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"Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think."

Emma Goldman
(06/27/1869 – 05/14/1940)
Russian anarchist

"It's 'nough to titter w'en de/stew is smokin' hot,
But it's mighty he'd to giggle we'n/dey's nuffin' in de pot."

Paul Laurence Dunbar
(06/27/1872 – 02/09/1906)
US writer

"Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare."

Harriet Martineau
(06/12/1802 – 06/27/1876)
English journalist

"The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next."

Helen Keller
(06/27/1880 – 06/01/1968)
US writer

"So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us."

Gaston Bachelard
(06/27/1884 – 10/16/1962)
French philosopher, writer

"Play is the work of children. It's very serious stuff."

Captain Kangaroo
(06/27/1927 – 01/23/2004)
US entertainer

"Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart."

H. Ross Perot
(06/27/1930 – )
US gazillionaire, presidential contender

"You fought the good fight. You were in it right up to the beginning."

Bruce Babbitt
(06/27/1938 – )
US Secretary of Interior

"I wonder sometimes if manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things."

Alan Coren
(06/27/1938 – 10/18/2007)
British writer

"The Method is Judeo-Christian: if you go through pain, you can't miss. Rubbish. I'm more interested in the box itself than what's in it. How vs. why."

Isabelle Adjani
(06/27/1955 – )
French actor

"No meal served with wine is ever spoiled—you can always dispense with the food."

Simon Michalak
(06/27/1964 – )
English lighting manager and chum of the quotekeeper

"Stay humble. Always answer the phone—no matter who else is in the car."

Jack Lemmon
(02/08/1925 – 06/27/2001)
US actor

"For 15 years, we always thought we would last as long as our last record contract."

John Entwistle
(10/09/1944 – 06/27/2002)
English bassist, singer, songwriter (The Who)

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