(In this country [England], it is thought well to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.)"
- Jean Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
(11/21/1694 – 05/30/1778)
French philosopher
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| "Dans ce pays-ci il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres. (In this country [England], it is thought well to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.)"
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"The best is the best, though a hundred judges have declared it so."
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"Considering that his hair is like that of a gollywog and his clothes noticeable the other end of Trafalgar Square, this is an odd assertion."
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"Friends are God's apology for relations."
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| "A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender." |
"Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor."
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| "To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons." |
"Never face facts; if you do you'll never get up in the morning."
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"I thought they was paddin' the payrolls or something. I didn't realize they were using five piano players and six guitar guys cause it was something they dug."
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"Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it."
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"There are only three ages for women in Hollywood—Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy."
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"All we had ever heard about record company people was that they were vampires and criminals and they killed Elvis Presley."
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"I don't worry about the past. The homers will take care of the future. And that will make the present okay."
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| Born 11/20 | Born 11/21 | Born 11/22 | Birth Dates | |
| Died 11/20 | Died 11/21 | Died 11/22 | Death Dates |