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Pulitzer Odullu Amerikali roma yazari Richard Ford'un dogum gunu (16 Subat 1944)
"Eski bir spor yazari olan Frank Basacombe, gecimini emlakcilik yaparak saglamaktadir. Bosandigi karisi, iki cocuklarini da alarak Connecticut'a tasinmis ve orada yeniden evlenmistir. Frank Bascombe kendi kapali yasami, onu yeni acilara ve pismanliklara karsi koruyan kozasi icinde mutludur. Bagimsizlik Gunu'nun kutlanacagi 4 Temmuz'da tatile cikmayi, karisinin yaninda kalan ve ruhsal sorunlari olan yetiskin oglunu yanina alarak iki gun boyunca onunla spor yarismalarini izlemeyi de planlamaktadir. Ancak bu tatil istedigi gibi gelismez. Iki gun gibi kisa bir surede Frank Bascombe kozasindan cikmak zorunda kalir, bunun sonunda da, bireysel ve toplumsal iliskilerinde takinmis, onyargiya dayali inanclarini, gecmisle kopru kurarak birer birer cozup bagimsizligina kavusmayi arzular." Bagimsizlik Gunu
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"Frank Bascombe is no longer a sportswriter, yet he's still living in Haddam, New Jersey, where he now sells real estate. He's still divorced, though his ex-wife, to his dismay, has remarried and moved, along with their two children, to Connecticut. And he has high hopes for this 4th of July weekend. Finally, up the Northeast Corridor, to Connecticut, there to pick up his larcenous and emotionally troubled teenage son, and together they will visit as many sports halls of fame as they can in two days. But Frank's Independence Day turns out not as he'd planned. This decent, appealingly bewildered, profoundly observant man is wrenched, gradually and inevitably, out of his private refuge."
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Alman asilli Kanadali ruhani yazar ve ogretmen Eckhart Tolle'nin dogum gunu (16 Subat 1948)
"Reklam sektorundeki profesyoneller, gercekte insanlarin ihtiyaci olmayan seyleri satmak icin, o nesnelerin kisilerin kendilerine ve baskalarinin o kisiye karsi bakis acisinda fark yaratacagina potansiyel alicilari inandirmalari gerektigini iyi bilirler; diger bir deyisle, insanlarin benlik duygularina bir sey katacağını vurgularlar. Bunu nasil yaparlar? Ornegin bir urunu satin almanin sizi baskalarindan ayiracagini, ortalamanin uzerine cikaracagini soylerler. Ya da zihninizde bir urunle unlu, genc, cekici ya da mutlu gorunen bir kisi arasinda baglanti kurdurarak bunu yaparlar. Yaslanmis ve hatta olmus unlulerin kariyerlerinin zirvesindeyken cekilmis fotograflari ya da filmleri bile bu konuda ise yarayabilir. Soze dokulmeyen varsayim, o urunu alarak, sihirli bir mulkiyet hakkiyla onlar gibi olursunuz; daha dogrusu, onlarin yuzeysel imgesi haline gelirsiniz. Bircok durumda, aslinda bir urun degil, bir 'kimlik guclendirici' aliyorsunuzdur."
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"The people in the advertising industry know very well that in order to sell things that people don't really need, they must convince them that those things will add something to how they see themselves or are seen by others; in other words, add something to their sense of self. They do this, for example, by telling you that you will stand out from the crowd by using this product and so by implication be more fully yourself. Or they may create an association in your mind between the product and a famous person, or a youthful, attractive, or happy-looking person. Even pictures of old or deceased celebrities in their prime work well for that purpose. The unspoken assumption is that by buying this product, through some magical act of appropriation, you become like them, or rather the surface image of them. And so in many cases you are not buying a product but an 'identity enhancer.' "
"Ego bir seyle ya da birisiyle catisma icinde olmaya ihtiyaç duyar. Iste bu yuzden siz huzuru, mutlulugu ve sevgiyi arar, ama onlara cok uzun sure dayanamazsiniz. Mutlulugu istediginizi soylersiniz, ama mutsuzlugunuza bagimlisinizdir." Dinginligin Gucu
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"The ego needs to be in conflict with something or someone. That explains why you are looking for peace and joy and love but cannot tolerate them for very long. You say you want happiness but are addicted to your unhappiness."
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Iskoc yazar Iain Banks'in dogum gunu (16 Subat 1954)
"Porteneil’e tek basima gidip kutuphanede bana ogrettigi seyleri kontrol etmeye basladigimdan beri babam bana karsi daha durust davranmak zorunda kaliyor, ama ben kucukten durustce hatta saflikla sorulmuş sorularima yalan yanlis cevaplar verip beni kandirirdi. Senelerce Pathos'un Uc Silahsorler'den biri olduguna inandim, Fellatio'nun Hamlet'teki bir karakter, Vitreous'un Cin'de bir sehir olduguna ve Irlandali koylulerin Guinness'i turbayı ayaklariyla cigneyerek yaptiklarina." Esekarisi Fabrikasi
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"Ever since I was able to go into Porteneil alone and check things up in the library my father has had to be pretty straight with me, but when I was younger he used to fool me time after time, answering my honest if naive questions with utter rubbish. For years I believed Pathos was one of the Three Musketeers, Fellatio was a character in Hamlet, Vitreous a town in China, and that the Irish peasants had to tread the peat to make Guinness."
"Su deliler. Hepsi ulke, ordu ya da din baskanlari. Yani gercek deliler..…. Belki de bir onlarin akli basinda. Ne de olsa guc ve para onların guclerine guc katiyor, onlari koruyor, vergileriyle onlara oyuncaklar aliyor; siginaklarina ve tunellerine saklanip butun buyuk savaslardan onlar sag cikiyor."
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"The madder people. A lot of them seem to be leaders of countries or religions or armies. The real loonies..…. They're the ones who get everybody else to do what they want them to do, and get them into power and protect them and pay taxes and buy them toys, and they're the ones who'll survive another big war, in their bunkers and tunnels."
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Elvis, 16 Subat 1968’de How Great Thou Art albumuyle Altin Plak Odulunu kazandi.
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Iskoc yazar Iain Banks, Esekarisi Fabrikasi (The Wasp Factory - La fabbrica degli orrori) romanini kendi dogum gunu olan 16 Subat 1984'de Macmillan Publishers Limited araciligiyla Londra'da yayinladi.
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Ingiliz roman ve oyku yazari Angela Carter’in olum yildonumu (16 Subat 1992)
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“Bir kitabi okumak onu kendiniz icin bastan yazmak gibidir.”
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Finli melodik death metal grubu Children of Bodom, ilk cikis albumu Something Wild’i 16 Subat 1997’de Spinefarm Records etiketiyle piyasaya surdu.
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