- Rene Descartes
(03/31/1596 – 02/01/1650)
French philosopher
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"Of all things, good sense is the most fairly distributed: everyone thinks he is so well supplied with it that even those who are the hardest to satisfy in every other respect never desire more of it than they already have."
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"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts—for support rather than for illumination."
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| "The possession of muscular strength and the courage to use it in contests with other men for physical supremacy does not necessarily imply a lack of appreciation for the finer and better things of life." |  |
"Deserve your dream."
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"A careful driver is one who honks his horn when he goes through a red light."
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"If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance."
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"Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women from laughing at them."
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"Well, television is what it is. Let's face it. I had done 25 motion pictures prior to The Partridge Family and nobody knew my name."
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| "When I grew up, being gay, being a sissy or anything like that was verboten. I disliked myself intensely and feared this part of myself intensely and had to hide it and became 'Perfect Richard, All-American Boy' as a place to hide." |  |
| "A lie was something that hadn't happened but might just as well have." |  |
| "A new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces More commonly it's modeled of baling wire and acne. More commonly it wheezes and tips over." |
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"Bear costumes are funny... Bears as well."
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"A leopard never changes his stripes."
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"I'm sick and tired of people saying that we put out 11 albums that sound exactly the same. In fact, we've put out 12 albums that sound exactly the same."
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| Born 03/30 | Born 03/31 | Born 04/01 | Birth Dates | |
| Died 03/30 | Died 03/31 | Died 04/01 | Death Dates |