“Every time I write a new novel about something sombre and sobering and terrible I think, 'oh Lord, they're not going to want to go here'. But they do. Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave.”
“We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.”
| Afrika Bambaataa, Musician (1960) |
| Guillaume Canet, Actor (1973) |
| Martin Denny, Musician (1911) |
| Kenneth Edmonds, Musician (1958) |
| John M. Ford, Writer (1957) |
| Lesley Garrett, Musician (1955) |
| Thomas S. Gates, Jr., Public Servant (1906) |
| Samuel Hahnemann, Scientist (1755) |
| David Halberstam, Journalist (1934) |
| Orlando Jones, Comedian (1968) |
| Dixie Carter, Actor (2010) |
| Morarji Desai, Politician (1995) |
| Walker Evans, Photographer (1975) |
| Khalil Gibran, Poet (1931) |
| Sam Kinison, Comedian (1992) |