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"A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it."

George MacDonald
(12/10/1824 – 09/18/1905)
Scottish writer, minister

"They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse."

Emily Dickinson
(12/10/1830 – 05/15/1886)
US poet

"I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results."

Alfred Nobel
(10/21/1833 – 12/10/1896)
Swedish chemist

"On a sofa upholstered in panther skin
Mona did researches in original sin."

William Plomer
(12/10/1903 – 09/21/1973)
S. African-English writer

"I hesitate to get into the gutter with this guy."

Chet Huntley
(12/10/1911 – 03/20/1974)
US telejournalist , on Spiro T. Agnew

"I felt like a wonderful sandwich, a slice of white bread between two slices of ham."

Dorothy Lamour
(12/10/1914 – 09/22/1996)
US actor , just glamour without the 'g', on working with Hope and Crosby in the "Road" movies

"Finishing schools are nicely adapted machines for experimenting on the question, 'Into how little space a human being can be crushed?' I have seen some souls so compressed that they would have fitted into a small thimble, and found room to move."

Olive Schreiner
(03/24/1855 – 12/10/1920)
South African writer

"Happiness is a Chinese meal; sorrow is a nourishment forever."

Carolyn Kizer
(12/10/1925 – )
US writer

"We ride through life on the beast within us. Beat the animal, but you can't make it think."

Luigi Pirandello
(06/28/1867 – 12/10/1936)
Italian playwright

"I'm just a foul-mouthed Brit."

Kenneth Branagh
(12/10/1960 – )
Irish actor

"It's not like being in a band is all that fun or anything."

J. Mascis
(12/10/1965 – )
US musician (Dinosaur, Jr.)

"The NRA is not pro-gun, they’re anti-varmint."

Greg Giraldo
(12/10/1965 – 09/29/2010)
US comic

"Men have never been good, they are not good, they never will be good."

Karl Barth
(05/10/1886 – 12/10/1968)
Swiss theologian

"My girlfriend still doesn't know why her sweaters are always stretched out."

Ed Wood
(10/10/1924 – 12/10/1978)
US director, writer

"One becomes more interested in a job of work after the first impulse to drop it has been overcome."

Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
(05/08/1895 – 12/10/1979)
US religious guy

"I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven."

Jascha Heifetz
(02/02/1901 – 12/10/1987)
Russia-born US violinist

"I love to play; a stage is a safe place for me to be. It's not that way for most folks, but I'd be lost without it."

Rick Danko
(12/29/1942 – 12/10/1999)
Canadian bassist (The Band)

"Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and stupid enough to think it's important."

Eugene McCarthy
(03/29/1916 – 12/10/2005)
US senator (MN), presidential candidate

"It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused."

Richard Pryor
(12/01/1940 – 12/10/2005)
US comic, actor

"Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood."

Augusto Pinochet
(11/25/1915 – 12/10/2006)
Chilean dictator

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