They don't give you gold medals for beating somebody. They give you gold medals for beating everybody.
It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a blunder, though, and is punished as such. A poor man is despised the whole world over.
Marion Barry, Politician (1936) |
Sarah Caldwell, Celebrity (1924) |
Alan Davies, Actor (1966) |
Michael Finley, Athlete (1973) |
Thomas S. Foley, Politician (1929) |
Bronislaw Geremek, Historian (1932) |
Lewis Gilbert, Director (1920) |
David Gilmour, Musician (1946) |
Kiri Te Kanawa, Musician (1944) |
Herbert Kaufman, Writer (1878) |
Louisa May Alcott, Novelist (1888) |
Jean Baudrillard, Sociologist (2007) |
Nelson Eddy, Musician (1967) |
Alice James, Writer (1892) |