November 17 Birthdays

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Author Profession: US actor, comedian, producer and director.
Born: 1944-11-17
Died:

Danny DeVito

There are two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone who won't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Biography

Author Profession: French actor
Born: 1966-11-17
Died: —

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Quotes: Sophie Marceau

Sophie Marceau

What is heeleven? thirteen? I could play his nanny.

Biography

Author Profession: Japanese engineer and industrialist.
He established Honda Motor Co.
Born: 1906-11-17
Died: 1991-08-05

Soichiro Honda

There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes 'Raise the sail with your stronger hand', meaning you must go after the opportunities that arise in life that you are best equipped to do.

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Author Profession: French inventor of airtight food preservation. Appert, known as the "father of canning", was a confectioner.
Born: 1749-11-17
Died: 1841-06-01

Nicolas Appert

Appert is renowned as the originator of the modern process of thermal sterilization of foods in sealed containers, which led to the development of the canning industry.

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Author Profession: German mathematician and theoretical astronomer.
Born: 1790-11-17
Died: 1868-09-26

August Ferdinand Mobius

Biography

Author Profession: Literature & Fiction
Born: 1492-11-17
Died: 1553-02-18

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Quotes: Francois Rabelais

Francois Rabelais

I go to seek a Great Perhaps. Francois Rabelais

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Author Profession: US Actress
Born: 1976-11-17
Died: —

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Quotes: Diane Neal

Diane Neal

The vast majority of A.D.A.s put everything on the line to make sure justice is served. Thats what I love about prosecutors and the New York police.

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Author Profession: US Model
Born: 1944-11-17
Died: —

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Quotes: Lauren Hutton

Lauren Hutton

There are plenty of beautiful girls who dont photograph well.

Biography

Author Profession: US actor
Born: 1925-11-17
Died: 1985-10-02

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Quotes: Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson

Why don't you put that in the headline: 'He Only Did Three With Doris!' Set a lot of people straight.

Biography

Author Profession: Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Born: 1983-11-17
Died: —

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Quotes: Christopher Paolini

Christopher Paolini

Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life. Christopher Paolini, Eragon

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Author Profession: US Composer
Born: 1930-11-17
Died: —

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Quotes: David Amram

David Amram

That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or anyone who creates anything - people want to be appreciated for what they have done.

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Author Profession: Swedish Author
Born: 1953-11-17
Died: —

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Quotes: Eva Gabrielsson

Eva Gabrielsson

Im not violent, I dont believe in killing people, but standing up for yourself, speaking out against injustice, is another form of vengeance.

Biography

Author Profession: US Activist
Born: 1878-11-17
Died: 1939-06-19

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Quotes: Grace Abbott

Grace Abbott

Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the treatment for the social disease of poverty, you will have both poverty and child labor to the end of time.

Biography

Author Profession: US Politician
Born: 1934-11-17
Died: 2024-07-09

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Quotes: James Inhofe

James Inhofe

People are, well, only human. We know that. The rule of law is borne out in identifying, condemning, and punishing those who violate the standards on which we all agree. This is exactly what we do in America.