Charles Lindbergh – 1902 – Aviator
“I owned the world that hour as I rode over it, free of the earth, free of the mountains, free of the clouds, but how inseparably I was bound to them.”
Byron Nelson – 1912- Golfer
“Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure.”
Rosa Lee Parks – 1913 – Civil Rights Activist
“Each person must live their life as a model for others.”
Woody Hayes – 1913 – Football Coach
“Any time you give a man something he doesn’t earn, you cheapen him.”
Norman Wisdom – 1915 – Comedian
“I’m still constantly thinking of ideas. I don’t feel 90. I think I’m about 12.”
Ray Evans – 1915 – Musician
“A rose must remain with the sun and the rain or its lovely promise won’t come true.”
Betty Friedan – 1921 – Activist (Betty Naomi Goldstein)
“Aging is not ‘lost youth’ but a new stage of opportunity and strength.”
Jane Bryant Quinn – 1939 – Journalist
“The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain.”
Dan Quayle – 1947 – Vice President of the United States
“I stand by all the misstatements that I’ve made.”
Alice Cooper – 1948 – Musician (Vincent Damom Furnier)
“If you’re listening to a rock star in order to get information on who to vote for, you’re a bigger moron than they are.”
Jonathan Larson – 1960 – Composer
“Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.”
Sergei Bubka – 1963 – Athlete
“I think that, generally, you need to live with your sport 24 hours a day.”
Rob Corddry – 1971 – Comedian
“I get all my comedy from CNN.”
Natalie Imbruglia – 1975 – Musician
“It’s good to have to put yourself in someone else’s skin. It’s all-consuming.”
Gavin DeGraw – 1977 – Musician
“But I’ve never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful.”
Carly Patterson Caldwell – 1988 – Olympic Gymnast
“I want to do it for myself. It’s my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can.”
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