“You know, I'm playing the Mirage in Vegas, the main room... About 5 percent of all comics end up as the main headliner on the Vegas Strip, so that's a big deal for me. Getting to do my stand-up the way I have this summer is really what I've dreamed of since I was about 10 years old.”
“I saw the president make the tough calls in the Situation Room - and today, our troops in Iraq have finally come home so America can do some nation building here at home. That was the change that we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered.”
| Beryl Bainbridge, Novelist (1934) |
| Odysseas Elytis, Writer (1911) |
| Chaka Fattah, Politician (1956) |
| Coleman Hawkins, Musician (1904) |
| Carly Rae Jepsen, Musician (1985) |
| Dr. John, Musician (1940) |
| Mary Johnston, Novelist (1870) |
| Hugh Kingsmill, Writer (1889) |
| Abe Lemons, Coach (1922) |
| Max Baer, Athlete (1959) |
| Richard Carlson, Author (1977) |
| Ellen Glasgow, Novelist (1945) |
| Florence Harding, First Lady (1924) |