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"The care of souls cannot belong to the civil magistrate."

John Locke
(08/29/1632 – 10/28/1704)
English philosopher

"A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world."

Abigail Smith Adams
(11/11/1744 – 10/28/1818)
US First Lady (2) (was married to John Adams, mother of John Quincy Adams, grandmother of Charles Francis Adams; see other US First Ladies)

"Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady."

Edith Head
(10/28/1898 – 10/24/1981)
US costume designer (died near her birthday)

"She looked as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth—or anywhere else."

Elsa Lanchester
(10/28/1902 – 12/26/1986)
English actor (was married to Charles Laughton) , on Maureen O’Hara

"Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next."

Jonas Salk
(10/28/1914 – 06/23/1995)
US microbiologist

"I spent twelve years training for a career that was over in a week. Joe Namath spent one week training for a career that lasted twelve years."

Bruce Jenner
(10/28/1949 – )
US Olympic athlete

"Microsoft was founded with a vision of a computer on every desk, and in every home. We've never wavered from that vision."

Bill Gates
(10/28/1955 – )
US zillionaire

"Just how long can you go without knowing about anything before your head collapses inwards?"

Steve Pond
(10/28/1960 – )
English musician, photographer, pal of the quotekeeper

"I wouldn't do nudity in films. For me, personally... To act with my clothes on is a performance; to act with my clothes off is a documentary."

Julia Roberts
(10/28/1967 – )
US actor (was married to Lyle Lovett)

"Even the police have an unlisted number."

Morey Amsterdam
(12/14/1908 – 10/28/1996)
US actor , on the exclusivity of Beverly Hills

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