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"There's no hate lost between us."

Thomas Middleton
(04/18/1580 – 07/04/1627)
English writer

"For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse."

Samuel Richardson
(08/19/1689 – 07/04/1761)
English writer

"We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death."

Nathaniel Hawthorne
(07/04/1804 – 05/18/1864)
US writer

"The four most miserable years of my life."

John Adams
(10/30/1735 – 07/04/1826)
US President (2), VP (1) (was married to Abigail Smith Adams, father of John Quincy Adams, grandfather of Charles Francis Adams; see all US Presidents, VPs) , on the presidency

"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without a rebellion."

Thomas Jefferson
(04/13/1743 – 07/04/1826)
US President (3), VP (2) (see all US Presidents, VPs)

"Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will."

James Monroe
(04/28/1758 – 07/04/1831)
US President (5) (see all US Presidents)

"An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate."

Francois Rene de Chateaubriand
(09/04/1776 – 07/04/1848)
French writer

Woman: "I've made a bet with a friend that I can get you to say at least three words this evening. What do you say to that?"
Calvin Coolidge: "You lose."
(07/04/1872 – 01/05/1933)
US President (30) (see all US Presidents)

"How can you practice dancing in an airplane? There's a law against it."

George Murphy
(07/04/1902 – 05/03/1992)
US dancer, actor, Senator (CA)

"It's not music, it's a disease."

Mitch Miller
(07/04/1911 – 07/31/2010)
US bandleader, A&R director , on rock'n'roll

"The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead."

Ann Landers
(07/04/1918 – 06/22/2002)
US advice columnist (sister of Abigail van Buren)

"It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister."

Abigail van Buren
(07/04/1918 – )
US advice columnist

"Only the little people pay taxes."

Leona Helmsley
(07/04/1920 – 08/20/2007)
US real estate salesperson, heiress, felon

"It looks different when you're sober. I thought I had twice as much furniture."

Neil Simon
(07/04/1927 – )
US playwright

"Sophia Loren plays peasants. I play ladies."

Gina Lollobrigida
(07/04/1928 – )
Italian actor

"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood."

Marie Curie
(11/07/1867 – 07/04/1934)
French scientist

"Never take a job where winter winds can blow up your pants."

Geraldo Rivera
(07/04/1943 – )
US TV person

"I was the first actress in the family, and I am still the only actress in the family. I shouldn't be saying it, but it slipped out!"

Eva Gabor
(02/11/1921 – 07/04/1995)
Hungarian actor (sister of Zsa Zsa)

"The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines."

Charles Kuralt
(09/10/1934 – 07/04/1997)
US telejournalist

"I'm very fortunate to have a career that has lasted as long as it has. Did I think it would last this long? No way!"

Barry White
(09/12/1944 – 07/04/2003)
US singer

"My legacy will be up to others to describe."

Jesse Helms
(10/18/1921 – 07/04/2008)
US senator (NC) , legacy of racism, intolerance, thickheadedness (Jesse's the older boy on the left)

"I have often wondered what my life would have been like if I had needed a size thirty-eight bra instead of a modest thirty-four."

Evelyn Keyes
(11/20/1919 – 07/04/2008)
US actor (was married to Charles Vidor, John Huston, and Artie Shaw)

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