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When Babe Ruth was asked in 1930 how he felt about making more money that the President of the United States, he replied ‘I had a better year than he (Herbert Hoover) did.’ When Tom Snyder was asked in 1977 how he felt about making more money per year than President Carter, he replied, ‘I have to go out and buy my own 707.’
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Birth: | 2nd September, 1917 |
Death: | 14th October, 1998 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Activist, Author, Commentator, Humorist, Journalist |
Cleveland Amory was born in Nahant, Massachusetts. He was an American author, activist, humorist, journalist and commentator who devoted his life to promoting animal rights. From the 1950s through the 1990s, he had a long career as a reporter and writer for national magazines, and as a television and radio commentator. In the late 1980s and 1990s, he was best known for his bestselling books about his adopted cat, Polar Bear, starting with The Cat Who Came for Christmas. Amory as "the founding father of the modern animal protection movement."
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