July 8 Birthdays

Jean de la Fontaine

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Author Profession: French writer
Born: 1621-07-08
Died: 1695-04-13

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Jean de la Fontaine

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
Kevin Bacon

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Author Profession: US Actor
Born: 1958-07-08
Died: —

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Kevin Bacon

I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I dont think thats only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that.
Anna Quindlen

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Author Profession: US Journalist
Born: 1953-07-08
Died: —

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Anna Quindlen

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.
Anjelica Huston

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Author Profession: US actor
Born: 1951-07-08
Died: —

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Anjelica Huston

Of course drugs were fun. And that's what's so stupid about anti-drug campaignsthey don't admit that.
John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

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Author Profession: US gazillionaire
Born: 1839-07-08
Died: 1937-05-23

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John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
Nelson Rockefeller

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Author Profession: US zillionaire, Governor (NY), Vice President (41)
Born: 1908-07-08
Died: 1979-01-26

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Nelson Rockefeller

The chief problem with lower income farmers is poverty.
Erin Morgenstern

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Author Profession: Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Born: 1978-07-08
Died: —

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Erin Morgenstern

The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones. Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
Barbara Ann Radnofsky

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Author Profession: US Politician
Born: 1956-07-08
Died: —

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Barbara Ann Radnofsky

As taxpayers, we pay our elected officials to serve the people and protect our state and our interests.
Billy Eckstine

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Author Profession: US Musician
Born: 1914-07-08
Died: 1993-03-08

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Billy Eckstine

Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pittsburgh when he came through there, he heard me sing and he wanted me to come to Chicago.
Jeffrey Tambor

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Author Profession: US Actor
Born: 1944-07-08
Died: —

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Jeffrey Tambor

I remember going to Bob Prestons dressing room because I was losing a laugh - as you do in a long run. He said, Give me the script. Thats where youre going off the road. Thats comedy. Its never the line itself, its in the foundation.
Marty Feldman

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Author Profession: English Comedian
Born: 1933-07-08
Died: 1982-12-02

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Marty Feldman

The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.
Milo Ventimiglia

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Author Profession: US Actor
Born: 1977-07-08
Died: —

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Milo Ventimiglia

Sometimes Im an ass, sometimes Im sweet as peaches.
Richard Aldington

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Author Profession: English Writer
Born: 1892-07-08
Died: 1962-07-27

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Richard Aldington

Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill.
Roone Arledge

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Author Profession: US Journalist
Born: 1931-07-08
Died: 2002-12-05

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Roone Arledge

But unlike the setup in most organizations, where theres an administrator on top and creative people or doers underneath, Im basically a doer and I like to have administrative people underneath me.
Tony Kaye

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Author Profession: British Director
Born: 1952-07-08
Died: —

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Tony Kaye

Ive come up through art school, through painting, through graphic design, through advertising, through TV commercials and music video. Ive designed books, built billboards, matchbooks, corporate identities. I continuously paint, Ive done conceptual art pictures.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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Author Profession: Nonfiction, Health, Mind & Body edit data
Born: 1926-07-08
Died: 2004-08-24

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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Fitz-Greene Halleck

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Author Profession: US writer
Born: 1790-07-08
Died: 1867-11-19

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Fitz-Greene Halleck

I cannot spare the luxury of believing that all things beautiful are what they seem.
Kathe Kollwitz

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Author Profession: German artist
Born: 1867-07-08
Died: 1945-04-22

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Kathe Kollwitz

No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.
Philip Johnson

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Author Profession: US architect
Born: 1906-07-08
Died: 2005-01-25

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Philip Johnson

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.
George Romney

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Author Profession: US governor (MI)
Born: 1907-07-08
Died: 1995-07-26

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George Romney

I didn't say that I didn't say it, I said that I didn't say that I said it. I want to make that very clear.
Louis Jordan

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Author Profession: US bandleader, rock'n'roller
Born: 1908-07-08
Died: 1975-02-04

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Louis Jordan

With my little band, I did everything they did with a big band. I made the blues jump.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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Author Profession: Swiss psychiatrist
Born: 1926-07-08
Died: 2004-08-24

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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.
Senator Phil Gramm

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Author Profession: US Senator
Born: 1942-07-08
Died: —

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Senator Phil Gramm

Half the world does not know the joys of wearing cotton underwear.
A. Whitney Brown

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Author Profession: US writer, humorist
Born: 1952-07-08
Died: —

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A. Whitney Brown

I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants.
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