Birthdays occurring on April, 23

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1891

Sergei Prokofiev was born on April 23, 1891

Of course I have used dissonance in my time, but there has been too much dissonance. Bach used dissonance as good salt for his music. Others applied pepper, seasoned the dishes more and more highly, till all healthy appetites were sick and until the music was nothing but pepper.

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1897

Lester B. Pearson was born on April 23, 1897
Canadian statesman and prime minister, 1897-1972

When you're special to a cat, you're special indeed...she brings to you the gift of her preference of you, the sight of you, the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand.

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1914

Harry Crane was born on April 23, 1914

It should help jump-start product development. The traditional way of developing products such as lines of salad dressings has been to hire chefs to create the dressings and then have food scientists figure out how to manufacture them in large quantities.

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1916

Bud Wilkinson was born on April 23, 1916
American football coach, won three national championships with U. of Oklahoma, 1916-1994

We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?

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1921

Warren Spahn was born on April 23, 1921

The difference between winning nineteen games and winning twenty for a pitcher is bigger than anyone out of baseball realizes. It's the same for hitters - someone who hits .300 looks back on the guy who batted .295 and says 'tough luck buddy.

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