years.

## Quotes

* The digital address will go a long way in saving lives if the Ghana National fire service and the ambulance services among other allied educate the public to use it .
** https://www.modernghana.com/news/899903/ghana-post-urges-emergency-services-to-take-advantage-of-dig.html
* We are in the middle of a pandemic, this even makes menstrual hygiene a more pressing concern. People will continue to menstruate during this outbreak and after this pandemic .
** https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Kobi-Hemaa-supports-communities-in-Accra-with-pad-for-All-Project-941248
* I am delighted to be part of this family; being the first female director for GI-KACE makes it an honour and privilege. I will therefore do my best onboard all my skillsets to make the corporate affairs and media relations department outstanding. Together with the corporate affairs and media team, we shall project the cente's brand .
** https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Kobi-Hemaa-Osisiadan-Bekoe-appointed-as-the-Corporate-Affiars-Director-of-GI-KACE-1617047
# Theresa Lardi Awuni

Theresa Lardi Awuni (born 2 January 1979) is a Ghanaian politician who is a member of the National Democratic Congress. She is the member of parliament for the Okaikwei North Constituency in the Greater Accra region of Ghana.

## Quotes

* In the 2020 elections, we had a gap of [over] 5,000. I closed it, and I added over 2,000 votes to it. This time around, I want to stretch it [with] over 5,000 votes, and I know I will be able to achieve this
** https://citinewsroom.com/2023/12/2024-polls-im-poised-for-a-showdown-with-dokua-okaikwei-north-mp/
* I am well-prepared. I am telling you, I am poised and prepared for the 2024 elections. I am not contesting any incumbent Member of Parliament. I am told there is a certain woman who contested twice in a certain constituency and is running away from the constituency. The person should come and tell us what she has done in Okaikwei North [and] why the people of Okaikwei North should even listen to her. You are a sitting Member of Parliament. You are going to be paid until December even as we are going into the elections, and you’re bringing all their salaries into Okaikwei North. You are taking their Common Fund, and you’re in Okaikwei North. How sure are we that in the unlikely event that we give you our constituency, you will not run away and go into another constituency with our resources? It will not happen. We will protect this seat. I am poised for a showdown in 2024. I will retain this seat, and we will bring in His Excellency John Dramani Mahama .
** https://citinewsroom.com/2023/12/2024-polls-im-poised-for-a-showdown-with-dokua-okaikwei-north-mp/
# Tina Gifty Naa Ayele Mensah

Tina Gifty Naa Ayele Mensah (born 23 January 1964) is a Ghanaian politician and the member of parliament for Weija-Gbawe constituency. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party and was appointed into office as deputy Health Minister by Nana Addo on 15 March 2017.

## Quotes

* Nurses and midwives play an integral part in the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goal three through universal health coverage.
** https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/ghana-news-500-bed-hostel-for-sda-nursing-college-inaugurated.html
* I also want to urge my NPP party people that in politics, it is only a winnable candidate like me that deserves a longer term in office in order to do more for the people. In this way, development and financial empowerment will be extended to the suffering masses and party people down the grassroots.
** https://www.modernghana.com/news/1226644/akufo-addo-is-delivering-weija-gbawe-mp-tina.html
* more developments were in the offing and called for cooperation by the citizens to enhance government’s efforts to bring them to fruition.
** https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/politics/politics/202012/435139.php
* It is not for funfair that we are gathered here but a time for reflection. Breaking the ‘8’ is not easy. We ask for peace and unity among us so that we can emerge victorious in the 2024 general election
** https://www.myjoyonline.com/work-is-heartbreaking-in-parliament-with-skirt-and-blouse-tina-mensah/
* All these projects have become a reality through the cordial relationship and unity of purpose between the MCE, constituents of Weija-Gbawe and myself.
** https://www.modernghana.com/news/1056142/weija-gbawe-municipal-commissions-six-bed-maternit.html
# Roberta Annan

Roberta Annan ( born 2 December 1982) is a Ghanaian businesswoman and the founder of the African Fashion Foundation. She is also an investor, philanthropist, and a United Nations Environment Programme Goodwill Ambassador.

## Quotes

* Instead of doing so in China, South India or other nations, we want them to bring that business here. If people have jobs, they are creating a sustainable way to take care of their families instead of simply getting aid.
** https://www.huffpost.com/entry/roberta-annan_b_2397592
* I understood the nuances of being in African culture
** http://afkinsider.com/131394/how-ghanaian-entrepreneur-roberta-annan-built-a-business-blending-cultures/
* The goal is to create more jobs on the continent, so we want to encourage [international] designers to produce in Africa
** https://www.huffpost.com/entry/roberta-annan_b_2397592
* I was always fighting for rights for children
** http://afkinsider.com/131394/how-ghanaian-entrepreneur-roberta-annan-built-a-business-blending-cultures/
* If you want it, go for it. Take a Risk. Don’t play it safe or you will live life wondering about what could have been.

## External links

* ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Annan#cite_note-2
# Naa Asheley Dordor

Naa Asheley Dordor is a Ghanaian Chiropractor and Chief Executive Officer of Nova Wellness Centre, a health center that incorporates chiropractic, nutrition, exercise and massage to treat patients.

## Quotes

* The amount of money we spend on medication and surgeries will reduce significantly
* Like many other businesses we were badly affected by the Covid 19 pandemic. The nature of our work demands very close contact to the patient so obviously many people stayed away. So to come out of that and be recognized by the Ghana - West Africa Business Excellence Awards (GWABEA), I’m truly humbled.
* It was at that point I decided I was coming back home to Ghana my country to attend to the health needs of the people through chiropractic healing
** https://www.graphic.com.gh/business/business-news/dr-naa-dordor-is-best-health-sme-provider.html
* The health and wellness industry in Ghana is growing and I always say Ghanaians deserve the best so we will continue to provide excellent service with state of the art technology to treat musculoskeletal problems naturally. It is for this reason that we decided to invest the DRX9000 Spinal decompression machine to treat disc problems causing severe low back pain and sciatica. This non-surgical treatment is safe and effective with minimal risks. It is a game-changer for not just Ghanaians but everybody in the sub-region and we hope that it will help with our medical tourism here in Ghana. Again, a million thanks to GWABEA for this recognition .
** https://citinewsroom.com/2021/05/nova-wellness-center-ceo-honoured-at-ghana-west-africa-business-excellence-awards/