October 16 Birthdays

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Author Profession: US actor
Born: 1958-10-16

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Quotes: Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins

If you ever write about my family again, I will (expletive) find you and I will (expletive) hurt you.

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Author Profession: Irish Dramatist
Born: 1854-10-16
Died: 1900-11-30

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Quotes: Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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Author Profession: Primary founder of the State of Israel and the first Prime Minister of Israel.
Born: 1886-10-16
Died: 1973-12-01

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David Ben Gurion

Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs.

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Author Profession: Indian actress, director, producer, dancer and politician.
Born: 1948-10-16
Died: —

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Hema Malini

Akasha is a Sanskit word for 'primary substance' which pertains the quality of light in a person"s spiritual and physical senses.

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Author Profession: US Actress
Born: 1925-10-16

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Quotes: Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

Mystery is something that appeals to most everybody.

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Author Profession: Czech-Austrian philosopher, journalist, and Marxist theoretician.
Born: 1854-10-16
Died: 1938-10-17

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Karl Kautsky

The war brought things to a head, exposing the utter falsity and rottenness of Kautskyism from its very first day.

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Author Profession: Brazilian Businessman
Born: 1959-10-16

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Quotes: David Neeleman

David Neeleman

Of course, we should all be aware of what were packing in our carry-on luggage - anything that might be considered dangerous could be confiscated at a security checkpoint.

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Author Profession: US Dramatist
Born: 1888-10-16
Died: 1953-11-27

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Quotes: Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill

I am so far from being a pessimist...on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life.

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Author Profession: US Astronaut
Born: 1956-10-16

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Quotes: James Newman

James Newman

The most painful thing about mathematics is how far away you are from being able to use it after you have learned it.

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Author Profession: US Actor
Born: 1980-10-16

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Quotes: Jeremy Jackson

Jeremy Jackson

When in doubt, throw it out.

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Author Profession: Algerian Philosopher
Born: 1918-10-16
Died: 1990-10-23

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Quotes: Louis Althusser

Louis Althusser

Ideology... is indispensable in any society if men are to be formed, transformed and equipped to respond to the demands of their conditions of existence.

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Author Profession: US Theologian
Born: 1928-10-16

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Quotes: Mary Daly

Mary Daly

Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution.

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Author Profession: US Scientist
Born: 1979-10-16
Died: 2007-07-24

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Quotes: Matt Nagle

Matt Nagle

For a while I was thinking about moving the mouse with my hand.

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Author Profession: Australian Athlete
Born: 1973-10-16

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Quotes: Rob Machado

Rob Machado

The best meal Ive had was in Tavarua, an island in Fiji. It was just before sunset. A bunch of guys had just caught all this yellow fin tuna, they literally brought this huge wooden table down to the sand, pulled the tuna from the boat, dropped it on top of the table, pulled the skin off and sliced the tuna up.