Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and my mum and dad were always very quick to explain exactly what was going on and to be in their own way inclusive and welcoming.
At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.
Harry Banks, Soldier (1896) |
Rene Daumal, Writer (1908) |
Jenny Eclair, Comedian (1960) |
Erik Estrada, Actor (1949) |
Tommy Flanagan, Musician (1930) |
Flavor Flav, Musician (1959) |
Victor Garber, Actor (1949) |
Alexi Giannoulias, Politician (1976) |
Ron Kind, Politician (1963) |
Derek Harold Richard Barton, Scientist (1998) |
Thomas Dewey, Politician (1971) |
Ralph Erskine, Architect (2005) |