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I decided early on that I wanted to participate in the greater American experience, rather than the parochial one in Mississippi. But I have an urge as a writer to meld the Southern experience into the larger American one.
Older women are like aging strudels - the crust may not be so lovely, but the filling has come at last into its own.
| H. E. Bates, Writer (1905) |
| Harry Carey, Jr., Actor (1921) |
| Tucker Carlson, Journalist (1969) |
| Betty Carter, Musician (1930) |
| Bob Edwards, Journalist (1947) |
| Charlie Fink, Musician (1986) |
| Henry Fonda, Actor (1905) |
| Edward T. Hall, Scientist (1914) |
| Janet Jackson, Musician (1966) |
| Christian Lacroix, Designer (1951) |
| William Adams, Explorer (1620) |
| George Ade, Playwright (1944) |
| James Agee, Novelist (1955) |
| Sammy Davis, Jr., Entertainer (1990) |
| Margaret Hamilton, Actress (1985) |
| Andy Kaufman, Comedian (1984) |


