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Who Shares Your Day and What Did They Say? This is a collection of thought-provoking quotations for each day of the year by people who share YOUR birthday!

November 13

on November 13, 2013
English: Photograph of author Robert Louis Ste...

English: Photograph of author Robert Louis Stevenson (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Charles Simon Favart – 1710 Dramatist

“Every citizen is king under a citizen king.”

William Shenstone – 1714- Poet

“A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.”

Edwin Booth – 1833 – Actor

“When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart.”

Robert Louis Stevenson – 1850 – Writer

“A friend is a gift you give yourself.”

Louis D. Brandeis – 1856 – Lawyer

“There is no great writing, only great rewriting.”

Thomas Head Raddall – 1903 – Writer

“Don’t brood on what’s past, but never forget it either.”

Eva Zeisel – 1906 – Designer

“I am a maker of useful things.”

Garry Marshall – 1934 – Director

“There’s no better satisfaction than writing.   I feel that writing is the best and everything else comes with it.”

Jean Seberg – 1938 – Actress

“Money doesn’t buy happiness.  But happiness isn’t everything.”

George V. Higgins – 1939 – Novelist

“Egotism:  The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.”

Howard Wilkinson – 1943 – Coach

“If they hadn’t scored, we would’ve won.”

English: Eva Zeisel, Hungarian industrial desi...

English: Eva Zeisel, Hungarian industrial designer, potter and centenarians. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Amory Lovins – 1947 – Scientist

“I’m a practitioner of elegant frugality.  I don’t feel comfortable telling other people what to do, so I just try and lead by example.”

Whoopi Goldberg – 1949 – Actress (Caryn Elaine Johnson)

“I don’t have pet peeves; I have while kennels of irritation.”

Frances Conroy – 1953 – Actress

“As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face.  If you deny that, you deny your heritage.”

Scott McNealy – 1954 – Businessman

“Get the best people and train them well.”

Jimmy Kimmel – 1967 – Celebrity

“I describe myself as a human being.”

Jordan Bridges – 1973 – Actor

“You can discover great things through ‘mistakes.'”


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