February 14 Birthdays

Jules Asner
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Author Profession: US Model
Born: 1968-02-14

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Jules Asner

Youve got loves of your life and breakups of your life, that kind of thing. They leave a mark. It stays with you, a bad aftertaste.
Teller
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Author Profession: US Entertainer
Born: 1948-02-14

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Teller

Onstage, I find absolutely nothing but exhilaration in not talking.
Frederick Douglass
Biography

Author Profession: Biography, Civil Rights Influences
Born: 1818-02-14
Died: 1895-02-20

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Frederick Douglass

Once you learn to read, you will be forever free. Frederick Douglass
Edmond About
Biography

Author Profession: French Novelist
Born: 1828-02-14
Died: 1885-01-16

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Edmond About

Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.
Alan Parker
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Author Profession: British Director
Born: 1944-02-14

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Alan Parker

Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie.
Eugene Fama
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Author Profession: US Economist
Born: 1939-02-14

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Eugene Fama

Economies typically do not function well in hyperinflation. The real value of government debt might disappear, but the economy is likely to disappear with it.
George Jean Nathan
Biography

Author Profession: US Editor
Born: 1882-02-14
Died: 1958-04-08

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George Jean Nathan

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.
Jake Lacy
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Author Profession: US Actor
Born: 1985-02-14

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Jake Lacy

I look like an accountant. And no offense to accountants! Theres some really cool accountants out there.
Kevyn Aucoin
Biography

Author Profession: US Artist
Born: 1962-02-14
Died: 2002-05-07

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Kevyn Aucoin

Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.
Leon Battista Alberti
Biography

Author Profession: Italian Architect
Born: 1404-02-14
Died: 1472-04-25

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Leon Battista Alberti

The city is like a great house, and the house in its turn a small city.
Nick Lampson
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Author Profession: US Politician
Born: 1945-02-14

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Nick Lampson

But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.
Richard Neal
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Author Profession: US Politician
Born: 1949-02-14

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Richard Neal

It is easy to talk about tax simplification, and we all know it is very difficult to accomplish, but for the last three Congresses, I have offered a tax simplification bill that would include a paid-for repeal of alternative minimum tax.
Stelios Haji-Ioannou
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Author Profession: British Businessman
Born: 1967-02-14

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Stelios Haji-Ioannou

When I opened the worlds largest Internet cafe, certified by the Guinness Book of Records, in Times Square in New York, I was live on Good Morning America, and for me, that was an achievement.
Thomas Malthus

Biography

Author Profession: English economist
Born: 1766-02-14
Died: 1834-12-29

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Thomas Malthus

The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes.
Israel Zangwill

Biography

Author Profession: English writer
Born: 1864-02-14
Died: 1926-08-01

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Israel Zangwill

The way Bernard Shaw believes in himself is very refreshing in these atheistic days when so many people believe in no God at all.
Jack Benny

Biography

Author Profession: US comic
Born: 1894-02-14
Died: 1974-12-27

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Jack Benny

A scout troop consists of twelve little kids dressed like schmucks following a big schmuck dressed like a kid.
Thelma Ritter

Biography

Author Profession: US actor
Born: 1905-02-14
Died: 1969-02-04

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Thelma Ritter

When a man and a woman see each other and like each other they ought to come togetherwhamlike a couple of taxis on Broadway, not sit around analyzing each other like two specimens in a bottle.
Jimmy Hoffa

Biography

Author Profession: US union leader
Born: 1913-02-14
Died: 1975-07-30

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Jimmy Hoffa

I may have my faults, but being wrong isn't one of them.
Gregory Hines

Biography

Author Profession: US dancer, actor
Born: 1946-02-14
Died: 2003-08-09

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Gregory Hines

I don't remember not dancing. When I realized I was alive and these were my parents, and I could walk and talk, I could dance.
Meg Tilly

Biography

Author Profession: Canadian actor
Born: 1960-02-14

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Meg Tilly

I have nothing intelligent to say.

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