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The Devil's Dictionary: Magnitude
by Ambrose Bierce MAGNIFICENTMAGPIEMAGNITUDE -n. Size. Magnitude being purely relative, nothing is large and nothing small. If everything in the universe were increased in bulk one…Ogden Nash
Name at birth: Frederic Ogden NashOgden Nash was an American poet whose verse was light, whimsical and often nonsensical. One of his best-known poems, "Reflections on Ice-Breaking," goes like this…David Sedaris
Author David Sedaris is known for his prickly, funny essays about his absurdist childhood in North Carolina and his absurdist adult life as a just-slightly-neurotic gay expatriate in Paris. His best-…Aaliyah
Name at birth: Aaliyah HaughtonAaliyah was an actress and pop singer on the verge of superstardom when she was killed in a 2001 plane crash. Aaliyah sang professionally as a child and released her…Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt was a German-Jewish writer and teacher whose 1951 book, The Origins of Totalitarianism, made her internationally famous. It was the first popular critical analysis of political…Dr. Christiaan Barnard
Name at birth: Christiaan Neethling BarnardDr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world's first human heart transplant on December 3, 1967. The patient, 53-year-old dentist Louis Washkansky, was given…James Van Der Beek
James Van Der Beek played pensive, movie-loving teen Dawson Leery on the hit TV drama Dawson's Creek from 1998-2003. (The same series launched the careers of Katie Holmes and Michelle Williams.)…Nathan Fillion
Nathan Fillion is a Canadian-American actor known to TV audiences for his role as Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds in the short-lived but well-loved Joss Whedon series Firefly (2002-03). Nathon Fillion…Yves Montand
Name at birth: Ivo LiviYves Montand was a popular french nightclub singer and movie actor, most famous for his dramatic role in the 1953 thriller The Wages of Fear. Born in Italy, his family fled to…Phil Mickelson
Known to golf fans as "Lefty," Phil Mickelson has been one of the Professional Golf Association's most successful players since 1992. Phil Mickelson was still an amateur when he won the PGA's…Trending
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