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Voltaire

God gave us the gift of life it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

Birthday

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Voltaire is saying that while life itself is something we receive without choice, how we live that life depends entirely on our own actions and decisions. It emphasizes personal responsibility in making the most out of the time we have.

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I sing a little bit. I got a guitar for my 16th birthday.

And I was very shy as a kid if you sang me 'Happy Birthday,' I would cry. Quite shy. So the idea of being an actor, much less a model, was just out of this world.

I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis' birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days.

Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.

Lucy took care of me on the set, and made sure that none of the crew cussed around me. She also had birthday parties for me and made sure that they were well attended.

With a recent birthday, I've been acting now for twenty years.