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« Reply #360 on: June 22, 2014, 01:43:12 PM »
Sunday, June 22nd, 2014 - George Carlin's Death Anniversary



An American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor and author, who won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums.     

Everyone smiles in the same language.
George Carlin

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« Reply #361 on: June 24, 2014, 02:05:18 PM »
Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 - Henry Ward Beecher's Birthday



A prominent Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, abolitionist, and speaker in the mid to late 19th century.     

No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
Henry Ward Beecher

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« Reply #362 on: June 25, 2014, 10:36:01 AM »
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014 - George Orwell's Birthday



An English author and journalist.     

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.
George Orwell

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« Reply #363 on: June 26, 2014, 01:59:27 PM »
Thursday, June 26th, 2014 - Pearl S. Buck's Birthday



An award-winning American writer who spent most of her time until 1934 in China.     

Truth is always exciting. Speak it then; life is dull without it.
Pearl S. Buck

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« Reply #364 on: June 27, 2014, 02:01:11 PM »
Friday, June 27th, 2014 - Helen Keller's Birthday



An American author, political activist, and lecturer.     

The highest result of education is tolerance.
Helen Keller

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« Reply #365 on: June 28, 2014, 01:52:39 PM »
Saturday, June 28th, 2014 - World War 1 Day

War is the trade of kings.
John Dryden

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« Reply #366 on: June 29, 2014, 02:23:45 PM »
Sunday, June 29th, 2014 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Death Anniversary



One of the most prominent poets of the Victorian era.       

True knowledge comes only through suffering.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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« Reply #367 on: June 30, 2014, 07:58:02 PM »
Monday, June 30th, 2014 - Lillian Hellman's Death Anniversary



An American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes.     

It is best to act with confidence no matter how little right you have to it.
Lillian Hellman

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« Reply #368 on: July 01, 2014, 09:00:00 PM »
Tuesday, July 1st, 2014 - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg's Birthday



A German scientist, satirist and Anglophile.     

It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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« Reply #369 on: July 02, 2014, 01:58:08 PM »
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Death Anniversary



A major Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism.     

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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« Reply #370 on: July 03, 2014, 01:53:01 PM »
Thursday, July 3rd, 2014 - Jim Morrison's Death Anniversary



The lead singer and lyricist of American band The Doors.     

Love cannot save you from your own fate.
Jim Morrison

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« Reply #371 on: July 04, 2014, 09:43:34 AM »
Friday, July 4th, 2014 - Independence Day

Independence is happiness.
Susan B. Anthony

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« Reply #372 on: July 06, 2014, 01:24:59 PM »
Sunday, July 6th, 2014 - William Faulkner's Death Anniversary



An American writer of novels, short stories, poetry and occasional screenplays.     

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection.
William Faulkner

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« Reply #373 on: July 07, 2014, 08:25:32 PM »
Monday, July 7th, 2014 - Satchel Paige's Birthday



An American baseball player whose pitching in the Negro leagues and in Major League Baseball made him a legend in his own lifetime.   

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
Satchel Paige

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« Reply #374 on: July 08, 2014, 07:23:41 PM »
Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 - Havelock Ellis' Death Anniversary



A British physician and psychologist, writer, and social reformer who studied human sexuality.       

In philosophy it is not the attainment of the goal that matters it is the things that are met with by the way.
Havelock Ellis