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" God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. "
Voltaire
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" We have a host of English teachers in the family. My mum is an English teacher, and so are my dad, my aunt and my uncle. I have grown up with family writing competitions, and I can't remember a birthday or Christmas present that didn't include books. "
Alexandra Adornetto
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Aunt
Birthday
" The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in. "
Voltaire
Architecture
Greatest
Wild
" It is really a great feeling to win a World Cup on your birthday. "
Nino Schurter
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" I've been a Nick Cave fan since the early '80s when he was part of The Birthday Party thing singing Australian self-destructive rock band and I've always followed his work and loved it. "
Aleksandar Hemon
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Singing
" Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life. "
Voltaire
Doing
Word
Spirit
" I like working on my birthday, so I always do. "
Abhishek Bachchan
Always
Working
Birthday
" Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool. "
Voltaire
You
Very
Say
" I can't make eye contact when people sing 'Happy Birthday' to me. "
Dove Cameron
Eye
Me
People
" I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom. "
Voltaire
Martyrdom
Truth
I Am
" At 91, every day is a birthday. "
Charlotte Rae
Birthday
Day
Every
" My interests were more extracurricular, more external, and more social than they were academic. My birthday is also in December, so I was one of the older kids. That meant I learned social leadership early on. I was always just much better in a team and work environment than I was in a classroom environment. "
Nancy Dubuc
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" My dad bought me a dartboard for my 11th birthday, and I became intrigued by the game. "
Eric Bristow
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Bought
Game
" I married two weeks after my 18th birthday, far too young, and by the time I was 23 I was a single mother of three small children, Sean, Daniel and Victoria, living in a prefab house. "
Sue Townsend
Children
Birthday
Time
" He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it. "
Voltaire
Who
Age
He
" They decided as part of my 75th birthday celebrations that I would be entitled to fly first class. I'll be honest, I'm not good at flying anymore. To my credit, I can stretch out on two coach seats. "
Chuck Feeney
Fly
Birthday
Credit
" Funny story: I was hanging out with Adam Shankman for Samantha Ronson's birthday, and Lance Bass was there. I don't really know Lance, but he comes over to me and goes, 'Hey, I just wanted to let you know I'm a fan of 'Pretty Little Liars' and I'm rooting for your character.' It was surreal! That's how 'PLL' has changed my life. "
Ryan Guzman
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Story
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" The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it. "
Voltaire
Chain
Flee
Public
" It takes a long time to become young. "
Pablo Picasso
Birthday
Young
Time
" It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue. "
Voltaire
Human
Could
Human Mind
" History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes. "
Voltaire
Only
Misfortunes
History
" I know that might sound silly coming from someone my age, but I remember on my 14th birthday having a crisis like my mom should be having. I kept thinking that I was getting older, and I haven't really accomplished anything. I remember thinking that I better accomplish something real soon. "
Q'orianka Kilcher
Birthday
Mom
Know
" I went to a rare live Van Dyke show and met him there. And then he came to a show of mine and we spoke back stage. The third time was at Brian Wilson's birthday party. "
Matthew Sweet
Stage
Back
Party
" The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape. "
Samuel Johnson
Thoughts
Birthday
Care
" Since graduation, I have measured time in 4-by-5-inch pieces of paper, four days on the left and three on the right. Every social engagement, interview, reading, flight, doctor's appointment, birthday and dry-cleaning reminder has been handwritten between metal loops. "
Sloane Crosley
Reading
Birthday
Time
" I kept a diary right after I was born. Day 1: Tired from the move. Day 2: Everyone thinks I'm an idiot. "
Steven Wright
Tired
Day
Birthday
" I got my first tennis racket on my seventh birthday. And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played every day. By ten I was playing competitively. "
Tullian Tchividjian
Day
Tennis
Every Day
" It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. "
Voltaire
Rest
Patriotism
Patriot
" Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world. "
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Never
Two
Will
" He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad. "
Voltaire
Who
Wise
Severe
" Every night, I was read to. Every Friday, we were taken to the library. I always received at least one book for my birthday. I have a few of them yet. Early on, I had my own collection of books. I loved to read. Still do. "
Avi
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Book
Friday