Optimism and naivety

Sep

2011

From: Kick-Ass

Comic books had it wrong. It didn't take a trauma, or cosmic rays, or a power ring to make a superhero... Just the perfect combination of optimism and naivety.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass)

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Born Today

Mako • 10 Dec 1933

Gregg Berger • 10 Dec 1950

Kenneth Branagh • 10 Dec 1960

John Colicos • 10 Dec 1928

Michael Clarke Duncan • 10 Dec 1957

Harold Gould • 10 Dec 1923

Clegg Hoyt • 10 Dec 1910

Chet Huntley • 10 Dec 1911

Tommy Kirk • 10 Dec 1941

Died Today

Joan Gardner • 10 Dec 1992

Richard Pryor • 10 Dec 2005

Died This Year

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03 Mar 2018 • David Ogden Stiers

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15 Apr 2018 • R. Lee Ermey

13 May 2018 • Margot Kidder

08 Jun 2018 • Anthony Bourdain

21 Jul 2018 • Elmarie Wendel

23 Aug 2018 • Robin Leach

04 Sep 2018 • Bill Daily

06 Sep 2018 • Burt Reynolds

19 Oct 2018 • Diana Sowle

01 Nov 2018 • Ken Swofford

11 Nov 2018 • Douglas Rain

12 Nov 2018 • Stan Lee

30 Nov 2018 • George Herbert Walker Bush

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Optimism and naivety