Quotes from authors that died on Jul 11th
True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is today.
George Gershwin
Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn.
Delmore Schwartz
A suggestion had been made to me looking toward a professorship in some Western college, but after due consideration, I declined to consider the matter.
Simon Newcomb
The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.
Laurence Olivier
Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were sent out to observe it.
Simon Newcomb
James M. Barrie 
Bronislaw Geremek 
Mark McGwire 
Dennis Ritchie 
Shigeru Yoshida 
Theodore Hall 
Howard Cosell 
Ronny Cox