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Catherine the Great – 1729 – Russian Royalty
“I praise loudly. I blame softly.”
Charlotte Bronte – 1816 – Author
“Look twice before you leap.”
John Muir – 1838 – Environmentalist
“Keep close to Nature’s heart … and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean!”
Georgia Harkness – 1891 – Theologian
“The tendency to turn human judgment into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.”
Rollo May – 1909 – Psychologist
“Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.”
Norman Parkinson – 1913 – Photographer
“The camera can be the most deadly weapon since the assassin’s bullet. Or it can be the lotion of the heart.”
Anthony Quinn – 1915 – Actor
“I didn’t intend to become an actor.”
Garrett Hardin – 1915 – Environmentalist
“No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means.”
John Mortimer – 1923 – Novelist
“There is always time for failure.”
Queen Elizabeth II – 1926 – British Royalty
“Grief is the price we pay for love.”
Robert Brustein – 1927 – Educator
“The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.”
Tom Flynn – 1931 – Celebrity
“Be sure you positively identify your target before you pull the trigger.”
Elaine May – 1932 – Director
“The only thing experience teaches you is what you can’t do. When you start, you think you can do anything. And then you start to get a little tired.”
Thomas H. Kean – 1935 – Politician
“Higher income taxes are a razor guillotine poised to descend on the bare neck of prosperity.”
James Dobson – 1936 – Psychologist
“Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built.”
Patti LuPone – 1949 – Musician
“Smile at a stranger. See what happens.”
Tony Danza – 1951 – Actor
“Don’t try too hard to be young. Be who you are.”
Andie MacDowell – 1958 – Actress
“I think women have an innate ability to be intuitive with the people that they truly love, but they have to trust that inner voice, and I think it is there. I think we are more intuitive than men.”
Robert Smith – 1959 – Musician
“Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That’s why I don’t think we’ll ever grow up.”
Jerry Only – 1959 – Musician
“If you really want something you just hang with it. We think our future’s ahead and not behind.”
Ed Belfour – 1965 – Professional Hockey Player
“I love proving people wrong.”
Michael Franti – 1967 – Musician
“Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form.”
Nicole Sullivan – 1970 – Actress
“Once you’re able to look like an idiot and be OK with it, it opens up your potential.”
Anwar Robinson – 1979 – Musician
“I’m trying to remain unfamous.”
James McAvoy – 1979 – Actor
“That’s the main thing that attracts me – characters who have big journeys. I like playing those people.”
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