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"Her feet beneath her petticoat
Like little mice stole in and out,
As if they feared the light;
But oh, she dances such a way!
No sun upon an Easter-day
Is half so fine a sight."
Sir John Suckling
(02/10/1609
05/01/1642)
English writer; also invented Cribbage
"Very sorry can't come. Lie follows by post." *
Lord Charles Beresford
(02/10/1846
09/06/1919)
English admiral
, Telegram to the Prince of Wales, declining a summons to dine
"Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible."
Frank Moore Colby
(02/10/1865
03/03/1925)
US encyclopedia editor and essayist
"That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it."
Boris Pasternak
(02/10/1890
05/30/1960)
Russian writer (Doctor Zhivago)
"Don't tell me peace has broken out, when I've just bought some new supplies."
Bertolt Brecht
(02/10/1898
08/14/1956)
German playwright
"Progress everywhere today does seem to come so very heavily disguised as Chaos."
Joyce Grenfell
(02/10/1910
11/30/1979)
English comic, actor
"Vasectomy means never having to say you're sorry."
Larry Adler
(02/10/1914
08/06/2001)
US harmonica player
"We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition."
Dr. Alex Comfort
(02/10/1920
03/26/2000)
US pop psychologist, writer
("The Joy of Sex")
"I totally and completely admit, with no qualms at all, my egomania, my selfishness, coupled with a really magnificent voice."
Leontyne Price
(02/10/1927
)
US singer
"Often the search proves more profitable than the goal."
E. L. Konigsburg
(02/10/1930
04/19/2013)
US children's writer
"Dolly Parton reminds me of two big ice cream cones and a whole lot of cotton candy. I'll bet most of her fans are either hillbillies or diabetics."
Peter Allen
(02/10/1944
06/18/1992)
Australian songwriter
(was married to Liza Minnelli)
Convicted Criminal: "As God is my judge, I am innocent.
Lord Birkett: He isn't; I am, and you're not!"
Norman Birkett
(09/06/1883
02/10/1962)
US writer
"It's hard for a fellow to keep a chip on his shoulder if you allow him to take a bow."
Billy Rose
(09/06/1899
02/10/1966)
US composer, producer, entrepreneur
"I thank you for this award, though I think there may be a problem with a world in which making small, human and humorous films is 'an achievement.' It should be the norm."
Alexander Payne
(02/10/1961
)
US director
(was married to Sandra Oh)
, on accepting Director of the Year award for "Sideways" at the Palm Springs film fest
"It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one."
Laura Dern
(02/10/1967
)
US actor
(daughter of Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd)
"Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children."
Alex Haley
(08/11/1921
02/10/1992)
US writer (Roots)
"Life's just a bus stop to somewhere infinitely better."
Jim Varney
(06/15/1949
02/10/2000)
US actor
"You can't teach without learning. The first thing you have to do when you start teaching is to organize what you know. In the course of organizing what you know into a coherent body, you discover that you know a lot more than you thought you thought you did."
Dave Van Ronk
(06/30/1936
02/10/2002)
US singer, songwriter
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