February 3 Birthdays

Morgan Fairchild
Biography

Author Profession: US Actress
Born: 1950-02-03
Died: —

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Morgan Fairchild

What triggered a migraine for me may have no effect on someone else. For many people, coffee can relieve symptoms somewhat, but for me it was a trigger. You really have to find out what affects you individually.
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Biography

Author Profession: Widely known as Felix Mendelssohn was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period.
Born: 1809-02-03
Died: 1847-11-04

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Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn

Ever since I began to compose, I have remained true to my starting principle: not to write a page because no matter what public, or what pretty girl wanted it to be thus or thus; but to write solely as I myself thought best, and as it gave me pleasure.
Nathan Lane
Biography

Author Profession: US Actor
Born: 1956-02-03
Died: —

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Nathan Lane

Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.
Walter Bagehot
Biography

Author Profession: English Author
Born: 1826-02-03
Died: 1877-03-24

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Walter Bagehot

An ambassador is not simply an agent, he is also a spectacle.
Blythe Danner
Biography

Author Profession: US Actress
Born: 1943-02-03
Died: —

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Blythe Danner

My theory in anything you do is to keep exploring, keep digging deeper to find new stuff.
Daddy Yankee
Biography

Author Profession: US Musician
Born: 1977-02-03
Died: —

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Daddy Yankee

I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
Fran Tarkenton
Biography

Author Profession: US Athlete
Born: 1940-02-03
Died: —

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Fran Tarkenton

Ignoring facts does not make them go away.
Hamilton E. James
Biography

Author Profession: US Businessman
Born: 1951-02-03
Died: —

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Hamilton E. James

I went to Harvard College and determined right away when I was a junior that I was unemployable, since I think I applied to 300 jobs and didnt get any of them, so I decided that I would stay in school and go to Harvard Business school, and thats my background.
Jose Antonio Vargas
Biography

Author Profession: Filipino Journalist
Born: 1981-02-03
Died: —

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Jose Antonio Vargas

A broken immigration system means broken families and broken lives.
Kenneth Anger
Biography

Author Profession: US Author
Born: 1930-02-03
Died: —

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Kenneth Anger

Nobody in America, in the modern generation, has read their mythology or legends.
Larry MacPhail
Biography

Author Profession: US Businessman
Born: 1890-02-03
Died: 1975-10-01

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Larry MacPhail

Day baseball is now dead for all practical purposes. Sooner or later, the game will be played in its entirety at night, and as Ive said before, then baseball will be squarely in the amusement, the entertainment business along with wrestling, midget auto racing and the trotting tracks.
Paul Auster
Biography

Author Profession: US Author
Born: 1947-02-03
Died: —

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Paul Auster

The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways were not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.
Sarah Kane
Biography

Author Profession: English Playwright
Born: 1971-02-03
Died: 1999-02-20

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Sarah Kane

I have no interest in trying to manipulate peoples emotions or opinions.
Horace Greeley
Biography

Author Profession: US writer
Born: 1811-02-03
Died: 1872-11-29

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Horace Greeley

This Daniel Boone business is about played out.
Elizabeth Blackwell
Biography

Author Profession: English-US physician (first female MD)
Born: 1821-02-03
Died: 1910-05-31

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Elizabeth Blackwell

If society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled.
Robert Cecil
Biography

Author Profession: British PM (37)
Born: 1830-02-03
Died: 1903-08-22

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Robert Cecil

Virtue consisted in avoiding scandal and venereal disease.
Gertrude Stein
Biography

Author Profession: US writer
Born: 1874-02-03
Died: 1946-07-29

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Gertrude Stein

Anyone who marries three girls from St. Louis hasn't learned much.
Hodding Carter II
Biography

Author Profession: US journalist
Born: 1907-02-03
Died: 1972-04-04

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Hodding Carter II

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.
James A. Michener
Biography

Author Profession: US writer
Born: 1907-02-03
Died: 1997-10-16

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James A. Michener

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home. You are like a pebble thrown into water, you become wet on the surface, but are never part of the water.
Simone Weil
Biography

Author Profession: French mystic
Born: 1909-02-03
Died: 1943-08-24

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Simone Weil

Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors, who when their turn comes, will manufacture professors.
Joey Bishop
Biography

Author Profession: US comic, actor, TV host
Born: 1918-02-03
Died: 2007-10-17

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Joey Bishop

My doctor is wonderful. Once, in 1955, when I couldn't afford an operation, he touched up the X-rays.
Victor Buono
Biography

Author Profession: US actor
Born: 1938-02-03
Died: 1982-01-01

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Victor Buono

Being on 'Batman' allowed me to do something we actors are taught never to do: overact.
Melanie Safka
Biography

Author Profession: US singer, songwriter
Born: 1947-02-03
Died: —

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Melanie Safka

There's nothing nicer than singing an unnecessary peace song.
Maura Tierney
Biography

Author Profession: US actor
Born: 1965-02-03
Died: —

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Maura Tierney

I have so many insecurities they fight for prominence.
Vlade Divac
Biography

Author Profession: Yugoslavian basketball player
Born: 1968-02-03
Died: —

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Vlade Divac

We all get heavier as we get older because there's a lot more information in our heads.
Warwick Ashley Davis

Biography

Author Profession: English actor, television presenter, writer, director and producer.
Born: 1970-02-03
Died:

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Warwick Ashley Davis

Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because you've undergone a total transformation.
Michael Cimino

Biography

Author Profession: US film director, screenwriter, producer and author.
Born: 1939-02-03
Died: 2016-07-02

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Michael Cimino

I don't make movies intellectually, I don't make movies to make a point, I make movies to tell stories about people.

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