“I always like to challenge myself. I never want to be put into a box.”~Lionel Richie American singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor Lionel Richie was born on this day in 1949.
“I always like to challenge myself. I never want to be put into a box.”~Lionel Richie American singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor Lionel Richie was born on this day in 1949.
“But with writers, there's nothing wrong with melancholy. It's an important color in writing.”~Paul McCartney English singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and record and film producer Paul McCartney was born on this day in 1942.
“Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn't have the personality of a politician. We don't see the world that simply.”~Joyce Carol Oates American writer Joyce Carol Oates was born on this day in 1938.
“MY four years were drawing to a close. They had been years of patient endurance and hard and persistent work, interspersed with bright oases of happiness and gladness and joy, as well as weary barren wastes of loneliness, isolation, unhappiness, and melancholy. I believe I have discharged--I know I have tried to do so--every duty … Continue reading Random Quote for June 15, 2020
“Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable.”~Paul Lynde American comedian, voice artist, game show panelist and actor Paul Lynde was born on this day in 1926.
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”~Anne Frank German-Dutch diarist Anne Frank was born on this day in 1929.
“Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn't make sense not to use both.”~Jeannette Rankin Jeannette Rankin, the first woman to hold federal office in the United States, was born on this day in 1880.
“Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.”~Joan Rivers American comedian, actress, writer, producer, and television host Joan Rivers was born on this day in 1933.
“Everyone has a rock bottom.”~Prince American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, actor, and filmmaker Prince was born on this day in 1958.
“I greatly fear some of America's greatest and most dangerous enemies are such as think themselves her best friends.”~Nathan Hale American Revolutionary War soldier and spy Nathan Hale was born on this day in 1755.
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