Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect, paying attention to the views of the people. Any other interpretation is nonsense.
My mother wasn't rich, and I never seen my father. I was a street performer. I've been shot. And now I'm known around the world, and I've touched a lot of people with my music. That's one of the great testimonies that's gonna go down in history.
Pearl Bailey, Actress (1918) |
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, Novelist (1831) |
Earl Campbell, Athlete (1955) |
Jennifer Capriati, Athlete (1976) |
Billy Carter, Celebrity (1937) |
James E. Casey, Businessman (1888) |
Perry Farrell, Musician (1959) |
Martin Fleischmann, Scientist (1927) |
Robert Gibbs, Public Servant (1971) |
Brendan Gleeson, Actor (1955) |
Joyce Cary, Novelist (1957) |
Helene Deutsch, Psychologist (1982) |
Helge Ingstad, Explorer (2001) |
Otto Hermann Kahn, Businessman (1934) |
John Keble, Clergyman (1866) |