20th Century Authors

50 Cent

1975 - Present

34+ Quotes

Curtis James Jackson III, known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, television ...

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

1931 - 2015

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Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931–2015) was a renowned aerospace scientist who served as the 11th Presi...

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Adam Sandler

1966 - Present

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Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor and comedian. Primarily a comedic leading actor in films, ...

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Alan Watts

1915 - 1973

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Alan Wilson Watts was a British and American writer, speaker, and self-styled “philosophical e...

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Albert Camus

1913 - 1960

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Albert Camus was a pioneering French-Algerian author and philosopher who won the 1957 Nobel Prize in...

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Albert Einstein

1879 - 1955

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Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of rela...

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Albert Schweitzer

1875 - 1965

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Albert Schweitzer was a Nobel Peace Prize-winning polymath, physician, and philosopher whose profoun...

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Amanda Gorman

1998

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Ambrose Bierce

1842 - 1914

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Ambrose Bierce is best known for his short story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1891), which sta...

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Amy Winehouse

1983 – 2011

108+ Quotes

Winehouse’s most legendary work is her multi-platinum 2006 sophomore album, Back to Black, whi...

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Anne Frank

1929 – 1945

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Anne Frank was a German-born Jewish girl who became one of the most discussed victims of the Holocau...

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Anthony Bourdain

1956 – 2018

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Anthony Bourdain was an influential American chef, author, and travel documentarian. He transitioned...

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Helen Keller

1880 - 1968

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Helen Keller was a renowned American author, disability rights advocate, and political activist who ...

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Mark Twain

1835 - 1910

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and es...

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Maya Angelou

1928 - 2014

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Maya Angelou was an American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published sev...

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Norman Cousins

1915 - 1990

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Norman Cousins was a visionary American journalist and peace advocate who served as a vital, secret ...

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Oscar Wilde

1854 - 1900

100+ Quotes

Oscar Fingal O’Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing ...

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Rabindranath Tagore

1861 - 1941

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Rabindranath Tagore was famous for winning the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature, writing the national ...

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