Margot Fonteyn in Ashton’s Ondine, whose title role was created for her. This official postcard of her was autographed. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Omar Khayyam – 1048 – Poet
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
Bertrand Russell – 1872 – Philosopher, Logician, and Mathematician
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt.”
Walter Gropius – 1883 – Architect
“Architecture begins where engineering ends.”
Frank Capra – 1897 – Director
“A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.”
Fred Perry – 1909 – Athlete
“Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.”
Perry Como – 1912 – Musician
“For the amount of talent I had – and I couldn’t dance, act, or tell a joke – I enjoyed a tremendous career.”
Eddy Arnold – 1918 – Musician
“Don’t be afraid to fall flat on your face.”
Margot Fonteyn – 1919 – Dancer
“Take your work seriously, but never yourself.”
Pope John Paul II – 1920 – Clergyman
“An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.”
Don Martin – 1931 – Cartoonist
“There’s always been physical suffering in comedy.”
Dwayne Hickman – 1934 – Actor
English: Pope John Paul II on 12 August 1993 in Denver (Colorado) Polski: Papież Jan Paweł II 12 sierpnia 1993 roku w Denwer (Colorado) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“You can never spend enough time with children.”
Brooks Robinson – 1937 – Athlete
“If you’re not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he’ll be ready to take your job.”
Andreas Katsulas – 1946 – Actor
“You’re only as good as you are now – not as good as you were before.”
Reggie Jackson – 1946 – Athlete
“A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.”
George Strait – 1952 – Musician
“You know, traditional country music is something that’s going to be around forever.”
Diane Duane – 1952 – Writer
“What I try to do for my readers is to pass on some of the things that I found out about being thirteen after doing it for forty years.”
Chow Yun-Fat – 1955 – Actor
“As an actor we’re just like workers in a factory, we provide our services to directors.”
Yannick Noah – 1960 – Athlete
“I believe Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.”
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