~ Quote Of The Day ~

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Sunday, March 13th, 2016 - Clarence S. Darrow's Death Anniversary



An American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks and defending John T.

To think is to differ.
Clarence S. Darrow

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Monday, March 14th, 2016 - Albert Einstein's Birthday



A German-born theoretical physicist who discovered the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics.

The only source of knowledge is experience.
Albert Einstein

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Tuesday, March 15th, 2016 - Rebecca West's Death Anniversary



An English author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer. 

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.
Rebecca West

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Wednesday, March 16th, 2016 - Liberty Day

Give me liberty or give me death.
Patrick Henry

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Thursday, March 17th, 2016 - Fred Allen's Death Anniversary



An American comedian whose absurdist, topically pointed radio show made him one of the most popular and forward-looking humorists in the so-called classic era of American radio.

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children - except in self-defense.
Fred Allen

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Friday, March 18th, 2016 - John Updike's Birthday



An American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic.

Mozart's music gives us permission to live.
John Updike

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Saturday, March 19th, 2016 - William Jennings Bryan's Birthday



An American politician in the late-19th and early-20th centuries.

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for it is a thing to be achieved.
William Jennings Bryan

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Sunday, March 20th, 2016 - Brendan Behan's Death Anniversary



An Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English.

What the hell difference does it make left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.
Brendan Behan

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Monday, March 21st, 2016 - Robert Southey's Death Anniversary



An English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843.

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.
Robert Southey

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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016 - World Day for Water

When the well's dry we know the worth of water.
Benjamin Franklin

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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016 - World Meteorological Day

After the rain cometh the fair weather.
Aesop

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Thursday, March 24th, 2016 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Death Anniversary



An American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline.

Time... is the life of the soul.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Friday, March 25th, 2016 - Gloria Steinem's Birthday



An American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader of, and media spokeswoman for, the women's liberation movement in the late 1960s and 1970s.

Hope is a very unruly emotion.
Gloria Steinem

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Saturday, March 26th, 2016 - Lin Yutang's Death Anniversary



A Chinese writer and inventor.

Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst.
CLin Yutang

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Sunday, March 27th, 2016 - Arnold Bennett's Death Anniversary



An English novelist.

The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense.
Arnold Bennett