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"She was built for crowds. She has never come any closer to life than the dinner table."

Janet Flanner
(03/13/1892 – 11/07/1978)
US journalist , on Elsa Maxwell

"The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory."

Paul Fix
(03/13/1901 – 10/14/1983)
US actor

"I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process."

Benjamin Harrison
(08/20/1833 – 03/13/1901)
US President (23) (see all US Presidents)

"I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of."

Clarence Darrow
(04/18/1857 – 03/13/1938)
US lawyer

"If two New Hampshire men aren't a match for the devil, we might as well give the country back to the Indians."

Stephen Vincent Benet
(07/22/1898 – 03/13/1943)
US writer

"Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood."

William H. Macy
(03/13/1950 – )
US actor (married to Felicity Huffman)

"Men should not be forced to wear pants when it's not cold."

Adam Clayton
(03/13/1960 – )
Irish bassist (U2) (also see Bono) , on posing nude for an 'Achtung Baby' photo

"If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear."

Ivo Andric
(10/09/1892 – 03/13/1975)
Bosnian writer

"Not nearly as exciting as it would be if I were acknowledged as one of the greatest lays in the world."

Maureen Stapleton
(06/21/1925 – 03/13/2006)
US actor , on winning an Oscar for Reds, and how it felt to be recognized as one of the greatest actresses in the world

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