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M. C. Escher
We adore chaos because we like to restore order. |
1898-1972, M.C. Escher was a Dutch graphic artist, known for incredible tessellations. Visit his Official Site and decide if he was an artist or a mathematician. |
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William Kunstler
This is New York and theres no law against being annoying. |
Outspoken radical lawyer, known for defending such cases as the Chicago 7. Read some of his Kent State speeches.
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Franklin P. Jones
The trouble with being punctual is that nobodys there to appreciate it. |
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A. Whitney Brown
I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals. Im a vegetarian because I hate plants. |
Comedian & humor writer, of SNL fame. His official self-built web site, maybe. |
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Jerry Garcia
Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil. |
More at Jerry Garcia's Haight Street Shrine or Mr. ShowBiz. Check out these pics at dead.net and tell me you won't think twice before you wear that Garcia designed silk tie again. You can look for music or books if you really need to. |
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Charles De Gaulle
How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese? |
1890-1970, French President. Some biographical information here. |
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Michael Keaton
It's great to be young and insane. |
Batman, Beetlejuice and so much more. Read the Bio. |
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Henry Miller
Sex is one of 9 reasons for reincarnation--the other 8 are unimportant. |
We're having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave. Lots of books, lots of sex -- American author of the steamy, sexually explicit, and once banned. official site of course. |
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Franz Kafka
In the fight between you and the world, back the world. |
1883 - 1924. Franz Kafka on the Web plenty of links to the existential author, more links and a bio here. While Kafka wrote prolifically, he never lived to see anything in print, but you can. |
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Sean O'Casey
All the worlds a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed. |
Dublin writer, 1884 - 1964. Biography from the Irish Cultural Society |
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Tom Clancy
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense |
Contemporary writer of books such as "Hunt For Red October" and other Cold War espionage thrillers. Here is the requisite biographical link. |
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Fran Lebowitz
Spilling your guts is just exactly as charming as it sounds. |
Known for her irreverant humor and urban wit, she is one of the most quoted people today. First hired in NY by Andy Warhol for Interview magazine, her essays are highly recommended. |
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Harry Hershfield
New York: where everyone mutinies but no one deserts. |
1885 - 1974. Noted Cartoonist & later a columnist. Began in 1910 with Abie the Agent. |
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Yogi Berra
Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical. |
Yankee legend, known for "Yogi-isms" such as this one. He has an official site, of course. |
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Sigmund Freud
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. |
1856 - 1939. No one has a real cited source for this quote, but it is attributed. I like to think of it as payback for the Freudian interpretation we have all had to live with. Read more here. |
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Frank Lloyd Wright
Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles. |
Architect Extraordinaire, 1867 - 1959. All the FLW Links you will ever need. |
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Cynthia Heimel
Dogs act exactly the way we would act if we had no shame. |
Contemporary humor writer & columnist for Playboy (and we all know the articles in the magazine is the real reason for it's success) |
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Marilyn Manson
I wasn't born with enough middle fingers. |
Read the Rolling Stone bio if you like, but this guy was an avid supporter of George W. Bush. Nothing is more satanic than that. 'Nuff said. |
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Ellen Glasgow
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions. |
1873-1945. American writer, excellent biographical & bibliographic site. |
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Melanie Clark
You can't put a price tag on love, but you can on all it's accessories |
Freelance comedy writer -- check out her personal site. |
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Hector Berlioz
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all it's pupils |
1803 - 1869, French Composer. There is a stuffy Berlioz Society site with extensive information. |
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Anonymous
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. |
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Lenny Bruce
Communism is like one big phone company. |
1925 - 1966. Comedian who's obscenity trial was a landmark case in preserving First Amendment rights. Read his FBI file or a brief bio. |
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Timothy Leary
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. |
1920 - 1996, a name synonymous with the psychedelic era and mind altering drugs. The official site |
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George Herman "Babe" Ruth
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. |
The official site of the "Sultan of Swat". 1895-1948, classic NY Yankee great. |
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Martin Mull
The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass. |
Well known comedian. Chronology of his work. Still, for me, nothing rivals his role as Barth Gimble in Norman Lear's Fernwood 2Night. |
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George Bernard Shaw
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well dance with it. |
Irish playwright, 1856 - 1950, penned Pygmalion. George Bernard Shaw Information & Research Service. The basics. |
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David Hasselhoff.
I don't just throw shit out there to make money. |
Obviously spoken like a true artiste. Contributed by Upoc member Modulate. DH actually has an official site where his favorite links are other David Hasselhoff sites. Polychrome reserves comment.
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Ted Turner
If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect. |
NBC bio ... "Media Mogul and Philanthropist" |
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John Barnes
You can always tell a Harvard man, but you can't tell him much. |
Attributed, but I can find no confirmation, with far more sources citing the prolific Anonymous. Let me know if you figure it out. |
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Bela Lugosi
Audio quip: [howl] Listen to them ... the children of the night --what music they make! |
1882 - 1956. Flatt World Bio |
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