~ Quote Of The Day ~

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Wednesday, July 30th, 2014 - Henry Ford's Birthday



A prominent American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production.   

One who fears failure limits his activities.
Henry Ford

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Thursday, July 31st, 2014 - Milton Friedman's Birthday



An American economist, statistician, a professor at the University of Chicago, and the recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

There is only one social responsibility of business - to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits without deception or fraud.
Milton Friedman

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Saturday, August 2nd, 2014 - Horace Mann's Death Anniversary



An American education reformer, and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1827 to 1833.   

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.
Horace Mann

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Sunday, August 3rd, 2014 - Flannery O'Connor's Death Anniversary



An American novelist, short-story writer and essayist.

Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
Flannery O'Connor

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Tuesday, August 5th, 2014 - O. Hallesby's Birthday



A Lutheran neo-orthodox pietist who taught at the Free Faculty of Theology from 1909 to 1952.   

The more helpless you are the better you are fitted to pray and the more answers to prayer you will experience.
O. Hallesby

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2014 - Atomic Bomb Day
 

Peace is its own reward.
Mahatma Gandhi

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Thursday, August 7th, 2014 - Rabindranath Tagore's Death Anniversary



A Bengali poet, novelist, musician, painter and playwright who reshaped Bengali literature and music.   

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
Rabindranath Tagore

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Saturday, August 9th, 2014 - John Dryden's Birthday



An influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden.   

Beware the fury of a patient man.
John Dryden

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Sunday, August 10th, 2014 - Herbert Hoover's Birthday



The 31st President of the United States. 

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
Herbert Hoover

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Monday, August 11th, 2014 - Robert Green Ingersoll's Birthday



A Civil War veteran, American political leader, and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism.   

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
Robert Green Ingersoll

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Tuesday, August 12th, 2014 - International Youth Day

Youth has no age.
Pablo Picasso

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Wednesday, August 13th, 2014 - Julia Child's Death Anniversary



An American chef, author, and television personality.   

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.
Julia Child

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Thursday, August 14th, 2014 - Oscar Levant's Death Anniversary



An American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor. 

There is a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
Oscar Levant

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Friday, August 15th, 2014 - Napoleon Bonaparte's Birthday



A military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.   

Imagination rules the world.
Napoleon Bonaparte

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Saturday, August 16th, 2014 - Thomas Fuller's Death Anniversary



An English churchman and historian.   

Great hopes make great men.
Thomas Fuller