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When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.
You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration.
Tori Amos, Musician (1963) |
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Photographer (1908) |
Claude Debussy, Composer (1862) |
Julius J. Epstein, Dramatist (1909) |
Charles Fillmore, Educator (1854) |
Valerie Harper, Actress (1940) |
Peter James, Writer (1948) |
Nina Bawden, Writer (2012) |
Charles W. Eliot, Educator (1926) |
Charles William Eliot, Educator (1926) |
James T. Farrell, Novelist (1979) |
Luc Ferrari, Composer (2005) |
Eric Johnston, Businessman (1963) |
Jack Layton, Politician (2011) |
Jerry Leiber, Musician (2011) |