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No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out t
My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around my neck. Like an old-school mime. Like a kid in the naughty corner. Like a Victorian mute.
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Julian Casablancas, Musician (1978) |
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Nelson DeMille, Author (1943) |
Barbara Eden, Actress (1934) |
Clifford Geertz, Scientist (1926) |
Carl Hagelin, Athlete (1988) |
Gene Kelly, Actor (1912) |
Hoot Gibson, Actor (1962) |
Oscar Hammerstein, Writer (1960) |
Oscar Hammerstein II, Musician (1960) |
R. D. Laing, Psychologist (1989) |