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"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."
Dr. Albert Schweitzer
(01/14/1875 – 09/04/1965)
humanitarian, theologian, missionary, organist, and medical doctor
("The Quest of the Historical Jesus")

"The words! I collected them in all shapes and sizes and hung them like bangles in my mind."

Hortense Calisher
(12/20/1911 – 01/13/2009)
US writer

"Volleyball was the hardest thing I've ever had to do."

Liam Hemsworth
(01/13/1990 – )
Australian actor (brother of Chris Hemsworth; was married to Miley Cyrus)
Can't say i have any inside knowledge but i'd think being married to Miley would be harder than volleyball. Like, say, a wrecking ball.

"I do not feel that we should allow a shortage of funds to prevent cities from financing needed projects."

Hubert H. Humphrey
(05/27/1911 – 01/13/1978)
US Vice President (38)

"Elf Envy... they all had it."

Orlando Bloom
(01/13/1977 – )
English actor, on his "Lord of the Rings" co-workers

"Nothing In Moderation."

Ernie Kovacs
(01/23/1919 – 01/13/1962)
US TV pioneer , epitaph

"No, it did lots of other things too."

James Joyce
(02/02/1882 – 01/13/1941)
Irish writer , to a young man who wanted to "kiss the hand that wrote Ulysses"

They are called Dad Jokes because they are relatively terrible.

"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything."

Wyatt Earp
(03/19/1848 – 01/13/1929)
US lawman

"That's the point of quotations, you know: one can use another's words to be insulting."

Amanda Cross
(01/13/1926 – 10/09/2003)
US writer, critic

"From birth to 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35, she needs good looks. From 35 to 55, good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash. I'm saving my money."

Sophie Tucker
(01/13/1886 – 02/09/1966)
Russian singer

"How wrong it is for those who love, not to express their love."

Salmon P. Chase
(01/13/1808 – 05/07/1873)
US politician, Supreme Court Chief Justice (6)

"The Nixon Political Principle: If two wrongs don't make a right, try three."

Dr. Laurence J. Peter
(09/16/1919 – 01/12/1990)
Canadian pop psychologist, writer

Well, nothing would do but an attempt at a texture other than chrome. This “potholder,” also, is a single continuous path.

"Doors get angry with the wind."

Ramon Gomez de la Serna
(07/03/1888 – 01/12/1963)
Spanish writer
("El Circo")

"Kill the body and the head will die."

Joe Frazier
(01/12/1944 – 11/07/2011)
US boxer

"I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in fourteen days I lost two weeks."

Joe E. Lewis
01/12/1902 – 06/04/1971)
US actor

"You can't wait for inspiration—you have to go after it with a club."
Jack London
(01/12/1876 – 11/22/1916)
US writer
("The Call of the Wild")

"All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark."

Swami Vivekananda
(01/12/1863 – 07/04/1902)
Indian spiritual leader
("My Master")