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"But if the young are never tired of erring in conduct, neither are the older in erring of judgment."
Fanny Burney
(06/13/1752
01/06/1840)
English writer
("Evelina")
"Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not." *
Elias Root Beadle
(10/13/1812
01/06/1879)
US minister
"I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers."
Kahlil Gibran
(01/06/1883
04/10/1931)
Lebanese philosopher poet
("The Prophet")
"A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing."
Joey Adams
(01/06/1911
12/02/1999)
US comic, actor
"Wearing the correct dress for any occasion is a matter of good manners."
Loretta Young
(01/06/1913
08/12/2000)
US actor
"Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others."
Danny Thomas
(01/06/1912
02/06/1991)
US actor
(father of Marlo Thomas)
"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth."
Alan Watts
(01/06/1915
11/16/1973)
English writer
("The Way of Zen")
(same dates as Sam Rayburn)
"The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood."
Lou Holtz
(01/06/1937
)
US football coach
"There's a Harvard man on the wrong side of every question."
Dr. Abbott Lawrence Lowell
(12/13/1856
01/06/1943)
US educator, lawyer
("What a University President has Learned")
(grandfather of Amy Lowell)
"We have held that a death toll was a necessary part of every human achievement, whether sport, war, or industry. A moment's rage over the horror of it, and we have sunk into indifference."
Ida Tarbell
(11/05/1857
01/06/1944)
US journalist
("The History of the Standard Oil Company")
"Quite a nasty piece of work. Not the sort of person you'd want to have dinner with."
Rowan Atkinson
(01/06/1955
)
English actor
, on his character "Mr. Bean"
"I am a babe for a living."
Gabrielle Reece
(01/06/1970
)
US professional volleyball player and supermodel
"I always gravitate towards things that are not beautiful, but broken and weird and fascinating."
Kate McKinnon
(01/06/1984
)
US comic actor (SNL)
"My leg, make it more beautiful."
Rudolf Nureyev
(03/17/1938
01/06/1993)
Russian dancer, choreographer
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