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Wilson Mizner (1876-1933)
Wilson Mizner (1876-1933)
Wilson Mizner (May 19, 1876 – April 3, 1933) was an American playwright, raconteur, and entrepreneur. His best-known plays are The Deep Purple, produced in 1910, and The Greyhound, produced in 1912. He was manager and co-owner of The Brown Derby restaurant in Los Angeles, California, and was affiliated with his brother, Addison Mizner, in a series of scams and picaresque misadventures that inspired Stephen Sondheim's musical Road Show.
Quotes·Quotations by Wilson Mizner
Education
¶ I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Mizner
John Wilson (1785-1854, Scottish writer)
John Wilson (1785-1854, Scottish writer)
John Wilson of Ellerey FRSE (18 May 1785 – 3 April 1854) was a Scottish advocate, literary critic and author, the writer most frequently identified with the pseudonym Christopher North of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.
He was professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University (1820-51).
Quotes·Quotations by John Wilson
U.K.
¶ His Majesty's dominions, on which the sun never sets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilson_(Scottish_writer)
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