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"If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him."

Cardinal Richelieu
(09/05/1585 – 12/04/1642)
French minister, clergy

"I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women."

King Louis XIV
(09/05/1638 – 09/01/1715)
French monarch (died near his birthday)

"Any of my indiscretions were with people, not actresses."

Daryl F. Zanuck
(09/05/1902 – 12/22/1979)
US film director

"One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions."

Arthur Koestler
(09/05/1905 – 03/03/1983)
Hungarian writer

"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of old ones."

John Cage
(09/05/1912 – 08/12/1992)
US composer

"I don't know any other business that tells you not to go in and buy their product."

Jack Valenti
(09/05/1921 – 04/26/2007)
US chairman (MPAA) , on movie ratings

"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'."

Bob Newhart
(09/05/1929 – )
US comic actor

"Ride the horse in the direction that it's going."

Werner Erhard
(09/05/1935 – )
US cult founder ("est")

"I was asked to come to Chicago because Chicago is one of our fifty-two states."

Raquel Welch
(09/05/1940 – )
US actor

"When I saw the dancing chicken, I knew I would create a grand metaphor—for what, I don't know."

Werner Herzog
(09/05/1942 – )
German actor , on the ending of "Stroszek"

"If I didn't do this well, I just wouldn't have anything to do...I can't cook, and I'd be a terrible housewife."

Freddy Mercury
(09/05/1946 – 11/24/1991)
Tanzanian singer (Queen)

"Food, love, career, and mothers, the four major guilt groups."

Cathy Guisewite
(09/05/1950 – )
US cartoonist ("Cathy")

"Yeah, I had to change my name because there were two other actors registered at Equity with that name. One of them is doing quite well from what I understand, the other is making cheap porn movies... like 'Basic Instinct'."

Michael Keaton
(09/05/1951 – )
US actor , on his given name (Michael John Douglas)

"There is great love, but our lifestyle difference is, unfortunately, even greater."

Rose McGowan
(09/05/1973 – )
Italian-US actor , on breaking up with Marilyn Manson

"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much."

Mother Teresa
(08/27/1910 – 09/05/1997)
Macedonian religious leader

"Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else."

Heywood Hale Broun
(03/10/1918 – 09/05/2001)
US actor

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