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"To retire is to begin to die."
Pablo Casals
(12/29/1876
10/22/1973)
Spanish cellist
"I am not an Economist. I am an honest man!" *
Paul McCracken
(12/29/1915
08/03/2012)
US economist
"The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals."
Sir William Osler
(07/12/1849
12/29/1919)
Canadian physician
"The only bad thing about Spokane is that there's nothing to do after 10 in the morning."
Jim Murray
(12/29/1919
08/16/1998)
US columnist
"Spring has returned. The earth is like a child that knows poems."
Rainer Maria Rilke
(12/04/1875
12/29/1926)
German writer
"A hypocrite is a person who... but who isn't?"
Don Marquis
(07/29/1878
12/29/1937)
US writer, cartoonist
"I've been very fortunateyou only can do what you're offered, you know?"
Jon Voight
(12/29/1938
)
US actor
(father of Angelina Jolie)
"I love to play; a stage is a safe place for me to be. It's not that way for most folks, but I'd be lost without it."
Rick Danko
(12/29/1943
12/10/1999)
Canadian bassist (The Band)
"Maybe the most that you can expect from a relationship that goes bad is to come out of it with a few good songs."
Marianne Faithfull
(12/29/1946
)
English singer
(relationship with Mick Jagger)
"I don't have a bank account, because I don't know my mother's maiden name."
Paula Poundstone
(12/29/1959
)
US comic
"The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none."
Eden Phillpotts
(11/04/1862
12/29/1960)
English writer
"Jazz is the folk music of the machine age."
Paul Whiteman
(03/28/1890
12/29/1967)
US bandleader
"Half of this award should go to my wigs."
Jennifer Ehle
(12/29/1969
)
US actor
, on receiving a BAFTA award for "Pride and Prejudice"
"My only obligation is to keep myself and other people guessing."
Jude Law
(12/29/1972
)
English actor
"The last time I was in Spain I got through six Jeffrey Archer novels. I must remember to take enough toilet paper next time."
Bob Monkhouse
(06/01/1928
12/29/2003)
English comic, writer
"Freedom is the handle on the bucket of your soul, the image of illusion in the goldfish of your bowl, the shampoo of perfection in the bathroom of your dreams, freedom is the universe and everything it seems, oh yes, we are the slaves of freedom."
Neil Innes
(12/09/1944
12/29/2019)
English actor, musician (Bonzo Dog Band, Rutles)
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