Quote of the day
We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
Natan Sharansky
Born: January 20, 1948 (age 76)
Bio: Natan Sharansky is an Israeli politician, human rights activist and author who, as a refusenik in the Soviet Union during the 1970s and 1980s, spent nine years in Soviet prisons. He has served as Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency since June 2009.
Known for:
- Fear No Evil (1988)
- The Case for Democracy (2004)
- Defending Identity (2008)