December 17 Birthdays

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Author Profession: German Composer
Born: 1770-12-17
Died: 1827-03-26

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Quotes: Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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Author Profession: Argentinian Clergyman
Born: 1936-12-17

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Quotes: Pope Francis

Pope Francis

A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.

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Author Profession: Russian model, actor
Born: 1975-12-17

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Milla Jovovich

How did you like the birds?

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Author Profession: US actor and producer.
Born: 1974-12-17
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Giovanni Ribisi

We went to - I guess it was a legitimate boiler room, and I sat in front of this guy who literally was on the phone with two people at once. They call it double fisting.

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Author Profession: US character actor best known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series.
Born: 1945-12-17
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Ernie Hudson

When I finally decided that my only hope was to go to college, I took an acting class, and once I walked onstage, I just knew I was home.

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Author Profession: Cherokee actor and film producer from Nofire Hollow in Oklahoma.
Born: 1947-12-17
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Wes Studi

I'm Cherokee, and there were times when social expansion was something that is needed by a cultural group or a national group.

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Author Profession: Russian television presenter, television personality, beauty queen, singer, actress, fashion designer, and retired police officer.
Born: 1977-12-17
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Oxana Fedorova

Whoever saw me before can say I did not put on seven kg. And of course, I am not pregnant, I dream of becoming a mother, and maybe I will it would be wonderful, but not now.

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Author Profession: US actress, producer, model. She is best known for her roles as Marita Covarrubias in The X-Files.
Born: 1969-12-17
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Laurie Holden

I think women are amazing and women's friendships are like a sisterhood and we should see more of it in television and film.

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Author Profession: US actor
Born: 1953-12-17

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Quotes: Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman

Oh, great. This is going to be like shooting baskets with Magic Johnson watching.

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Author Profession: English Actress
Born: 1965-12-17

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Quotes: Juliet Aubrey

Juliet Aubrey

I dont want to be the next anyone. Im just me.

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Author Profession: Canadian Actor
Born: 1931-12-17
Died: 2014-01-16

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Quotes: Dave Madden

Dave Madden

I found fame to be somewhat of a prison. The more famous you were, the smaller the cell that you had to live in.

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Author Profession: US Soldier
Born: 1760-12-17
Died: 1827-04-29

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Quotes: Deborah Sampson

Deborah Sampson

My mind became agitated with the enquiry - why a nation, separated from us by an ocean more than three thousand miles in extent, should endeavor to enforce on us plans of subjugation, the most unnatural in themselves, unjust, inhuman in their operations, and unpractised even by the uncivilized savages of the wilderness?

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Author Profession: US Businessman
Born: 1980-12-17

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Quotes: Eli Pariser

Eli Pariser

I think its easier than ever to hear only what you want to hear. That doesnt make a good citizen.

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Author Profession: Indian Actor
Born: 1972-12-17

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Quotes: John Abraham

John Abraham

I make films from the heart. I want to concentrate on the job of doing great and honest performances, and Im gonna get better with every performance of mine, with every film of mine.

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Author Profession: Australian Businessman
Born: 1937-12-17
Died: 2005-12-26

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Quotes: Kerry Packer

Kerry Packer

The good news is theres no devil. The bad news is theres no heaven. Theres nothing.

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Author Profession: Filipino Athlete
Born: 1978-12-17

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Quotes: Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao

Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but Im not treating my opponent like my enemy. Were doing a job to entertain people.

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Author Profession: English Athlete
Born: 1973-12-17

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Quotes: Paula Radcliffe

Paula Radcliffe

Its important that athletes can compete on a level playing field. And youngsters coming into the sport can know that if they are working hard and training hard, theyll see a true reflection of where they stand and what they can achieve worldwide and not be swayed by people who are cheating.

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Author Profession: US Director
Born: 1956-12-17

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Quotes: Peter Farrelly

Peter Farrelly

I know this is silly, its shallow, its bad, I wish I wasnt this way-but if I meet a girl with no teeth, I just dont want to date her. Its creepy of me, I wish I was a bigger person, but thats my real turn-off.

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Author Profession: US Writer
Born: 1915-12-17
Died: 2014-02-05

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Quotes: Robert A. Dahl

Robert A. Dahl

Ironically, the very fact that democracy has such a lengthy history has actually contributed to confusion and disagreement, for democracy has meant different things to different people at different times and places.

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Author Profession: US Author
Born: 1978-12-17

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Quotes: Sarah MacLean

Sarah MacLean

There is perhaps no more rewarding romance heroine than she who is not expected to find love. The archetype comes in many disguises - the wallflower, the spinster, the governess, the single mom - but always with one sad claim: Love is not in her cards.

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Author Profession: New Zealander Educator
Born: 1908-12-17
Died: 1984-04-28

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Quotes: Sylvia Ashton-Warner

Sylvia Ashton-Warner

As the blackness of the night recedes so does the nadir of yesterday. The child I am forgets so quickly.

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Author Profession: Canadian Author
Born: 1796-12-17
Died: 1865-08-27

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Quotes: Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mothers love.

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Author Profession: US writer, grammarian
Born: 1929-12-17
Died: 2009-09-27

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Quotes: William Safire

William Safire

Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.

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Author Profession: English chemist (discovered laughing gas, bless him)
Born: 1778-12-17
Died: 1829-05-29

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Quotes: Sir Humphrey Davy

Sir Humphrey Davy

The finest collection of frames I ever saw.

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Author Profession: US writer
Born: 1807-12-17
Died: 1892-09-07

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Quotes: John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier

He never seemed to be doing anything, and yet he did not like to be disturbed at it.

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Author Profession: Scottish evangelist, writer
Born: 1851-12-17
Died: 1897-03-11

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Quotes: Henry Drummond

Henry Drummond

Therefore keep in the midst of life. Do not isolate yourself. Be among men and things, and among troubles, and difficulties, and obstacles.

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Author Profession: English actor, writer
Born: 1853-12-17
Died: 1917-07-02

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Quotes: Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree

Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree

Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you don't mind.

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Author Profession: English writer
Born: 1873-12-17
Died: 1939-06-26

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Quotes: Ford Madox Ford

Ford Madox Ford

I may really say that for a quarter of a century I have kept before me one unflinching aimto register my own times in terms of my own time, and still more to urge those who are better poets and better prose-writers than myself to have the same aim.

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Author Profession: US comic, actor
Born: 1928-12-17
Died: 2012-05-06

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Quotes: George Lindsey

George Lindsey

It's not hard to tell we was poorwhen you saw the toilet paper dryin' on the clothesline.

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Author Profession: US singer, songwriter
Born: 1958-12-17

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Quotes: Penelope Houston

Penelope Houston

If it's a man's world, then I'm glad I'm a girl.

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