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Friday, June 20, 2014

Born/Died Today with Quotes- BornToday.com

"It would be difficult to determine whether the age is growing better or worse; for I think our plays are growing like sermons, and our sermons like plays."
Anna Laetitia Barbauld
(06/20/1743 – 03/09/1825)
English writer


John Tyler Morgan "A lie is an abomination unto the Lord and an ever-present help in time of need." John Tyler Morgan
(06/20/1824 – 06/11/1907)
US senator (AL)

Charles Waddell Chesnutt "There's time enough, but none to spare." Charles W. Chesnutt
(06/20/1858 – 11/15/1932)
US writer

"What I love best about music is the women who listen to it." Jules-Alfred Hout de Goncourt
(12/17/1830 – 06/20/1870)
French writer , brother of Edmond Hout de Goncourt

Lillian Hellman "It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their finest hour." Lillian Hellman
(06/20/1905 – 06/30/1984)
US writer (was married to Dashiell Hammett)

Errol Flynn "I like my whisky old and my women young." Errol Flynn
(06/20/1909 – 10/14/1959)
Australia-born actor

Chet Atkins "Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it." Chet Atkins
(06/20/1924 – 06/30/2001)
US guitarist, singer, producer


"Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut." Dan Greenburg
(06/20/1936 – )
US writer (was married to Nora Ephron)

Brian Wilson "Beware the lollipop of mediocrity; lick it once and you'll suck forever." Brian Wilson
(06/20/1942 – )
US singer, songwriter (Beach Boys)

John Goodman "I wish I could do it again. I didn't have enough time to get it right." John Goodman
(06/20/1952 – )
US actor , on playing Babe Ruth

"I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is—try to please everybody." Herbert Bayard Swope
(01/05/1882 – 06/20/1958)
US journalist

Bernard M. Baruch "During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think." Bernard M. Baruch
(08/19/1870 – 06/20/1965)
US economist

Nicole Kidman "Now I can wear heels." Nicole Kidman
(06/20/1967 – )
Australian actor , on divorcing Tom Cruise

Estelle Winwood "I wouldn't mind being dead—it would be something new." Estelle Winwood
(01/24/1883 – 06/20/1984)
US actor , at age 100

Clifton Fadiman "No woman of our time has gone further with less mental equipment." Clifton Fadiman
(05/15/1904 – 06/20/1999)
US writer, radio host , on Clare Boothe Luce

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