There are the further difficulties of building a population out of a diversity of races, each at a different stage of cultural evolution, some in need of restraint, many in need of protection; everywhere a bewildering Babel of tongues.
I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when I won. And I really like that, because I played soccer a lot too, and I couldn't stand it when I had to blame it on the goalkeeper.
Florence Ballard, Musician (1943) |
Robert Ballard, Scientist (1942) |
Fantasia Barrino, Musician (1984) |
Frederic Bastiat, Economist (1801) |
Vincent D'Onofrio, Actor (1959) |
Laurence Fishburne, Actor (1961) |
John Gay, Poet (1685) |
Franz Halder, Soldier (1884) |
Margery Allingham, Writer (1966) |
Buddy Hackett, Comedian (2003) |
David Harris, (2004) |