Quotes from authors born on Jan 9th
Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
Richard M. Nixon
I prefer to remember the happy things over 10 years, the things that went well. Let me see, what did go well?
Rudolf Bing
If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?
Joan Baez
It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers.
Lascelles Abercrombie
Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned.
George Balanchine
Hugh Leonard 
Irving Berlin 
Allen Ginsberg 
Lucille Clifton 
Diego Rivera 
Andrew Taylor Still 
James Mcneill Whistler 
Yuan T. Lee