“I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.”
“Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.”
| Nelson Algren, Novelist (1909) |
| Steve Ballmer, Businessman (1956) |
| Russell Banks, Author (1940) |
| Rick Barry, Athlete (1944) |
| Daniel Dennett, Philosopher (1942) |
| Richard Eyre, Director (1943) |
| Lady Gaga, Musician (1986) |
| Nafisa Joseph, Model (1978) |
| Karen Kain, Dancer (1951) |
| Corliss Lamont, Philosopher (1902) |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower, President (1969) |
| Dorothy Fields, Musician (1974) |
| William Christopher Handy, Musician (1958) |
| Eugene Ionesco, Dramatist (1994) |
| Emmett Kelly, Entertainer (1979) |
| Stephen Leacock, Economist (1944) |