I've never done anything for money. My first love is things of limited commercial appeal. I could be happy doing Shakespeare for the rest of my life.
Whence it is somewhat strange that any men from so mean and silly a practice should expect commendation, or that any should afford regard thereto; the which it is so far from meriting, that indeed contempt and abhorrence are due to it.
Mary Decker, Athlete (1958) |
Lane Evans, Politician (1951) |
Greta Gerwig, Actress (1983) |
William Rowan Hamilton, Mathematician (1805) |
Knut Hamsun, Author (1859) |
John Harrington, Writer (1561) |
Edward Irving, Clergyman (1792) |
Daniel Dae Kim, Actor (1968) |
Osbert Lancaster, Cartoonist (1908) |
Harry Lauder, Entertainer (1870) |
Hans Christian Andersen, Author (1875) |
John Bacon, Sculptor (1799) |
Jeanne Calment, Celebrity (1997) |
Lord Thomson Of Fleet, Publisher (1976) |
William Floyd, Politician (1821) |