“Basically, I have been compelled by curiosity.”
― Mary Leakey

About this quote:

Paleoanthropologist and author Mary Leakey (born February 6, 1913) was interested in archaeology from a young age—she went on to discover a robust australopithecine fossil at Olduvai Gorge that changed the way we understand the scale of evolution.

 

“It's amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday.”
― John Guare, Landscape of the Body

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Happy 76th birthday, John Guare! The American playwright is known for work that is at once comic and emotionally devastating, like his first (and most famous) play, The House of Blue Leaves. 

 

“You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved.”
― Stewart O'Nan, The Odds: A Love Story

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Happy 53rd birthday, Stewart O'Nan! The novelist has also co-authored books with Stephen King and published a screenplay about the life of Edgar Allan Poe.