Birthday quote for Oct. 16

Oscar Wilde

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10/15/2008
4:09 pm
"We live in the age of the overworked and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid."
-writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), born on Oct. 16.
Also born on Oct. 16: Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins (1890-1922), musician Flea (46), trumpeter Roy Hargrove (39), playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), lexicographer Noah Webster (1758-1843), baseball player Tim McCarver (67), songwriter Bob Mould (48).

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