“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.”~Guillaume Apollinaire French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic Guillaume Apollinaire was born on this day in 1880.
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“Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.”~Jean Rhys British novelist Jean Rhys was born on this day in 1890.
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“And the propensity of weak and empty people to follow a leader into the darkness from which there is no return is still flourishing, as ever.”~Mary McGrory American journalist and columnist Mary McGrory was born on this day in 1918.
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“The Purpose of Time is to Prevent Everything from Happening at Once”~X. J. Kennedy American poet, translator, anthologist, editor, and author of children’s literature and textbooks on English literature and poetry X. J. Kennedy was born on this day in 1929.
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“You deserve whoever governs you… Everyone is responsible for the actions of their leaders.”~Greg Bear“The Venging: Stories”, p.14, Open Road Media (2014). American writer and illustrator Greg Bear was born on this day in 1951.
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“Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.”~John Dryden English poet, literary critic, translator, playwright, and England’s first Poet Laureate, John Dryden, was born on this day in 1631.
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“If you eat, you should be concerned about the people who are providing you with food.”~Eric Schlosser American investigative journalist and author Eric Schlosser was born on this day in 1959.
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“The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they’re right if you love to be with them all the time.”~Julia Child American chef, author, and television personality Julia Child was born on this day in 1912.
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“I believe that natural history has lost much by the vague general treatment that is so common.”~Ernest Thompson Seton Canadian-American author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 (renamed Woodcraft League of America), and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 1910 Ernest Thompson Seton was born … Continue reading Random Quote for August 14, 2024
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“Now all we need is to continue to speak the truth fearlessly, and we shall add to our number those who will turn the scale to the side of equal and full justice in all things.”~Lucy Stone American orator, abolitionist, and suffragist Lucy Stone was born on this day in 1818.
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