If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to blind, imprison, and destroy.
It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing I'd ever seen, that California sunshine.
Kathy Acker, Activist (1947) |
Justin Amash, Politician (1980) |
Andre Bazin, Critic (1918) |
Reeve Carney, Actor (1983) |
Clarence Darrow, Lawyer (1857) |
Richard Harding Davis, Journalist (1864) |
Susan Faludi, Writer (1959) |
America Ferrera, Actress (1984) |
Haile Gebrselassie, Athlete (1973) |
Saad Hariri, Politician (1970) |
Erasmus Darwin, Scientist (1802) |
Albert Einstein, Physicist (1955) |
John Ambrose Fleming, Inventor (1945) |