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Tuesday October 22nd, 2024
John Dewey,
October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952
Education is not preparation for life education is life itself.
John Dewey, FAA was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and ...
Lewis Grizzard,
October 20, 1946 – March 20, 1994
I grew up in a very large family in a very small house. I never slept alone until after I was married.
Lewis McDonald Grizzard, Jr. was an American writer and humorist, known for his Southern demeanor and commentary on the American South. ...
Bela Lugosi,
October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956
Death, the final, triumphant lover.
Béla Ferenc DezsÅ‘ Blaskó, better known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian-American actor, famous for portraying Count Dracula in the ...
Leo Burnett,
October 21, 1891 – June 7, 1971
I am one who believes that one of the greatest dangers of advertising is not that of misleading people, but that of boring them to death.
Leo Burnett was an advertising executive and the founder of the Leo Burnett Company, Inc., also known as Leo Burnett Worldwide. He was ...
Alphonse de Lamartine,
October 21, 1790 – February 28, 1869
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine was a French writer, poet and politician who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second ...
Anna Neagle,
October 20, 1904 – June 3, 1986
The time I had waited probably made the difference between success and failure.
Dame Anna Neagle, DBE, born Florence Marjorie Robertson, was a popular English stage and film actress and singer. Neagle proved to be a ...
Alfred Nobel,
October 21, 1833 – December 10, 1896
Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.
Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer. He was the inventor of dynamite. Nobel also ...
Daniel Boone,
October 22, 1734 – September 26, 1820
In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.
Daniel Boone was an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the ...
Robert Capa,
October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954
I hope to stay unemployed as a war photographer till the end of my life.
Robert Capa was a Hungarian war photographer, photojournalist and also the companion and professional partner of photographer Gerda Taró. ...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834
The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the ...
Franz Liszt,
October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886
Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.
Franz Liszt, T.O.S.F., in modern use Liszt Ferenc; from 1859 to 1867 officially Franz Ritter von Liszt, was a 19th-century Hungarian ...
Georg Solti,
October 21, 1912 – September 5, 1997
My entire learning process is slow, because I have no visual memory.
Sir Georg Solti, KBE was an orchestral and operatic conductor, best known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt and ...
Sarah Bernhardt,
October 22, 1844 – March 26, 1923
He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor.
Sarah Bernhardt was a French stage and early film actress, and was referred to as "the most famous actress the world has ever known." ...
Timothy Leary,
October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996
You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.
Timothy Francis Leary was an American psychologist and writer, known for advocating psychedelic drugs. During American legality of LSD and ...
Adlai E. Stevenson,
October 23, 1835 – June 14, 1914
Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson I served as the 23rd Vice President of the United States. Previously, he served as a Congressman from Illinois in the ...
Pablo Picasso,
October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973
It takes a long time to become young.
Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, also known as Pablo Picasso, was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and ...
Napoleon Hill,
October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970
Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.
Napoleon Hill was an American author in the area of the new thought movement who was one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of ...
Mahalia Jackson,
October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972
How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands?
Mahalia Jackson was an American gospel singer. Possessing a powerful contralto voice, she was referred to as "The Queen of Gospel". She ...