- John Dalberg Acton
(01/10/1834 – 06/19/1902)
English historian
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"The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern."
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| "Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market; or the precipice." |  |
| "Practical people would be more practical if they would take a little more time for dreaming." |
"The American drummer is a one-man percussion orchestra."
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| "I am constantly asked why I never made other films after "There's No Business Like Show Business," the answer is I was never asked." |  |
| "Rock'n'roll was two pegs below being a prisoner of war back then." |  |
"The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language."
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"Today the biggest decisions I make aren't related to the heavyweight title. They are whether I visit McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, or Jack-in-the-Box."
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| "I'll never be mistaken for Pat Boone." |  |
"I would like to see all people who read pornography or have anything to do with it put in a mental hospital for observation so we could find out what we have done to them."
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"Listening to me has ruined a lot of other singers. A lot of singers who have tried to sound like me, they sound like they're going through so much pain."
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"As jazz fans, it was amusing for us to play jazz harmonies on these big, ugly electric guitars."
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| "Most chick singers say 'If you hurt me, I'll die'...I say, 'if you hurt me, I'll kick your ass.'" |  |
| "I think that the indefinable space between happy and sad is the most moving and compelling place for an artist to be. If there's anything I consistently strive for, it's a melancholy limbo." |  |
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| Died 01/09 | Died 01/10 | Died 01/11 | Death Dates |