“The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can INSPIRE and CHALLENGE one another TO BE BETTER.”~Kobe Bryant American professional basketball player Kobe Bryant was born on this day in 1978.
“The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can INSPIRE and CHALLENGE one another TO BE BETTER.”~Kobe Bryant American professional basketball player Kobe Bryant was born on this day in 1978.
“Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It's the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps.”~Sharon Draper American children's writer and professional educator Sharon Draper was born on this day in 1948.
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”~H. P. Lovecraft American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction H. P. Lovecraft was born on this day in 1890.
“Let us be the ancestors our descendants will thank.”~Winona LaDuke American economist, environmentalist, writer and industrial hemp grower Winona LaDuke was born on this day in 1959.
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”~Elinor Smith Pioneering American aviator Elinor Smith was born on this day in 1911.
“A library is a place full of mouth-watering food for thought.”~Diana Wynne Jones English novelist, poet, academic, literary critic, and short story writer Diana Wynne Jones was born on this day in 1934.
“Don't make decisions out of fear. They never get yo anywhere you want to go.”~Danielle Steel American romance novelist Danielle Steel was born on this day in 1947.
“There is something more important than logic: imagination.”~Alfred Hitchcock English-American film director, producer, and screenwriter Alfred Hitchcock was born on this day in 1899.
“Adversity is the true school of the mind.”~Katharine Lee Bates American professor and author Katharine Lee Bates was born on this day in 1859.
“The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class—it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity.”~Anna Julia Cooper American author, educator, sociologist, speaker, Black liberation activist, and United States historian Anna Julia Cooper was born on this day in 1858.
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