When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.
No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.
Ali Babacan, Politician (1967) |
Lawrence Barrett, Actor (1836) |
Clive Davis, Businessman (1932) |
Elizabeth Emken, Politician (1963) |
A. Bartlett Giamatti, Educator (1938) |
John Hannah, Athlete (1951) |
Bobby Ray Inman, Soldier (1931) |
Jacquelyn Jablonski, Model (1991) |
Claiborne Fox Jackson, Lawyer (1806) |
David E. Kelley, Producer (1956) |
Alfonso X, Royalty (1284) |
Hodding Carter, Journalist (1972) |
Roger Ebert, Critic (2013) |
William Henry Harrison, President (1841) |
Martin Luther King, Jr., Leader (1968) |