Italo Svevo – 1861 – Businessman
“There are three things I always forget. Names, faces and . . . the third I can’t remember.”
Minnie Maddern Fiske – 1865 – Actress
“Above all, ignore the audience.”
Eleanor Porter – 1868 – Novelist
“My relationship with ‘Pollyanna’ is a very personal one, because Pollyanna got me through my childhood.”
Carter G. Woodson – 1875 – Historian
“Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.”
Ford Frick – 1894 – Journalist
“Avoid sarcasm. Don’t insist on the last word.”
Ralph Richardson – 1902 – Actor
“Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.”
H. Allen Smith – 1907 – Journalist
“The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists.”
Jean Genet – 1910 – Dramatist
“Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth, would be to have been young and never dreamed at all.”
Edith Piaf – 1915 – Singer
“Singing is a way of escaping. It’s another world. I’m no longer on earth.”
Cicely Tyson – 1933 – Actress
“Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew.”
Richard Leakey – 1944 – Environmentalist
“To investigate the history of man’s development, the most important finds are, of course, hominid fossils.”
Tim Reid – 1944 – Actor
“Just having hope ain’t going to cut it. You’ve got to have hope, passion and skills.”
Alice Barrett – 1956 – Actress
“So every single day, I found something to be grateful for and that’s a powerful lesson.”
Reggie White – 1961 – Athlete
“God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.”
Richard Hammond – 1969 – Entertainer
“I like to think that my arrogance, impetuosity, impatience, selfishness and greed are the qualities that make me the lovable chap I am.”
Alyssa Milano – 1972 – Actress
“A big part of life is realizing what you’re good at.”
Brandon Sanderson – 1975 – Writer
“The more limitations you put on a character, often times the better a character you’ll make them, the more interesting the story becomes because the character can’t simply wave a hand and make something happen. They have to work within the framework.”
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