I don't know what has happened to movies, but lately every movie is at least 20 minutes too long. It used to be that if you were three hours long it was because it was epic - a movie about Gandhi; something with very important subject matters.
And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.
| Robert A. Dahl, Writer (1915) |
| Humphry Davy, Scientist (1778) |
| Peter Farrelly, Director (1956) |
| Penelope Fitzgerald, Poet (1916) |
| William Floyd, Politician (1734) |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Author (1796) |
| Rian Johnson, Writer (1973) |
| Milla Jovovich, Model (1975) |
| Mackenzie King, Statesman (1874) |
| Thomas Starr King, Clergyman (1824) |
| Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Scientist (1917) |
| Sammy Baugh, Athlete (2008) |
| Alphonse Daudet, Novelist (1897) |
| Don Ellis, Musician (1978) |
| Kaspar Hauser, Celebrity (1833) |
| Lord Kelvin, Scientist (1907) |

