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George Harrison Musician, Singer-songwriter
Birth

"I always felt at home with Krishna. You see it was already a part of me. I think it's something that's been with me from my previous birth."

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Gilbert K. Chesterton Writer, Journalist
Birth

"All democrats object to men being disqualified by the accident of birth; tradition objects to their being disqualified by the accident of death."

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Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher, Writer
Birth

"Among human beings there is no greater banality than death. Second in order, because it is possible to die without being born, comes birth, and next comes marriage."

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John Donne Poet, Cleric
Birth

"Doth not a man die even in his birth? The breaking of prison is death, and what is our birth, but a breaking of prison?"

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Jose Saramago Writer
Birth

"Being fired was the best luck of my life. It made me stop and reflect. It was the birth of my life as a writer."

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Maya Angelou Poet, Memoirist
Birth

"On the day of your birth, the Creator filled countless storehouses, set aside for your use and yours alone."

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Michel de Montaigne Philosopher, Writer
Birth

"No man dies before his hour. The time you leave behind was no more yours, than that which was before your birth, and concerneth you no more."

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"Is it possible your pragmatical worship should not know that the comparisons made between wit and wit, courage and courage, beauty and beauty, birth and birth, are always odious and ill taken?."

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