English: Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Beatrix Potter – 1866 – Author
“Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.”
Alice Duer Miller – 1874 – Poet
“Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one’s own despised and unwanted feelings.”
John Ashbery – 1927 – Poet
“The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.”
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy – 1929 – Author and Wife of President John Kennedy
“It takes an awful lot of effort to make everything look effortless.”
Robert Hughes – 1938 – Critic
“A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.”
Judy Martz – 1943 – Politician
“If you can’t do it and do it well, you can’t do it, period.”
Bill Bradley – 1943 – Athlete and Politician
“Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.”
Jacqueline Bouvier by David Berne in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Jim Davis – 1945 – Cartoonist
“Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.”
Vida Blue – 1949 – Baseball Player
“Sometimes in this game it’s as good to be lucky as it is to be good.”
Terry Fox – 1958 – Athlete
“I bet some of you feel sorry for me. Well don’t. Having an artificial leg has its advantages. I’ve broken my right knee many times and it doesn’t hurt a bit.”
Kevin Thomas – 1978 – Athlete
“As a leader, you’re supposed to be above reproach, and what that means is you can’t even give the appearance that you’re going to do something wrong.”
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