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Born on this day: John Le Carre (1931)

Place: Poole, Dorset, England

Quote: “Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.”

Bio Link: http://who2.com/johnlecarre.html

Died on this day: Jonathan Swift (1745)

Quote: “Books, the children of the brain.”

Bio Link: http://who2.com/jonathanswift.html

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Born on this day: Arthur Miller (1915)

Place: New York, New York

Quote: “A playwright lives in an occupied country. And if you can't live that way you don't stay.”

Bio Link: http://who2.com/arthurmiller.html

Died on this day: S.J. Perelman (1979)

Quote: “The fact is that all of us have only one personality, and we wring it out like a dishtowel. You are what you are.”

Bio Link: http://who2.com/sjperelman.html

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Born on this day: Oscar Wilde (1854)

Place: Dublin, Ireland

Quote: “A poet can survive everything but a misprint.”

Bio Link: http://who2.com/oscarwilde.html

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Born on this day: Virgil (70 B.C.)

Place: Near Mantua, Italy

Quote: “Your descendants shall gather your fruits.”

Bio Link: http://who2.com/virgil.html

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Born on this day: Hannah Arendt (1906)

Place: Hanover, Germany

Quote: “Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.”

Bio Link: http://who2.com/hannaharendt.html

Died on this day: Harold Robbins (1997)

Quote: “I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.”

Bio Link: http://who2.com/haroldrobbins.html

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Born on this day: Aleister Crowley (1875)

Place: Leamington Spa, England

Quote: “The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a Greek manuscript.”

Bio Link: http://who2.com/aleistercrowley.html