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"What do you sell, O ye merchants?
Richly your wares are displayed.
Turbans of crimson and silver,
Tunics of purple brocade,
Mirrors with panels of Amber,
Daggers with handles of jade."
Sarojini Naidu
(02/13/1879
03/02/1949)
Indian activist
("In The Bazaars of Hyderabad")
"I write music with an exclamation point!"
Richard Wagner
(05/22/1813
02/13/1883)
German composer
"I won't lock my doors or bar them either if any of the old coots in the pictures out in the hall want to come out of their frames for a friendly chat."
Bess Truman
(02/13/1885
10/18/1982)
US first lady (40)
, on living in the White House
(was married to Harry S Truman)
"Englishwomen's shoes look as if they had been made by someone who had often heard shoes described but who had never seen any."
Margaret Halsey
(02/13/1910
02/04/1997)
English writer
("With Malice Toward Some")
"Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own."
Chuck Yeager
(02/13/1923
12/07/2020)
US test pilot
"Canada Post doesn't really charge 32 cents for a stamp. It's 2 cents for postage, and 30 cents for storage." *
Gerald Regan
(02/13/1928
11/26/2019)
Canadian premier
"For every answer, I like to bring up a question. Maybe I'm related to Alfred Hitchcock or maybe I got to know him too well, but I think life should be that way."
Kim Novak
(02/13/1933
)
US actor
"You should be a hero to yourself. If you're not... check it out."
Peter Tork
(02/13/1942
02/21/2019)
US musician (Monkees)
"Artists everywhere steal mercilessly all the time and I think this is healthy."
Peter Gabriel
(02/13/1950
)
English singer
"In hospitals there is no time off for good behavior."
Josephine Tey
(07/25/1896
02/13/1952)
Scottish writer
"Musicians should not play music. Music should play musicians."
Henry Rollins
(02/13/1961
)
US singer, songwriter
"It's nice when people want your autograph, but it's a little strange because I never expected it. I still kind of think, 'Oh, who am I?"
Mena Suvari
(02/13/1979
)
US actor
"There's always one more way to do something: Your way."
Waylon Jennings
(06/15/1937
02/13/2002)
US musician
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