Hellman, on jacket of her autobiography An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Anna Letitia Barbauld – 1743 – Poet
“The dead of midnight is the noon of thought.”
Charles W. Chesnutt – 1858 – Novelist
“There’s time enough, but none to spare.”
Giorgio Morandi – 1890 – Artist
“Everything is a mystery, ourselves, and all things both simple and humble.”
Lillian Hellman – 1905 – Dramatist
“People change and forget to tell each other.”
Errol Flynn – 1909 – Actor
“It isn’t what they say about you, it’s what they whisper.”
Aime Cesaire – 1913 – Poet
“Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence of scientific knowledge.”
Orlando Aloysius Battista – 1917 – Scientist
“An error doesn’t become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.”
Chet Atkins – 1924 – Musician
Errol Flynn (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Once you become predictable, no one’s interested anymore.”
Audie Murphy – 1924 – Soldier
“Lead from the front.”
Eric Dolphy – 1928 – Musician
“When you hear music, after it’s over, it’s gone, in the air. You can never capture it again.”
Olympia Dukakis – 1931 – Actress
“Winning is everything in Hollywood.”
Wendy Craig – 1934 – Actress
“One rose says more than a dozen.”
Audie Murphy, highly decorated 3rd Infantry Division officer who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism during the fighting in the Bois de Riedwihr. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Lionel Richie – 1949 – Musician
“Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we can go home, or we fight through it.”
Paul Muldoon – 1951 – Poet
“For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry.”
John Goodman – 1952 – Actor
“TV is the best babysitter.”
Robert Craig – 1953 – Author
“I love the fact that you collaborate with your readers when you write a book.”
Robert Rodriguez – 1968 – Director
“Creative people are notoriously the slowest to adopt new technology.”
Josh Lucas – 1971 – Actor
“Always do something different. Always different things.”
Sandra Oh – 1971 – Actress
“Becoming an actor? If it’s not a calling, don’t do it. It’s too hard.”
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