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"The trick in life is learning how to deal with it."

by Helen Mirren

'We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it."

by Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise."

by George Gershwin

"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."

by Vincent Van Gogh

"The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book — it makes a very poor doorstop."

by Alfred Hitchcock

This Day In History

Trinidad: island in the Caribbean was discovered by Christopher Columbus (1498)

Trinidad: island in the Caribbean was discovered by Christopher Columbus (1498)

Samuel Hopkins: received the first US patent for a process of making fertilizer (1790)

Samuel Hopkins: received the first US patent for a process of making fertilizer (1790)

Christchurch: became the first New Zealand city to be chartered (1856)

Christchurch: became the first New Zealand city to be chartered (1856)

NYSE: closed due to the outbreak of World War I, but opened again four months later to help the war effort by selling bonds (1914)

NYSE: closed due to the outbreak of World War I, but opened again four months later to help the war effort by selling bonds (1914)

K2: the world's second-highest peak, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, was summited for the first time, by an Italian team (1954)

K2: the world's second-highest peak, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, was summited for the first time, by an Italian team (1954)