Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Born: November 18, 1945 (age 79)
Bio: Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the sixth President of Sri Lanka from 19 November 2005 to 9 January 2015.