"All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends."
Dorothy Parker
(08/22/1893 06/07/1967)
US writer
"Poor people have the blues because they're poor and hungry. Rich people can't sleep at night because they're trying to hold on to their money and everything they have."
John Lee Hooker
(08/22/1915 06/21/2001)
US blues singer
"Haldeman is the only man in America in this generation who let his hair grow for a courtroom appearance."
Mary McGrory
(08/22/1919 04/21/2004)
US journalist
"Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down."
Ray Bradbury
(08/22/1920 )
US writer
"Men who are insecure about their masculinity often challenge me to fights."
Honor Blackman
(08/22/1925 )
English actor, on her role in "the Avengers"
"War is a profane thing."
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
(08/22/1934 )
US military
"Musically, I always allow myself to jump off of cliffs. At least that's what it feels like to me. Whether that's what it actually sounds like might depend on what the listener brings to the songs."
Tori Amos
(08/22/1963 )
US singer, songwriter
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Died 08/21
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