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Born on May 16th

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Quotes by Authors Born Today (103)

"In the midst of the heartbreak and wreckage of 9-11, the world also witnessed what is America's greatest strength. Firefighters, nurses, police officers, first responders and local residents worked around the clock to rescue and care for those injured."

Dan Coats
Topic: Love

"Today, we face another major potential attack on our country. This attack is not a hijacked plane or bomb, although that remains a threat; rather, it is a cyber attack."

Dan Coats
Topic: Motivation

"I'm having a hard time understanding Donald Trump because he says one thing one day then corrects it the next day."

Dan Coats
Topic: Wisdom

"Russia has a long history of propaganda and trying to influence various nation's cultures and elections. It's happening. They seem to have stepped up their game."

Dan Coats
Topic: Motivation

"It is not only our duty but our moral obligation to break from the oppression of debt. We must rise above the political considerations and do what is right for the future of our nation."

Dan Coats
Topic: Technology

"The Hoosier way is quite simple - we work hard, and we live within our means."

Dan Coats
Topic: Wisdom

"I'm at the point age-wise where I've decided it's time to pass the baton to people who have several terms in front of them and have the energy and the excitement and the engagement that is necessary to carry it on."

Dan Coats
Topic: Wisdom

"The eyes of the world are fixed on the U.S. to see if we have the political courage and moral sense to solve our debt crisis."

Dan Coats
Topic: Motivation

"It's time to acknowledge that more government and higher taxes is not the answer to our problem."

Dan Coats
Topic: Wisdom

"I think the American people deserve to have the issues debated, regardless of which side they're on, so that they are fully aware of what their representatives and senators are voting for and voting against."

Dan Coats
Topic: Wisdom

"We can't pick and choose when to adhere to the Constitution and when to cast it aside."

Dan Coats
Topic: Wisdom

"Russia's assertiveness in global affairs is something I look upon with great concern, which we need to address with eyes wide open and a healthy degree of skepticism."

Dan Coats
Topic: Wisdom

"I'm not a big fan of Putin. I'm not a big fan of Russia."

Dan Coats
Topic: Wisdom

"As we've learned in 1941, national emergencies can create strange bedfellows."

Dan Coats
Topic: Wisdom

"Military history shows air action only cannot achieve the goal of defeating an enemy."

Dan Coats
Topic: Motivation

"Let us learn from the lessons of September 11 and not wait for a major strike before we act. We must work together - Democrats and Republicans, Congress and the White House, government and the private sector - to make our country a safer and more prosperous place."

Dan Coats
Topic: Wisdom

"Commercial success still hasn't come to an artist that isn't signed to a record label. There are very few artists that can succeed without the help of a record label. The role of the record label is still required, it's still necessary."

Edgar Bronfman Jr
Topic: Motivation

"You need to look no further than Apple's iPhone to see how fast brilliantly written software presented on a beautifully designed device with a spectacular user interface will throw all the accepted notions about pricing, billing platforms and brand loyalty right out the window."

Edgar Bronfman Jr
Topic: Wisdom

"We must restrict the anonymity behind which people hide to commit crimes. As citizens, we have a right to privacy. We have no such right to anonymity."

Edgar Bronfman Jr
Topic: Wisdom

"The iPod made music mobile, but today, how many devices do you need to walk around with? You want it on just one. And inevitably that's going to be the phone."

Edgar Bronfman Jr
Topic: Creativity

"Any time you can give consumers more of what they want, it's a good thing. Unbundling the album is a good thing. In the case of music - because it is content that you can slice into songs - doing that is of huge benefit to consumers."

Edgar Bronfman Jr
Topic: Creativity

"It's interesting that the book publishing industry, on the iPad, has much more flexibility than the music industry had."

Edgar Bronfman Jr
Topic: Motivation

"By packaging a full album into a bundle of music with ringtones, videos and other combinations and variations, we found products that consumers demonstrably valued and were willing to purchase at premium prices. And guess what? We've sold tons of them."

Edgar Bronfman Jr
Topic: Creativity

"I made the decision when I came to Seagram that it had to be OK that my public persona would be bad. It's the downside of a family business: anything good is because I'm somebody's son; otherwise, I'm a schmuck."

Edgar Bronfman Jr
Topic: Wisdom

"Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important."

Edgar Bronfman Jr
Topic: Creativity

"And since discriminating fans can pick and choose exactly what they want to buy, artists and their labels are more conscious than they've ever been of making sure that every song on a new album is as good as can be."

Edgar Bronfman Jr
Topic: Creativity

"If you look at the market cap increase in Apple since it created the iPod versus what's happened to the music industry, you have to say Apple got the better part of that deal."

Edgar Bronfman Jr
Topic: Motivation

"Any time that you can give the consumer more of what they want, it's a good thing. I said from Day 1 that the unbundling of the album is a good thing."

Edgar Bronfman Jr
Topic: Wisdom

"I want children, but at the moment the liberty I have now finally, has a far too high value."

Gabriela Sabatini
Topic: Mindfulness

"Now I have the bravery to do fine things."

Gabriela Sabatini
Topic: Mindfulness
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