Mahalia Jackson, 16 April. 1962 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Desiderius Erasmus – 1466 – Philosopher
“Prevention is better than cure.”
John C. Geikie – 1824 – Minister
“Our character is but the stamp on our souls of the free choices of good and evil we have made through life.”
C. P. Scott – 1846 – Journalist
“Television? The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it.”
Napoleon Hill – 1883 – Author
“Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.”
Mahalia Jackson – 1911 – Musician
“Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.”
Francois Mitterrand – 1916 – French Statesman
“A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.”
Pat Conroy – 1945 – Writer
“Without music, life is a journey through a desert.”
Pat Sajak – 1946 – Entertainer
“Sometimes you just stumble into something that works, and here I am a quarter of a century later.”
Hillary Clinton – 1947 – Senator and Secretary of State
“You show people what you’re willing to fight for when you fight for your friends.”
Jaclyn Smith – 1947 – Actress
“Angels are like diamonds. They can’t be made, you have to find them. Each one is unique.”
Julian Schnabel – 1951 – Artist
“My compulsion is to create things.”
Andrew Motion – 1952 – Poet
“I’m also a great believer in the dream life; that while we’re asleep, a deep subconscious connection is made about our profoundest fears, hopes, loves, losses, dreads, and desires.”
Stephen Carter – 1954 – Lawyer
“Teaching civility is an obligation of the family.”
Julie Dawn Cole – 1957 – Actress
“You can’t be a grown-up woman and not like chocolate.”
Rita Wilson – 1958 – Actress
“Awareness is empowering.”
Dylan McDermott – 1961 – Actor
“As an actor, you always have to reinvent yourself or you end up in the gutter somewhere. It’s my job to always change people’s minds. I’ve known that for a long time and I’ve had to do it.”
Natalie Merchant – 1963 – Musician
Keith Urban (Photo credit: Frank Roche)
“I can’t remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you’re writing.”
Kelly Rowan – 1965 – Actress
“Who really cares what a celebrity thinks on a given issue?”
Keith Urban – 1967 – Musician
“Getting on the bus and touring was my life. And when that was not around, I felt myself a bit lost at times, because that was all I had.”
Seth MacFarlane – 1973 – Cartoonist
“The only problem is time.”
Rosemarie DeWitt – 1974 – Actress
“I don’t want to put a pause on the rest of my life; I’m really enjoying getting older and the wisdom that comes from that.”
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