February 22 Birthdays

George Washington
Biography

Author Profession: first President of the United States
Born: 1732-02-22
Died: 1799-12-14

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George Washington

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
Drew Barrymore
Biography

Author Profession: US Actress
Born: 1975-02-22
Died: —

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Drew Barrymore

I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.
Kyle MacLachlan
Biography

Author Profession: US Actor
Born: 1959-02-22
Died: —

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Kyle MacLachlan

My workout is my meditation.
Steve Irwin
Biography

Author Profession: Australian Scientist
Born: 1962-02-22
Died: 2006-09-04

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Steve Irwin

Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.
Arthur Schopenhauer

Biography

Author Profession: German philosopher
Born: 1788-02-22
Died: 1860-09-21

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Arthur Schopenhauer

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
Robert Baden-Powell
Biography

Author Profession: English Soldier
Born: 1857-02-22
Died: 1941-01-08

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Robert Baden-Powell

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.
Amy Alcott
Biography

Author Profession: US Athlete
Born: 1956-02-22
Died: —

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Amy Alcott

Concentrate, play your game, and dont be afraid to win.
David Axelrod
Biography

Author Profession: US Public Servant
Born: 1955-02-22
Died: —

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David Axelrod

We dont want to go back to the same policies and the same practices that drove our economy into a ditch, that punished the middle class, and that led us to this catastrophe. We have to keep moving forward.
Dichen Lachman
Biography

Author Profession: Australian Actress
Born: 1982-02-22
Died: —

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Dichen Lachman

I dont know about everyone else, but I really loved lunch and recess because it was an opportunity to get carried away with your imagination.
Howard Bach
Biography

Author Profession: US Athlete
Born: 1979-02-22
Died: —

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Howard Bach

Coming in as a veteran, Id like to finish with a gold medal.
Hugo Ball
Biography

Author Profession: German Author
Born: 1886-02-22
Died: 1927-09-14

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Hugo Ball

The symbolic view of things is a consequence of long absorption in images. Is sign language the real language of Paradise?
Julie Walters
Biography

Author Profession: British Actress
Born: 1950-02-22
Died: —

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Julie Walters

I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors arent remembered for anything. I dont mind that.
Lea Salonga
Biography

Author Profession: Filipino Actress
Born: 1971-02-22
Died: —

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Lea Salonga

Love your enemies... its not always an easy tenet to live by... and I have more often than not been inclined to wish my enemies ill than well.
Morley Callaghan
Biography

Author Profession: Canadian Novelist
Born: 1903-02-22
Died: 1990-08-25

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Morley Callaghan

Im probably better known for boxing with Hemingway than for anything Ive written.
Nelson Bunker Hunt
Biography

Author Profession: US Businessman
Born: 1926-02-22
Died: 2014-10-21

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Nelson Bunker Hunt

People who know how much theyre worth arent usually worth that much.
Sean O'Faolain
Biography

Author Profession: Irish Writer
Born: 1900-02-22
Died: 1991-04-20

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Sean O'Faolain

There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen.
Sparky Anderson
Biography

Author Profession: US Coach
Born: 1934-02-22
Died: 2010-11-04

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Sparky Anderson

Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts, Ill win a pennant every year.
Terry Eagleton
Biography

Author Profession: English Critic
Born: 1943-02-22
Died: —

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Terry Eagleton

There is no way in which we can retrospectively erase the Treaty of Vienna or the Great Irish Famine. It is a peculiar feature of human actions that, once performed, they can never be recuperated. What is true of the past will always be true of it.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Biography

Author Profession: Poetry edit data Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet and playwright.
Born: 1892-02-22
Died: 1950-10-19

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Edna St. Vincent Millay

They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but I don't think it's possible for you to miss me as much as I'm missing you right now Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edward Gorey
Biography

Author Profession: Comics & Graphic Novels, Childrens Books edit data
Born: 1925-02-22
Died: 2004-04-15

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Edward Gorey

Books. Cats. Life is Good. Edward Gorey
Jules Renard

Biography

Author Profession: French writer
Born: 1864-02-22
Died: 1910-05-22

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Jules Renard

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
Eric Gill

Biography

Author Profession: English artist
Born: 1882-02-22
Died: 1940-11-17

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Eric Gill

The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist.
Luis Bunuel

Biography

Author Profession: Mexican filmmaker
Born: 1900-02-22
Died: 1983-07-29

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Luis Bunuel

Thank God, I am still an atheist.
Ishmael Reed

Biography

Author Profession: US writer
Born: 1938-02-22
Died: —

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Ishmael Reed

We learn about one another's culture the same way we learn about sex: in the streets.
Karen Mercury

Biography

Author Profession: US writer
Born: 1961-02-22
Died: —

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Karen Mercury

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