November 20 Birthdays

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Author Profession: US Vice President (47)
Born: 1942-11-20
Died: —

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Quotes: Joe Biden

Joe Biden

The vice-presidency is not a job designed to enhance your standing.

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Author Profession: US royalty
Born: 1925-11-20
Died: 1968-06-06

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Quotes: Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy

One-fifth of the people are against everything all of the time.

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Author Profession: US actress, model and singer.
Born: 1970-11-20

Angelica Bridges

The world is constantly looking at you as if you're under a microscope. That can put a lot of pressure on any human being.

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Author Profession: US astronomer who played a crucial role in establishing the field of extragalactic astronomy and is generally regarded as one of the most important observational cosmologists of the 20th century.
Born: 1889-11-20
Died: 1953-09-28

Edwin Hubble

Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.

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Author Profession: Canadian actress.
Born: 1976-11-20
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Laura Harris

Music loud, I can't help but wiggle a bit and I think that movement finds its way into the paintings... I can see it in the strokes.

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Author Profession: US film and television actress, best known for playing Wade Welles in the science fiction series Sliders and Natalie Hurley in the ABC sitcom Sports Night.
Born: 1970-11-20
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Sabrina Lloyd

You can over analyze anything. I constantly have to tell myself, 'Sabrina, stop thinking.' There are people who are just analytical. It's part of your gene makeup, or too much caffeine.

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Author Profession: US Writer
Born: 1945-11-20
Died: —

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Quotes: Deborah Eisenberg

Deborah Eisenberg

Politics is a matter of human transaction. I consider absolutely everything political, because all fiction involves relationships between people, and relationships between people always include matters of power, of equity, of communication.

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Author Profession: US Musician
Born: 1965-11-20
Died: —

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Quotes: Mike D

Mike D

Wine is similar to music in that its a purely experiential realm, and its a purely subjective practice. Thats sort of the funny thing about wine criticism or, for that matter, music criticism. At times, those are useful guides, but ultimately its all about how you react to that music or wine.

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Author Profession: US Actress
Born: 1978-11-20
Died: —

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Quotes: Nadine Velazquez

Nadine Velazquez

Really hairy backs on men turn me off. Im not into the ape thing at all. Or beer bellies and flabby arms, either. Also, one random nose hair which is longer than the others... thats gross.

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Author Profession: Magic Realism, Fiction, Childrens Books
Born: 1858-11-20
Died: 1940-03-06

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Quotes: Selma Lagerlof

Selma Lagerlof

Nothing on earth can make up for the loss of one who has loved you. Selma Lagerlof

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Author Profession: US Journalist
Born: 1934-11-20
Died: 2006-10-04

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R. W. Apple, Jr.

Mr. Reagan spent World War II, the global conflict fought and won by his generation, making training films in Hollywood.

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Author Profession: Australian Actor
Born: 1988-11-20
Died: —

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Quotes: Rhys Wakefield

Rhys Wakefield

I got to learn what does and doesnt work on screen. Because the turnaround is so fast, theres no messing around. You have to be on the ball.

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Author Profession: Literature & Fiction
Born: 1923-11-20
Died: 2014-07-13

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Quotes: Nadine Gordimer

Nadine Gordimer

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is. Nadine Gordimer

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Author Profession: US Businessman
Born: 1968-11-20
Died: —

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Quotes: David Einhorn

David Einhorn

Both poker and investing are games of incomplete information. You have a certain set of facts and you are looking for situations where you have an edge, whether the edge is psychological or statistical.

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Author Profession: US social reformer
Born: 1884-11-20
Died: 1968-12-19

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Quotes: Norman Thomas

Norman Thomas

If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag, wash it.

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Author Profession: English cultural commentator
Born: 1908-11-20
Died: 2004-03-29

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Quotes: Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke

A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it.

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Author Profession: US artist
Born: 1918-11-20
Died: 1986-09-18

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Quotes: Sister Corita Kent

Sister Corita Kent

Get picked while you're fresh as dew. Bubble in Hunt's seven spices until you're bursting with flower. Sparkle and shine in a bright new bottle, until some smart hamburger teams up with you. Then people will never forget you. You'll be ketchup with the big tomato taste. Hunts.

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Author Profession: US actor
Born: 1919-11-20
Died: 2008-07-04

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Quotes: Evelyn Keyes

Evelyn Keyes

I always took up with the man of the momentand there were many such moments.

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Author Profession: US singer
Born: 1935-11-20
Died: 1986-10-23

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Quotes: Esquirita

Esquirita

I was in Dallas with my backup band and a beautician, and a white woman done fainted! She looked at me and said 'Lawdy', and down she went. I asked 'How come she fainted? I don't look that bad, do I?' and they said 'Esquirita, it's the first time they've seen anything like you.'