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Several incidents in my life have convinced me of spiritual interposition - of the promptings of some beneficent force outside ourselves, which tries to help us where it can Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr. (1859-1930)

These authors were born on the 2nd of October:
Mistinguett (2 October 1951-1956)
Bud Abbott (2 October 1896-)
Lorraine Bracco (2 October 1954-)
Trevor Brooking (2 October 1948-)
Martin Dansky (2 October 1952-)
Marechal Ferdinand Foch (2 October 1851-20 March 1929)
Anna Ford (2 October 1943-)
Antonio Gala (2 October 1930-)
Mahatma Gandhi (2 October 1869-30 January 1948)
Mahatma Ghandi (2 October 1869-30 January 1948)
Graham Greene (2 October 1904-3 April 1991)
Ayumi Hamasaki (2 October 1978-)
Richard Hell (2 October 1949-)
Paul Von Hindenburg (2 October 1847-)
Cordell Hull (2 October 1871-23 July 1955)
Donna Karan (2 October 1948-)
Bil Keane (2 October 1922-)
Groucho Marx (2 October 1890-19 August 1977)
Don McLean (2 October 1945-)
John Mighton (2 October 1957-)
Jan Morris (2 October 1926-)
William Ramsay (2 October 1852-)
Rex Reed (2 October 1938-)
Kelly Ripa (2 October 1970-)
Steve Sabol (2 October 1942-)
Wallace Stevens (2 October 1879-2 August 1955)
Maury Wills (2 October 1932-)

These authors died on the 2nd of October:
Samuel Adams (September 27th 1722-2 October 1803)
William Bernbach (August 13th 1911-2 October 1982)
William Ellery Channing (April 7th 1780-2 October 1842)
Rock Hudson (November 17th 1925-2 October 1985)
Peter B. Medawar (February 28th 1915-2 October 1987)
Ernest Renan (February 28th 1823-2 October 1892)
Hazel Scott (June 11th 1920-2 October 1981)
August Wilson (April 27th 1945-2 October 2005)

Idag firar vi Ludvig Love!

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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.

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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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