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"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."
Confucius
(09/28/0551
04/11/0479 BC)
Chinese philosopher
"Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe,
Bold I can meetperhaps may turn his blow;
But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send,
Save, save, oh save me from the Candid Friend."
George Canning
(04/11/1770
08/08/1827)
British PM (19)
"If this boy passes the examinations he will be admitted; and if the white students choose to withdraw, all the income of the college will be devoted to his education."
Edward Everett
(04/11/1794
01/15/1865)
US educator
, on admitting the first black student to Harvard
"Make 'em laugh; make 'em cry; make 'em wait."
Charles Reade
(06/08/1814
04/11/1884)
English writer
"The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve."
Dean Acheson
(04/11/1893
10/12/1971)
US secretary of state
"If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it."
Leo Rosten
(04/11/1908
02/19/1997)
Polish-US humorist
"The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem."
Theodore Isaac Rubin
(04/11/1923
02/16/2019)
US writer
"If women can sleep their way to the top, how come they aren't there? There must be an epidemic of insomnia out there."
Ellen Goodman
(04/11/1941
)
US journalist
"I don't trust or love anyone. Because people are so creepy. Creepy creepy creeps. Creeping around. Creeping here and creeping there. Creeping everywhere. Crippity crappity creepies."
Vincent Gallo
(04/11/1961
)
US actor
(LTR with Chloë Sevigny)
"I would change the push for women to look like Playmate Barbie dolls; that is just ridiculous."
Tricia Helfer
(04/11/1974
)
Canadian model, actor
, on one thing she would change about the film industry
"Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it."
Jacques Prevert
(02/04/1900
04/11/1977)
French writer
"A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way."
Caroline Gordon
(10/06/1895
04/11/1981)
US writer
"To me there is no such thing as creative writing. It's either good writing, whatever the subject, or it's not creative."
Erskine Caldwell
(12/17/1903
04/11/1987)
US writer
(was married to Margaret Bourke-White)
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