Today is the birthday of the following people:
Mary Shelley (1797 – 1851):
“Beware; for I am fearless, and
therefore powerful.”
and
“Life, although it may only be
an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.”
Lewis Black (1948 - ):
“Writing is thinking and
thinking is hard work.”
Molly Ivins (1944 – 2007):
“The first rule of holes: When
you're in one stop digging.”
and
“So keep fighting for freedom
and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to have fun
doin' it. Be outrageous... rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.
And when you get through celebrating the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to
tell those who come after how much fun it was!”
Warren Buffett (1930 - ):
“Someone's sitting in the shade
today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
and
“If you’re in the luckiest one
per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the
other 99 per cent.”
Ted Williams (1918 – 2002):
“A kid copies what is good.”
Robert Crumb (1943 - ):
“Everything we do has
significance. Every action, every thought leaves an imprint - not only on the
self, but on the world, on the others, and even on time, on all who come after
us!
This implies a responsibility
for one's thoughts and actions that should be taken most seriously!
And yet one feels helpless, a
hapless victim of circumstances beyond one's control, as if one's behavior and
thoughts did not originate in the self, but were a product, an accumulation of
imprints from the world, from our ancestors, from the people around us.
It behooves one to take
responsibility, to take the power to decide how one will act, and even how one
will think! Not only for the betterment of one's self, but for the betterment
of the world, all the others, and all who will come after us!”
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