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Author Profession: Ghanaian Statesman
Born: 1938-04-08
Died: —

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Quotes: Kofi Annan
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Kofi Annan

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

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Author Profession: US Scientist
Born: 1911-04-08
Died: 1997-01-08

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Melvin Calvin

For each of us who appear to have had a successful experiment there are many to whom their own experiments seem barren and negative.

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Author Profession: US First Lady (39)
Born: 1918-04-08
Died: 2011-07-08

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Betty Ford

My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be alcoholic?

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Author Profession: US actor
Born: 1968-04-08
Died: —

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Patricia Arquette

Neither of us entered marriage thinking it wouldn't be a strain. Life has strains in it, and he's the person I want to strain with.

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Author Profession: Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Born: 1955-04-08
Died: —

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Barbara Kingsolver

The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams

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Author Profession: US Actress
Born: 1980-04-08
Died: —

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Katee Sackhoff

I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. Im a lot more introspective than my characters.

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Author Profession: Norwegian skater, actress
Born: 1912-04-08
Died: 1969-10-12

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Sonja Henie

Jewelry takes people's minds off your wrinkles.

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Author Profession: German Philosopher
Born: 1859-04-08
Died: 1938-04-26

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Quotes: Edmund Husserl
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Edmund Husserl

Experience by itself is not science.

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Author Profession: US Celebrity
Born: 1949-04-08
Died: —

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Jim Lampley

I wear my wedding ring. We talk about when were going to get married again, which we hope is going to take place some time in this incredibly hectic calendar year.

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Author Profession: Nigerian Writer
Born: 1974-04-08
Died: —

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Quotes: Nnedi Okorafor
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Nnedi Okorafor

I go to the ocean to calm down, to reconnect with the creator, to just be happy.

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Author Profession: US Actor
Born: 1972-04-08
Died: —

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Quotes: Sung Kang
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Sung Kang

When I did Tokyo Drift, a lot of the philosophy that Han lived by I have actually gone through in my own life. As I got older, I realized that I really believe in those philosophies, like the importance of family.

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Author Profession: US actor
Born: 1905-04-08
Died: 1978-02-15

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Ilka Chase

I enjoyed your book. Who wrote it for you?