- Napoleon Bonaparte
(08/15/1769 – 05/05/1821)
Corsican emperor
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"The French complain of everything, and always."
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"The public is a bad guesser."
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"The air currents of the world never ventilated his mind."
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| "For an actress to be a success she must have the face of Venus, the brains of Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros." |  |
| "A woman can look both moral and exciting . . . if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle." |  |
"Many men would take the death-sentence without a whimper to escape the life-sentence which fate carries in her other hand."
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"Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday."
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| "Life itself is the proper binge." |  |
"I've been in show business my whole life. Why start something new now?"
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"I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos."
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"Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world."
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"If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?"
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| Born 08/14 | Born 08/15 | Born 08/16 | Birth Dates | |
| Died 08/14 | Died 08/15 | Died 08/16 | Death Dates |