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In communications, familiarity breeds apathy.  I kommunikation leder bekantskap till likgiltighet. William Bernbach (1911-1982) Communication

These authors were born on the 5th of October:
Robert Adams (5 October 1917-)
Karen Allen (5 October 1951-)
Michael Andretti (5 October 1962-)
Chester A. Arthur (5 October 1829-18 November 1886)
Daniel Baldwin (5 October 1960-)
Clive Barker (5 October 1952-)
Georges Bidault (5 October 1899-)
Louise Brown (5 October 1906-30 August 1996)
Harry Curtis (5 October 1930-)
Stig Dagerman (5 October 1923-1954)
Bill Dana (5 October 1924-)
Denis Diderot (5 October 1713-31 July 1784)
Jonathan Edwards (5 October 1703-22 March 1758)
John Erskine (5 October 1879-2 June 1951)
Larry Fine (5 October 1902-)
Sir Bob Geldof (5 October 1954-)
Vaclav Havel (5 October 1936-18 December 2011)
Heather Headley (5 October 1974-)
Nicky Hilton (5 October 1983-)
Glynis Johns (5 October 1923-)
Ray Kroc (5 October 1902-14 January 1984)
Aubrie Lemon (5 October 1979-)
Maya Lin (5 October 1959-)
Joshua Logan (5 October 1908-)
Bernie Mac (5 October 1958-)
Russell Mael (5 October 1953-)
Parminder Nagra (5 October 1975-)
Flann O'Brien (5 October 1911-)
Barry Switzer (5 October 1937-)
Kate Winslet (5 October 1975-)
Alex Wurman (5 October 1966-)

These authors died on the 5th of October:
Louis D. Brandeis (November 13th 1856-5 October 1941)
Rodney Dangerfield (November 22nd 1921-5 October 2004)
Harry Emerson Fosdick (May 24th 1878-5 October 1969)
Gloria Grahame (November 28th 1923-5 October 1981)
Walter Hagen (December 21st 1892-5 October 1969)
Steve Jobs (February 24th 1955-5 October 2011)
Mike Mansfield (March 16th 1903-5 October 2001)
Dwight Morrow (January 11th 1873-5 October 1931)

Idag firar vi Bror!

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Here you'll find proverbs in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian and a little happiness without soft-ice - in a collection that has been ongoing since the year 1990. It has been printed on paper four times, in the shape of the book "Språkets Kryddor". This book is now really sold out, and it won't be printed again.

Please contribute to the collection, there are lots of things that can be done. Maybe you'll find some spelling errorrs or facts that are just plain wrong. Maybe you know something that's not in the collection - have you got any quotations or proverbs to share? Write your comments in the textbox to the left!

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We apologize for all the misleading facts that are in this collection. However hard we try, there's no possibility on earth that we can guarantee the accuracy of the information here.

Enjoy, and have a noise day! / Pex Tufvesson

This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.

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