Robert Southwell
(??/??/1561 – 02/21/1595)
English writer
"Fame has also this great drawback, that if we
pursue it we must direct our lives in such a way as to please the fancy
of men, avoiding what they dislike and seeking what is pleasing to
them."
Benedict Spinoza
(11/24/1632 – 02/21/1677)
Dutch philosopher
(11/24/1632 – 02/21/1677)
Dutch philosopher
"A highbrow is a person educated beyond his intelligence."
Brander Matthews
(02/21/1852 – 03/31/1929)
US writer
(02/21/1852 – 03/31/1929)
US writer
"A very short one."
Jeanne Calment
(02/21/1875 – 08/04/1997)
French oldest person , on the sort of future a 120-yr-old expects
(02/21/1875 – 08/04/1997)
French oldest person , on the sort of future a 120-yr-old expects
"The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made."
Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower
(02/21/1887 – 02/05/1956
Russian chess player , on chess
(02/21/1887 – 02/05/1956
Russian chess player , on chess
"Sometimes it is impossible to deal with her, but
most of the time she is very sweet, and if you caress her properly she
will sing beautifully."
Andres Segovia
(02/21/1893 – 06/02/1987)
Spanish guitarist
(02/21/1893 – 06/02/1987)
Spanish guitarist
"What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?"
Anais Nin
(02/21/1903 – 01/14/1977)
French-born US diarist
(02/21/1903 – 01/14/1977)
French-born US diarist
"If there are any of you at the back who do not hear me, please don't raise your hands because I am also nearsighted."
W. H. Auden
(02/21/1907 – 09/29/1973)
English-US writer
(02/21/1907 – 09/29/1973)
English-US writer
"They nicknamed me the Oomph Girl, and I loathe that
nickname! Just being known by a nickname indicates that you're not
thought of as a true actress... It's just crap! If you call an actress
by her looks or a reaction, then that's all she'll ever be thought of
as."
Ann Sheridan
(02/21/1915 – 01/21/1967)
US actor
(02/21/1915 – 01/21/1967)
US actor
"Let the generations know that women in uniform also guaranteed their freedom."
Mary Edwards Walker
(11/26/1832 – 02/21/1919)
US physician, surgeon, medal of honor recipient
(11/26/1832 – 02/21/1919)
US physician, surgeon, medal of honor recipient
"I want to be able to make Westerns like Kurosawa
makes Westerns."
Sam Peckinpah
(02/21/1925 – 12/28/1984)
US director
(02/21/1925 – 12/28/1984)
US director
"I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of a hill."
Erma Bombeck
(02/21/1927 – 04/22/1996)
US writer, humorist
(02/21/1927 – 04/22/1996)
US writer, humorist
"How do you explain what it feels like to get on the
stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of
people who are unable to express it?"
Nina Simone
(02/21/1933 – 04/21/2003)
US singer
(02/21/1933 – 04/21/2003)
US singer
"Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power."
Barbara Jordan
(02/21/1936 – 01/17/1996)
US Senator, Representative (TX)
(02/21/1936 – 01/17/1996)
US Senator, Representative (TX)
"The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things."
Jilly Cooper
(02/21/1937 – )
English writer
(02/21/1937 – )
English writer
"A critic is someone who never actually goes to the battle, yet who afterwards comes out shooting the wounded."
Tyne Daly
(02/21/1946 – )
US actor
(02/21/1946 – )
US actor
"I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously."
Alan Rickman
(02/21/1946 – )
English actor
(02/21/1946 – )
English actor
"When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?"
Chuck Palahniuk
(02/21/1961 – )
US writer ("Fight Club")
(02/21/1961 – )
US writer ("Fight Club")
"Early in life I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise."
Malcolm X
(05/19/1925 – 02/21/1965)
US spiritual leader
(05/19/1925 – 02/21/1965)
US spiritual leader
"I just accepted them as a great accessory to every outfit."
Jennifer Love Hewitt
(02/21/1979 – )
US actor , on her breasts
(02/21/1979 – )
US actor , on her breasts
"Judging people you don't know for things you don't understand is just really stupid."
Ellen Page
(02/21/1987 – )
Canadian actor
(02/21/1987 – )
Canadian actor
"Life forms illogical patterns. It is haphazard and
full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows
whether any of them will ever return?"
Dame Margot Fonteyn
(05/18/1919 – 02/21/1991)
English dancer
(05/18/1919 – 02/21/1991)
English dancer
"I've got black friends. I employ black people. I
don't employ them because they are black; I employ them because they are
the best people who applied for the cotton-picking job."
Evan Mecham
(05/12/1924 – 02/21/2008)
US ex-Governor (AZ)
(05/12/1924 – 02/21/2008)
US ex-Governor (AZ)
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