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The chief role of the universities is to prolong adolescence into middle age, at which point early retirement ensures that we lack the means or the will to enforce significant change.
The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who can perform great feats before friendly crowds.
Isabel Allende, Writer (1942) |
Irving Babbitt, Critic (1865) |
James A. Baldwin, Author (1924) |
Jim Capaldi, Musician (1944) |
Caleb Carr, Novelist (1955) |
James Fallows, Journalist (1949) |
Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Composer (1905) |
Lance Ito, Judge (1950) |
Victoria Jackson, Comedian (1959) |
George Kimble, Historian (1908) |
Enrico Caruso, Musician (1921) |
Thomas Gainsborough, Artist (1788) |
Warren G. Harding, President (1923) |
John Keegan, Historian (2012) |
Fritz Lang, Director (1976) |