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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – 1749 – Poet
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”
Umberto Giordano – 1867 – Composer
“Love forbids you not to love.”
Arthur Calwell – 1896 – Politician
“It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.”
Bruno Bettelheim – 1903 – Writer
“The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one’s children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them.”
John Betjeman – 1906 – Poet
“Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.”
Roger Tory Peterson – 1908 – Environmentalist
“Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we’ll soon be in trouble.”
Robertson Davies – 1913 – Novelist
“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”
Jack Vance – 1916 – Author
“A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone’s written the story. He’s supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the environment.”
Janet Frame – 1924 – Novelist
“Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition across the border to an unreal land: it is hours and years spent in the factories, the cathedrals of the imagination.”
Donald O’Connor – 1925 – Musician and Dancer
“Going up walls doing somersaults, that trick took a couple of days.”
Marvin Davis – 1925 – Businessman
“As men get older, the toys get more expensive.”
Ben Gazzara – 1930 – Actor
Astronaut Leroy Chiao, BS 1983, “first Asian-American and ethnic Chinese to perform a spacewalk” “Astronaut Bio – Leroy Chiao”. NASA. 2005-12 . . (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“I love awards, especially if I get them.”
David Soul – 1943 – Actor
“It’s only when gravity starts to take over you begin to think about your body.”
Rita Dove – 1952 – Poet
“When we are touched by something it’s as if we’re being brushed by an angel’s wings.”
Leroy Chiao – 1960 – Astronaut
“Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am a tinkerer by nature.”
Melissa Rosenberg – 1962 – Writer
“When I’m stuck in my writing, the world is amiss. If I’m eating a sandwich, it’s an unsettled sandwich. If I’m in the shower, it’s an incorrect shower. It’s profoundly uncomfortable. But it’s what keeps me pushing.”
Shania Twain – 1965 – Musician
“Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.”
Billy Boyd – 1968 – Actor
“My worst habit is whistling while I sleep.”
Sheryl Sandberg – 1969 – Businesswoman
“I want to tell any young girl out there who’s a geek, I was a really serious geek in high school. It works out. Study harder.”
Jason Priestley – 1969 – Actor
“You never appreciate your anonymity until you don’t have it anymore.”
Terrell Davis – 1972 – Athlete
“There is no such thing as sportsmanship.”
Jake Owen – 1982 – Musician
“I think if you just look at life in a positive way, positive things will happen.”
LeAnn Rimes – 1982 – Musician
“You can’t break what’s already broken.”
Samuel Larsen – 1991 – Actor
“One of the biggest things I learned was that it’s OK to be nervous and admit that you’re having a hard time.”
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