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"Angling may be said to be so like mathematics that it can never be fully learned."
Izaak Walton
(08/09/1593
12/15/1683)
English writer (Compleat Angler)
"Sexual intercourse began
in nineteen sixty-three
(Which was rather late for me)
between the end of the Chatterley ban
and the Beatles' first LP."
Philip Larkin
(08/09/1922
12/02/1985)
English writer
"Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud."
Hermann Hesse
(07/02/1877
08/09/1962)
German writer
"I almost wish I could be more exciting, that I could match what is happening out there to me."
Whitney Houston
(08/09/1963
02/11/2012)
US singer
"Are you joining the Army? Good, it'll make a woman of you."
Joe Orton
(01/01/1933
08/09/1967)
British playwright
("Loot")
"People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent."
Gillian Anderson
(08/09/1968
)
US actor
, on her "X Files" character
"My muse is a tiny, fairy-like creature from Gnardgnanesh: a country that only exists if you wish it to. He's about 4 inches tall, greenish, and resembles a little twig."
Thomas Lennon
(08/09/1970
)
US actor
"I wouldn't mind being in an American film for a laugh, but I certainly don't want to be in Thingy Blah Blah 3, if you know what I mean."
Audrey Tautou
(08/09/1976
)
French actor
"A cynic is just a man who found out when he was about ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset."
James Gould Cozzens
(08/19/1903
08/09/1978)
US writer
"I felt that I didn't want to be in show business anymore. I felt that I wanted to be a farmer. I was milking cows and shoveling terrible stuff and working all day. By the end of the day, all I wanted was my tap shoesI thought, 'What am I doing? I better get back where I belong on the stage where we work at night and can sleep late!"
Gregory Hines
(02/14/1946
08/09/2003)
US dancer, actor
"Writers are the lunatic fringe of publishing."
Judith Rossner
(03/31/1935
08/09/2005)
US writer
"You've got guys in charge of shows who probably went to school for chemistry, and now they're executive producers."
Bernie Mac
(10/05/1957
08/09/2008)
US comic, actor
"Some men are so macho they'll get you pregnant just to kill a rabbit."
Maureen Murphy
(11/14/1952
08/09/2008)
US representative (IL)
"I'll have pie a la mode with ice cream."
Johnny Logan
(03/23/1926
08/09/2013)
US baseball (Braves) shortstop
, ordering dessert
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