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Birthdays occurring on December, 24
| 1927 |
Mary Higgins Clark was born on December 24, 1927
The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite. My other image is pushing a train up the mountain, and it's icy, and I'm in bare feet. More quotations from Mary Higgins Clark |
| 1932 |
Cynthia Payne was born on December 24, 1932
I was living in Baltimore and had a 30-minute commute, but now I live in Charlottesville, and I only have to drive 10 minutes to the office, More quotations from Cynthia Payne |
| 1945 |
Nicholas Meyer was born on December 24, 1945
Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them. More quotations from Nicholas Meyer |
| 1950 |
Dana Gioia was born on December 24, 1950
American poet, translator, editor, critic and business executive. Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (since 2003), b.1950Over the past half century, as American poetry's specialist audience has steadily expanded, its general readership has declined. Even if great poetry continues to be written, it has retreated from the center of literary life. Though supported by a loyal coterie, poetry has lost the confidence that it speaks to and for the general culture. More quotations from Dana Gioia |
Deaths occurring on December, 24
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