Born in the 19th Century

Nikola Tesla

“In the twenty-first century, the robot will take the place which slave labour occupied in ancient civilisation.” – Nikola Tesla…

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Winston Churchill

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill Winston Churchill was born at…

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Thomas Edison

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison was born…

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Oscar Wilde

“There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” –…

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Alexander Graham Bell

“Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is…

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Mary Pickford

“Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.” – Mary Pickford The actress and…

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Jules Verne

“Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they…

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Al Capone

“I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.” – Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel Capone was…

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Humphrey Bogart

“The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.” – Humphrey Bogart Humphrey DeForest Bogart was…

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King George V

“Today 23 years ago dear Grandmama died. I wonder what she would have thought of a Labour government” – King…

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Charles Dickens

“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year” – Charles Dickens Few writers…

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Charles Darwin

“Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits” – Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin is quite…

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Herbert Hoover

“Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt” – Herbert Hoover. Some individuals seem to have a…

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Irving Berlin

“Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.” – Irving Berlin Born Israel…

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J. R. R. Tolkien

“A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.” – J.R.R. Tolkien. J. R. R. Tolkien Biography…

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John D Rockefeller

“I have ways of making money that you know nothing of” – John D. Rockefeller For a man who was…

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