Michael Dobson |
November 9
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"The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all those who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."
Carl Sagan, astronomer
born November 9, 1934
Michael Dobson |
June 13
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"I always have a quotation for everything — it saves original thinking." Lord Peter Wimsey
Dorothy L. Sayers, author
born June 13, 1893
Michael Dobson |
June 14
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"Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians."
Che Guevara, revolutionary
born June 14, 1928
Michael Dobson |
June 15
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"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose."
Mario Cuomo, politician
born June 15, 1932
Michael Dobson |
June 16
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"I fear those big words, Stephen said, which make us so unhappy."
James Joyce, author of Ulysses
Bloomsday, June 16, celebrates the events of the novel Ulysses, which take place June 16, 1904