October 28 Birthdays

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Author Profession: US Businessman
Born: 1955-10-28

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Quotes: Bill Gates

Bill Gates

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they cant lose.

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Author Profession: US Actress
Born: 1967-10-28

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Quotes: Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts

I believe that two people are connected at the heart, and it doesnt matter what you do, or who you are or where you live, there are no boundaries or barriers if two people are destined to be together.

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Author Profession: Italian musician and singer-songwriter.
Born: 1963-10-28

Eros Ramazzotti

I tried to study accounting, but the numbers would just dance in my head. I only thought about music, music, music...

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Author Profession: US director, designer, programmer.
Best known as a co-founder of id Software and designer many games including Wolfenstein 3D, Dangerous Dave, Hexen, Doom and Quake.
Born: 1967-10-28

John Romero

I think the reason that I like so many different games is because I like the way my brain works when I'm playing games. It's more fun.

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Author Profession: US microbiologist
He discovered and developed one of the first successful polio vaccines.
Born: 1914-10-28
Died: 1995-06-23

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Quotes: Jonas Salk

Jonas Salk

Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.

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Author Profession: Iranian Statesman
Born: 1956-10-28

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Quotes: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites - lets say the sites around Iran - where they can easily engage in wide- scale contacts with others.

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Author Profession: US costume designer
Born: 1898-10-28
Died: 1981-10-24

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Quotes: Edith Head

Edith Head

Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.

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Author Profession: Literature & Fiction, Biography, Memoir
Born: 1903-10-28
Died: 1966-04-10

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Quotes: Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh

Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all. Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

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Author Profession: Danish Musician
Born: 1980-10-28

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Quotes: Agnes Obel

Agnes Obel

Feelings such as loneliness, longing or love are sometimes hard to put into words, maybe thats why we all love music, because it resonates with something we cant share.

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Author Profession: US Actor
Born: 1970-10-28

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Quotes: Ayad Akhtar

Ayad Akhtar

I see the American experience as being defined by the immigrant paradigm of rupture and renewal: rupture with the old world, the old ways, and renewal of the self in a bright but difficult New World.

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Author Profession: US Musician
Born: 1936-10-28

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Quotes: Charlie Daniels

Charlie Daniels

I just thank God I can make a living doing something I enjoy as much as I do playing music.

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Author Profession: US Actor
Born: 1978-10-28

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Quotes: David Walton

David Walton

The first movie that made me cry was Dead Poets Society. That one gets me. O Captain! My Captain! That moment kills me.

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Author Profession: English actor
Born: 1902-10-28
Died: 1986-12-26

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Quotes: Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester

She looked as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouthor anywhere else.

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Author Profession: US Musician
Born: 1987-10-28

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Quotes: Frank Ocean

Frank Ocean

We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor - got her masters with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.