Aidan Chambers (1934) British children's writer
Source: This is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn
Source: Out of Sight, Out of Time
Aidan Chambers (1934) British children's writer
Source: This is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn
Hilary Duff (1987) American actress and singer
Binelli, Mark. "Teenager of the Year" http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5940065/teenager_of_the_year. Rolling Stone. August 27 2003. Retrieved October 25 2006. <br class="br">On Metamorphosis (2003).
“It is easy to get to a higher number when you are not asking anything difficult from yourself.”
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
In response to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), who, on behalf of the Republican party, wanted steeper cuts, while opposing tax rises (also termed as revenue enhancements) in a meeting about the U.S. debt ceiling on July 13, 2011. <br class="br">According to an unidentified source[citation needed], as reported by blogger Sam Stien, "Obama Warns Cantor 'Don't Call My Bluff' As Debt Talks Stall," http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/13/obama-debt-ceiling-meeting_n_897834.html The Huffington Post, 14 July 2011 <br class="br">2011, Remarks on the economy (July 2011)
Stephen R. Covey book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“A man must feel he runs things, but as long as you control yourself, you control him.”
Jacqueline Susann book Valley of the Dolls
Source: Valley of the Dolls
E.M. Forster book A Passage to India
But the horses didn't want it — they swerved apart: the earth didn't want it, sending up rocks through which riders must pass single file; the temple, the tank, the jail, the palace, the birds, the carrion, the Guest House, that came into view as they emerged from the gap and saw Mau beneath: they didn't want it, they said in their hundred voices 'No, not yet,' and the sky said 'No, not there.'
Source: A Passage to India (1924), Ch. 37
Rubén Blades (1948) Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician
On comparing the longevity of his music to The Godfather in "Forty Years Into His Career, Rubén Blades is Still Building Bridges & Inspiring Change" https://daily.bandcamp.com/2018/07/03/ruben-blades-music-interview/ in bandcamp daily