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- April 21 - May 20 .
April 21, 1818 Josh Billings:
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
April 22, 1924 George Steiner:
Language is the main instrument of man's refusal to accept the world as it is.
April 23, 1452 Leonardo da Vinci:
He who possesses most is most afraid to lose.
April 24, 1905 Robert Penn Warren:
Something I read or see stays in my head for five or six years... Any book I write starts with a flash but takes a long time to shape up.
April 25, 1874 Guglielmo Marconi:
One of the first things a scientific man has to have is patience.
April 26, 1787 Ludwig Uhland:
Let him sing to whom a song is given.
April 27, 1927 Coretta Scott King:
I'm fulfilled in what I do. . . I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes -- the finer things of life -- would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.
April 28, 1758 James Monroe:
A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue.
April 29, 1958 Michelle Pfeiffer:
For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard -- that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.
April 30, 1771 Hosea Ballou:
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.
May 1, 1916 Glenn Ford:
If they try to rush me, I always say, "I've only got one other speed - and it's slower."
May 2, 1859 Jerome K. Jerome:
If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest.
May 3, 1906 Mary Astor:
A painter paints, a musician plays, a writer writes - but a movie actor waits.
May 4, 1796 Horace Mann:
Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.
May 5, 1942 Tammy Wynette
A part of me still thinks getting paid to sing is too good to be true. Having the [beautician's] license means I can always go back to hairdressing.
May 6, 1915 Orson Welles:
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
May 7, 1711 David Hume:
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.
May 8, 1884 Harry S. Truman:
Give me a one-handed economist! All my economists say, on one hand... on the other.
May 9, 1946 Candice Bergen:
I may not be a great actress but I've become the greatest at screen orgasms. Ten seconds of heavy breathing, roll your head from side to side, simulate a slight asthma attack and die a little.
May 10, 1727 R. Turgot:
He that has never doubted the existence of matter, may be assured he has no aptitude for metaphysical inquiries.
May 11, 1672 Joseph Addison:
To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
May 12, 1907 Katharine Hepburn:
Life's what's important. Walking, houses, family. Birth and pain and joy. Acting's just waiting for a custard pie. That's all.
May 13, 1957 Roger Zelazny:
Personal feelings don't make for good politics, legal decisions, or business deals.
May 14, 1944 Francesca Annis:
I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here ...
May 15, 1862 Arthur Schnitzler:
Martyrdom