It's commonly said that people who've been ill in childhood and who've had an upset education never really regret that they do. It means that you don't look at the world in the way that other people do, and if you were inclined to be a writer, that's a help.
Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known.
| Sandy Adams, Politician (1956) |
| Morey Amsterdam, Actor (1908) |
| Lester Bangs, Critic (1948) |
| Dan Dailey, Actor (1913) |
| Wade Davis, Scientist (1953) |
| Paul Eluard, Poet (1895) |
| King George VI, Royalty (1895) |
| Shirley Jackson, Novelist (1919) |
| Raj Kapoor, Actor (1924) |
| Charles Lawrence, Politician (1709) |
| Louis Agassiz, Scientist (1873) |
| Vicente Aleixandre, Poet (1984) |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Musician (1788) |
| Stanley Baldwin, Statesman (1947) |
| Maurice Baring, (1945) |
| John Harvey Kellogg, Businessman (1943) |

