- William Seward
(05/16/1801 – 10/10/1872)
US Secretary of State
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"No man will ever be President of the United States who spells Negro with two Gs."
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| "That nonchalant attempt of Eve's to fashion garments from leaves was not, as you have heard, inspired by shame at being unattired." |
| "I can understand that memory must be selective, else it would choke on the glut of experience. What I cannot understand is why it selects what it does." |
| "I've been close to Bette Davis for thirty-eight years—and I have the cigarette burns to prove it." |  |
"John Gielgud is so camp! When he took home the Oscar for 'Arthur,' he said, 'Just what I've always wanted—a naked man in my rumpus room.'"
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| "It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful." |  |
| "If it wasn't for [pimps, prostitutes, hustlers, gangsters, and gamblers] there wouldn't be no jazz! They supported the club owners who bought the music. It wasn't the middle-class people who said 'Let's go hear Charlie Parker tonight.'" |  |
"Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence."
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"When Solomon said that there was a time and a place for everything he had not encountered the problem of parking an automobile."
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"I don't see myself as the Hunk of the Month."
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"I have a thing with the camera. The lens is unconditional. It doesn't judge you."
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| Died 05/15 | Died 05/16 | Died 05/17 | Death Dates |