Month: May 2012
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Helen Keller Quotes
Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. Born: June 27, 1880, Tuscumbia Died: June 1, 1968, Easton Read below the Quotes of Helen Keller. When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long…
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Father’s Day Quotes
Click here to get amazing Facebook Cover Images for Father’s Day “He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it”. – Clarence Budington Kelland “Whoever does not have a good father should procure one. – Friedrich Nietzsche “One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters. -George Herbert “Father!…
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William Shakespeare Quotes
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. Born: April 23, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon Died: April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. Ambition should be made of…
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. Born: January 15, 1929, Atlanta Died: April 4, 1968, St. Joseph’s Hospital Children: Yolanda King, Martin Luther King III, Bernice King, Dexter Scott King A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of…
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Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Born: February 12, 1809, Hodgenville Assassinated: April 15, 1865, Petersen House Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy of United States of America. See the Books of Abraham Lincoln at…
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Howard Carter Quotes
Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist . Howard Carter became world famous after discovering the intact tomb of 14th-century BC pharaoh Tutankhamun which is colloquially known as “King Tut” and “the boy king”. Read below the Quotes of Howard Carter. It was a sight surpassing all…
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Rabindranath Tagore Quotes
Rabindranath Tagore, sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region’s literature and music.The first Asian poet to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature – for his ground breaking work – Gitanjali. Born: May 7, 1861, Kolkata Died: August 7, 1941, Jorasanko Thakur Bari “If you shut the door to all…
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Keith Haring Quotes
Keith Allen Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an artist and social activist whose work responded to the New York City street culture of the 1980s by expressing concepts of birth, death, sexuality and war. Haring’s work was often heavily political and his imagery has become a widely recognized visual language of…