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It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.
No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.
Vicente Aleixandre, Poet (1898) |
Cass Canfield, Publisher (1897) |
Alice Cary, Poet (1820) |
Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Writer (1916) |
Eugene Delacroix, Artist (1798) |
Giancarlo Esposito, Actor (1958) |
April Glaspie, Diplomat (1942) |
Kevin James, Comedian (1965) |
Curtis Jones, Musician (1968) |
Greg Laswell, Musician (1974) |
Hasil Adkins, Musician (2005) |
Lucille Ball, Comedian (1989) |
Count Basie, Musician (1984) |
Augusto Roa Bastos, Novelist (2005) |
Jill Dando, Journalist (1999) |
Celia Johnson, Actress (1982) |
Corliss Lamont, Philosopher (1995) |
David Lavender, Historian (2003) |