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Saturday, March 21, 2015

Notable People Born/Died Today with Quotes- Born Today.com




Johann Sebastian Bach"There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself."
Johann Sebastian Bach
(03/21/1685 – 07/28/1750)
German composer 
"Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest."
Jean Paul Richter
(03/21/1763 – 11/14/1825)
German writer 
Robert Southey"Give me a room whose every nook
is dedicated to a book."

Robert Southey
(08/12/1774 – 03/21/1843)
English writer 
Isabel Burton"He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool—shun him.
He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple—teach him.
He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep—wake him.
He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise—follow him."

Isabel Burton
(03/20/1831 – 03/21/1896)
English writer (was married to Richard Francis Burtondied near her birthday) 
Phyllis McGinley"In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime."
Phyllis McGinley
(03/21/1905 – 02/22/1978)
US writer 
Howard William Cohen"Sports is the toy department of human life."
Howard Cosell
(03/21/1918 – 04/23/1995)
US sportscaster 
Russ Meyer"I'm a serial bigamist."
Russ Meyer
(03/21/1946 – 09/18/2004)
US director , on his third marriage (he meant "polygamist," of course) 
Timothy Dalton"I don't think I've drunk one since I've left the Bond movies. Every bar you go in, there's always some wisecrack, 'Oh, yours will be a Martini, shaken, not stirred!' You get sick and tired of that."
Timothy Dalton
(03/21/1946 – )
English actor 
Gary Oldman"We're given a code to live our lives by. We don't always follow it, but it's still there."
Gary Oldman
(03/21/1958 – )
English actor (was married to Uma Thurman) 
Matthew Broderick"I slip from workaholic to bum real easy."
Matthew Broderick
(03/21/1962 – )
US actor (married to Sarah Jessica Parker) 
Roseann Theresa O'Donnell"I see myself as Rhoda, not Mary Tyler Moore."
Rosie O'Donnell
(03/21/1962 – )
US actor 
James Lawrence Slattery"I've had small parts in big pictures and big parts in small pictures."
Candy Darling
(11/24/1944 – 03/21/1974)
US actor 

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