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"There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself."

Johann Sebastian Bach
(03/21/1685 – 07/28/1750)
German composer

"Give me a room whose every nook
is dedicated to a book."

Robert Southey
(08/12/1774 – 03/21/1843)
English writer

"He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool—shun him.
He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple—teach him.
He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep—wake him.
He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise—follow him."

Isabel Burton
(03/20/1831 – 03/21/1896)
English writer (was married to Richard Francis Burton; died near her birthday)

"In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime."

Phyllis McGinley
(03/21/1905 – 02/22/1978)
US writer

"Sports is the toy department of human life."

Howard Cosell
(03/21/1918 – 04/23/1995)
US sportscaster

"I'm a serial bigamist."

Russ Meyer
(03/21/1946 – 09/18/2004)
US director , on his third marriage (he meant "polygamist," of course)

"I don't think I've drunk one since I've left the Bond movies. Every bar you go in, there's always some wisecrack, 'Oh, yours will be a Martini, shaken, not stirred!' You get sick and tired of that."

Timothy Dalton
(03/21/1946 – )
English actor

"We're given a code to live our lives by. We don't always follow it, but it's still there."

Gary Oldman
(03/21/1958 – )
English actor (was married to Uma Thurman)

"I slip from workaholic to bum real easy."

Matthew Broderick
(03/21/1962 – )
US actor (married to Sarah Jessica Parker)

"I see myself as Rhoda, not Mary Tyler Moore."

Rosie O'Donnell
(03/21/1962 – )
US actor

"I've had small parts in big pictures and big parts in small pictures."

Candy Darling
(11/24/1944 – 03/21/1974)
US actor

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