AnnMaria De Mars (1958) American judoka
Quoted in "Rousey Is 1st U.S. Woman to Earn A Medal in Judo", in The Washington Post (14 August 2008) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/13/AR2008081303517.html
Source: Poem The Marriage of Psyche
AnnMaria De Mars (1958) American judoka
Quoted in "Rousey Is 1st U.S. Woman to Earn A Medal in Judo", in The Washington Post (14 August 2008) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/13/AR2008081303517.html
“Bright is the ring of words
When the right man rings them.”
Robert Louis Stevenson book Songs of Travel and Other Verses
No. XIV
Songs of Travel and Other Verses (1896)
“If the phone doesn't ring, it's me.”
Jimmy Buffett (1946) American singer–songwriter and businessman
Emmy Noether (1882–1935) German mathematician
As quoted in Morris Kline, Mathematical Thought From Ancient to Modern Times (1972) p. 1153.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy works
But it is, of course, a constant source of consolation and pleasure to me. And, I may say, a piece of singular good fortune, much envied by some of my contemporaries. Wonderful people still buy the book, and to a man 'retired' that is both grateful and comforting.
No. 165: To Houghton Mifflin Co. (30 June, 1955); also quoted in 'Tolkien on Tolkien' in Diplomat magazine (October 1966).
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (1981)
Phil Brown (footballer) (1959) English association football player and manager
06-Mar-2007, Hull City OWS
It's tough maintaining discipline with all this hat-throwing going on.
Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear
A poem from the second book of the The Kingkiller Chronicle, quoted in an interview at Fantasymundo (1 August 2009) http://www.fantasymundo.com/articulos/2207/fantasymundo_entrevista_patrick_rothfuss_nombre_viento <br class="br">The Wise Man's Fear (2011)
James K. Morrow (1947) (1947-) science fiction author
Source: The Philosopher's Apprentice (2008), Chapter 5 (p. 108)