- Rachel Donelson Jackson
(06/15/1767 – 12/22/1828)
US first lady (7) (married to Andrew Jackson; see other US first ladies)
| Born 12/21 | Born 12/22 | Born 12/23 | Birth Dates | |
| Died 12/21 | Died 12/22 | Died 12/23 | Death Dates |
"Believe me, this country [Florida] has been greatly overrated. One acre of our fine Tennessee land is worth a thousand here."
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"I wish her characters would talk a little less like the heroes and heroines of police reports."
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"I have had more trouble with myself than with
any other man."
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| "Being a Negro writer these days is a racket and I'm going to make the most of it while it lasts. About twice a year I sell a story. It is acclaimed. I am a genius in the making. Thank God for this Negro literary renaissance. Long may it flourish!" |
| "White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there." |  |
"All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. . . . Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest."
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"All quitters are good losers."
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"Slap some keys on her and we'll have a piano."
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"Imagine the ball has little legs, and chop them off."
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"If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window."
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| "As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion." |  |
"The quality of debate [in the House of Lords] is pretty high—and it is, I think, good evidence of life after death."
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| "I don't like saying, 'You're a punk and you're not.' There was a record out there called 'Ca Plane pour Moi' by Plastic Bertrand, right? And I guarantee you if I had to play it for you right now you'd go, 'Right! That is rockin!' Now, if you were to say to any sort of purist punk, 'This is a good punk record,' they'd get completely enraged. But Plastic Bertrand, whoever he was, compressed into that three minutes a bloody good record that will get any comatose person toe-tapping, you know what I mean? By purist rules, it's not allowed to even mention Plastic Bertrand. Yet, this record was probably a lot better than a lot of so-called punk records. " |  |
| Born 12/21 | Born 12/22 | Born 12/23 | Birth Dates | |
| Died 12/21 | Died 12/22 | Died 12/23 | Death Dates |