Monday, August 31, 2015

Born/Died Today with Pithy Quotes- Born Today.com


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"Some said, John, print it; others said, Not so:
Some said, It might do good; others said, no."

John Bunyan
(11/28/1628 – 08/31/1688)
English writer, minister , Apology, The Pilgrim's Progress 
Charles Baudelaire"Any healthy man can go without food for two days, but not without poetry."
Charles Baudelaire
(04/09/1821 – 08/31/1867)
French writer 
Maria Montessori"If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men."
Dr. Maria Montessori
(08/31/1870 – 05/06/1952)
Italian educator 
Alma Schindler Mahler Kokoschka Gropius Werfel"God granted me the privilege of knowing the brilliant works of our time before they left the hands of their creators. And if I was allowed to assist these knights for a while, then my existence is justified and blessed!"
Alma Schindler Mahler Kokoschka Gropius Werfel
(08/31/1879 – 12/11/1964)
Austrian writer (was married to Gustav MahlerWalter Gropius, and Franz Werfel; had affairs with Oskar KokoschkaGustav Klimt, Arnold Schoenberg, Gerhart Hauptman, Alban Berg, Enrico Caruso, Alexander Zemlinksy, Johannes Hollnsteiner, among others) 
George William Curtis"While we read history we make history."
George William Curtis
(02/24/1824 – 08/31/1892)
US writer 
Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel"Co-starring with Garbo hardly constituted an introduction."
Fredric March
(08/31/1897 – 04/14/1975)
US actor 
Arthur Godfrey"I'm proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is—I could be just as proud for half the money."
Arthur Godfrey
(08/31/1903 – 03/16/1983)
US actor 
William Saroyan"The role of art is to make a world which can be inhabited."
William Saroyan
(08/31/1908 – 05/18/1981)
US writer (was married to Carol Grace) 
Alan Jay Lerner"The female sex has no greater fan than I, and I have the bills to prove it."
Alan Jay Lerner
(08/31/1918 – 06/14/1986)
US lyricist (songwriting partner of Frederick Loewe; was married to Nancy Olson, among others) 
Leonard Hacker"I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You know why? While you're carrying a grudge, they're out dancing."
Buddy Hackett
(08/31/1924 – 06/30/2003)
US comic 
Eldridge Cleaver"You don't have to teach people how to be human. You have to teach them how to stop being inhuman."
Eldridge Cleaver
(08/31/1935 – 05/01/1998)
US activist 
Van Morrison"Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag."
Van Morrison
(08/31/1945 – )
Irish-US singer 
Richard Tiffany Gere"I don't want to be a personality."
Richard Gere
(08/31/1949 – )
US actor (was married to Cindy Crawford) 
Debbie Gibson"I am driven, even though I don't drive."
Debbie Gibson
(08/31/1970 – )
US singer 
"It is easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a cowboy to be an actor."
John Ford
(02/01/1895 – 08/31/1973)
US filmmaker 
Henry Moore"In my opinion, everything, every shape, every bit of natural form, animals, people, pebbles, shells, anything you like are all things that can help you to make a sculpture."
Henry Moore
(07/30/1898 – 08/31/1986)
English sculptor 
"The sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper,
set the clouds
to one great roof of flame
above the earth."

Elizabeth Coatsworth
(05/31/1893 – 08/31/1986)
US writer 
Diana Frances Spencer"There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded."
Princess Diana
(07/01/1961 – 08/31/1997)
English royalty (was married to Prince Charles) 
Lionel Hampton"Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God."
Lionel Hampton
(04/12/1908 – 08/31/2002)
US jazz great 

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