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"None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself."
Muhammad
(04/22/0571
06/08/0632)
Arabian religious leader
"The United States of America will sound as pompously in the world or in history as The Kingdom of Great Britain."
Thomas Paine
(02/09/1737
06/08/1809)
English-US author, founding father, patriot
"In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of."
Robert Schumann
(06/08/1810
07/29/1856)
German composer
"The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves."
Charles Reade
(06/08/1814
04/11/1884)
English writer
"I pant for retirement and leisure, but am doomed to inexpressible and almost unsupportable hurry."
Sarah Kemble Siddons
(07/05/1755
06/08/1831)
English actor
"Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles."
Frank Lloyd Wright
(06/08/1867
04/09/1959)
US architect
"Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius."
George Sand
(07/01/1804
06/08/1876)
French writer
"Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well."
James Freeman Clarke
(04/04/1810
06/08/1888)
US theologian
"A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of getting into print."
Marguerite Yourcenar
(06/08/1903
12/17/1987)
Belgian-US writer
"We presuppose two things: that there is yet to be learned infinitely more than is now known, and that man can learn it."
John W. Campbell, Jr.
(06/08/1910
07/11/1971)
US writer
"The greatest joy in nature is the absence of man."
Bliss Carman
(04/15/1861
06/08/1929)
Canadian writer
"There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot."
Scott Adams
(06/08/1957
)
US cartoonist (Dilbert)
"Rock'n'roll all goes back to R & B, but to me it's not very relevant. Kraftwerk is much more relevant."
Nick Rhodes
(06/08/1962
)
English keyboardist (Duran Duran)
"I'm an actor because I lucked into it. As a kid, I never knew what I wanted to be. About all I had proficiency for was playing the cello, and there are very few rich cello players around."
Robert Taylor
(08/05/1911
06/08/1969)
US actor
(was married to Barbara Stanwyck)
"A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting."
Abraham Maslow
(04/01/1908
06/08/1970)
US psychologist
"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you was?"
Satchel Paige
(07/07/1906
06/08/1982)
US baseball player
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