April 22 Birthdays

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Author Profession: German Philosopher
Born: 1724-04-22
Died: 1804-02-12

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Immanuel Kant

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

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Author Profession: Russian Leader
Born: 1870-04-22
Died: 1924-01-21

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Vladimir Lenin

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament.

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Author Profession: US Actor
Born: 1937-04-22
Died: —

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Jack Nicholson

I always knew there wasnt going to be anybody to help me and emotionally support me, that whatever I did Id have to do on my own.

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Author Profession: US Novelist
Born: 1899-04-22
Died: 1977-07-02

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Quotes: Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

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Author Profession: English writer
Born: 1707-04-22
Died: 1754-10-08

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Quotes: Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.

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Author Profession: US Model
Born: 1923-04-22
Died: 2008-12-11

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Quotes: Bettie Page

Bettie Page

I was never the girl next door.

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Author Profession: US Actress
Born: 1926-04-22
Died: 2018-08-05

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Quotes: Charlotte Rae

Charlotte Rae

You can take wonderfully talented actors, wonderfully talented writers and producers, and, uh, do a wonderful show!... but if it doesnt hit with the public in two minutes, its bye-bye.

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Author Profession: English Philosopher
Born: 1967-04-22
Died: —

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Quotes: David J. C. MacKay

David J. C. MacKay

When the Industrial Revolution started, the amount of carbon sitting underneath Britain in the form of coal was as big as the amount of carbon sitting under Saudi Arabia in the form of oil, and this carbon powered the Industrial Revolution, it put the Great in Great Britain, and led to Britains temporary world domination.

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Author Profession: Actor
Born: 1908-04-22
Died: 2005-05-26

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Quotes: Eddie Albert

Eddie Albert

Courage is just fear plus prayers plus understanding.

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Author Profession: US Actor
Born: 1971-04-22
Died: —

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Quotes: Eric Mabius

Eric Mabius

Being able to laugh at a situation can help you hang on to your perspective. And theres an intimacy in laughter that nothing else can come close to.

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Author Profession: Italian Philosopher
Born: 1942-04-22
Died: —

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Quotes: Giorgio Agamben

Giorgio Agamben

Those who are truly contemporary are those who neither perfectly coincide with their time nor adapt to its demands... Contemporariness, then, is that relationship with time that adheres to it through a disconnection.

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Author Profession: US Musician
Born: 1936-04-22
Died: —

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Quotes: Glen Campbell

Glen Campbell

I like to start the day early, it keeps me out of trouble.

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Author Profession: Cuban Novelist
Born: 1929-04-22
Died: 2005-02-21

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Quotes: Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

You are just in the middle of a struggle with words which are really very stubborn things, with a blank page, with the damn thing that you use to write with, a pen or a typewriter, and you forget all about the reader when you are doing that.

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Author Profession: US Politician
Born: 1964-04-22
Died: —

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Quotes: James Langevin

James Langevin

Id like to see a comprehensive gun control bill brought to the floor, but if we have to do it in several votes, thats fine, too. But give us the vote. Let us make our case to our colleagues on the floor and have a vote.

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Author Profession: US Author
Born: 1887-04-22
Died: 1951-07-05

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Quotes: James Norman Hall

James Norman Hall

Remote villages and communities have lost their identity, and their peace and charm have been sacrificed to that worst of abominations, the automobile.

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Author Profession: US Designer
Born: 1930-04-22
Died: 2017-07-20

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Quotes: Kenneth Jay Lane

Kenneth Jay Lane

My mother, when I told her I was going into the jewelry business said, Kenneth, dont tell anyone.

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Author Profession: US Journalist
Born: 1952-04-22
Died: —

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Quotes: Larry Elder

Larry Elder

Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system.

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Author Profession: Austrian Psychologist
Born: 1884-04-22
Died: 1939-10-31

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Quotes: Otto Rank

Otto Rank

The new meaning of soul is creativity and mysticism. These will become the foundation of the new psychological type and with him or her will come the new civilization.

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Author Profession: English Poet
Born: 1816-04-22
Died: 1902-09-06

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Quotes: Philip James Bailey

Philip James Bailey

Respect is what we owe, love, what we give.

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Author Profession: Entertainment edit data John Samuel Waters, Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, personality, visual artist and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films: Pink Flamingos and Hairspray. He is recognizable by his pencil-thin moustache.
Born: 1946-04-22
Died: —

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Quotes: John Waters