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« Reply #795 on: December 13, 2015, 10:25:13 AM »
Sunday, December 13th, 2015 - Samuel Johnson's Death Anniversary



A British author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer.

Exercise is labor without weariness.
Samuel Johnson

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« Reply #796 on: December 14, 2015, 05:39:42 PM »
Monday, December 14th, 2015 - George Washington's Death Anniversary



The dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.
George Washington

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« Reply #797 on: December 15, 2015, 10:43:08 AM »
Tuesday, December 15th, 2015 - Muriel Rukeyser's Birthday



An American poet and political activist, best known for her poems about equality, feminism, social justice, and Judaism.

Dreams are the sources of action the meeting and the end a resting place among the flight of things.
Muriel Rukeyser

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« Reply #798 on: December 16, 2015, 09:26:50 AM »
Wednesday, December 16th, 2015 - Margaret Mead's Birthday



An American cultural anthropologist, who was frequently a featured writer and speaker in the mass media throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For indeed that's all who ever have.
Margaret Mead

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« Reply #799 on: December 17, 2015, 03:19:36 PM »
Thursday, December 17th, 2015 - John Greenleaf Whittier's Birthday



An influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States.

The simple heart that freely asks in love obtains.
John Greenleaf Whittier

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« Reply #800 on: December 18, 2015, 11:44:09 AM »
Friday, December 18th, 2015 - Mary Parker Follett's Death Anniversary



An American social worker, management consultant and pioneer in the fields of organizational theory and organizational behavior. 

Imitation is for shirkers like-minded-ness for the comfort lovers unifying for the creators.
Mary Parker Follett

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« Reply #801 on: December 20, 2015, 09:36:38 AM »
Sunday, December 20th, 2015 - Mignon McLaughlin's Death Anniversary



An American journalist and author.

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.
Mignon McLaughlin

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« Reply #802 on: December 21, 2015, 10:15:51 AM »
Monday, December 21st, 2015
Benjamin Disraeli's Birthday




A British Prime Minister, parliamentarian, Conservative statesman and literary figure.

Travel teaches toleration.
Benjamin Disraeli

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« Reply #803 on: December 24, 2015, 10:23:43 AM »
Thursday, December 24th, 2015 - John Muir's Death Anniversary



A Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States.

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
John Muir

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« Reply #804 on: December 25, 2015, 01:21:28 PM »
Friday, December 25th, 2015 - Christmas Day

Christian life consists of faith and charity.
Martin Luther

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« Reply #805 on: December 26, 2015, 11:33:37 AM »
Saturday, December 26th, 2015 - Henry Miller's Birthday



An American novelist and painter.

We create our fate every day we live.
Henry Miller

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« Reply #806 on: December 27, 2015, 10:12:15 AM »
Sunday, December 27th, 2015 - Oscar Levant's Birthday



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

I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on.
Oscar Levant

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« Reply #807 on: December 28, 2015, 11:59:09 AM »
Monday, December 28th, 2015 - Saint Francis de Sales' Death Anniversary



Bishop of Geneva and is a Roman Catholic saint. 

Friendship requires great communication.
Saint Francis de Sales

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« Reply #808 on: December 29, 2015, 05:36:19 PM »
Tuesday, December 29th, 2015 - Sir William Osier's Death Anniversary



A Canadian physician.

The natural man has only two primal passions: to get and to beget.
Sir William Osier

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« Reply #809 on: December 30, 2015, 11:41:45 AM »
Wednesday, December 30th, 2015 - Alfred North Whitehead's Death Anniversary



An English mathematician who became a philosopher.

How the past perishes is how the future becomes.
Alfred North Whitehead