Martin Filler

When Oscar Niemeyer died on December 5, 2012, ten days before his 105th birthday, he was universally regarded as the very last of the twentieth century's major architectural masters, an astonishing survivor whose most famous accomplishment, Brasilia, was the climactic episode of utopian High Modern urbanism.

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Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Dr. Seuss 35

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

Voltaire 39

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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

Oprah Winfrey 41

Birthday

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

Plautus 29

Birthday

There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.

William Barclay 36

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The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.

Denis Waitley 28

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How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

Satchel Paige 36

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It takes a long time to become young.

Pablo Picasso 24

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Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.

Ausonius 36

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The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

Brian Tracy 32