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"Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas."

Sir Francis Galton
(02/16/1822 – 01/17/1911)
English scientist ("The Art of Travel")

"There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence."

Henry Brooks Adams
(02/16/1838 – 03/27/1918)
US writer ("The History of the United States of America 1801–1817")
(son of Charles Francis Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams, great-grandson of John Adams and Abigail Smith Adams)

"Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading."

G. M. Trevelyan
(02/16/1876 – 07/21/1962)
English historian ("A Shortened History of England")

"There's a saying among prospectors: 'Go out looking for one thing, and that's all you'll ever find.'"

Robert Flaherty
(02/16/1884 – 07/23/1951)
US director ("Nanook of the North")

"Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?"

Edgar Bergen (as Charlie McCarthy)
(02/16/1903 – 09/30/1978)
US comic, actor
(father of Candice Bergen)

"Getting involved is so, so... involving."

Vera-Ellen
(02/16/1921 – 08/30/1981)
US dancer, actor ("Three Little Words")

"Hollywood is an extraordinary kind of temporary place."

John Schlesinger
(02/16/1926 – 07/25/2003)
English director ("Midnight Cowboy")

"Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die, and somebody else is going to get it."

Sonny Bono
(02/16/1935 – 01/05/1998)
US singer, congressman ("The Beat Goes On")
(was married to Cher)

"Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do."

James Harvey Robinson
(06/29/1863 – 02/16/1936)
US historian ("The Human Comedy: As Devised and Directed by Mankind Itself")

"For a time, I was living the life of Ernest Hemingway."

Margaux Hemingway
(02/16/1954 – 07/01/1996)
US actor ("Lipstick")
(granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway; sister of Mariel Hemingway)

"I've got a phone, answer machine, TV set, computer, hand grenade—everything you need to run a business in Los Angeles."

Ice T
(02/16/1958 – )
US rapper, actor

"This taught me a lesson, but I'm not sure what it is."

John McEnroe
(02/16/1959 – )
US tennis ace , on losing a championship

"I think you have to control the materials to an extent, but it's important to let the materials have a kind of power for themselves; like the natural power of gravity, if you are painting on a wall, it makes the paint trickle and it drips; there is no reason to fight that."

Keith Haring
(05/04/1958 – 02/16/1990)
US artist ("Crack is Wack")

"Books about books is fun but frivolous."

Angela Carter
(05/07/1940 – 02/16/1992)
English writer ("The Bloody Chamber")

"Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them."

John W. Gardner
(10/08/1912 – 02/16/2002)
US writer, political theorist ("Uncritical Lovers, Unloving Critics")

"I'm a musical person, and that's what I want my life to be about."

Lesley Gore
(05/02/1946 – 02/16/2015)
US singer ("Maybe I Know")

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