“Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet.”
“Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on it, they need it. They need that kind of adoration. If their name isn't in the tabloids once a week they feel like a failure.”
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Athlete (1947) |
| Edie Adams, Musician (1927) |
| Herbert Baxter Adams, Educator (1850) |
| Akon, Musician (1973) |
| Tom Allen, Politician (1945) |
| Ellen Barkin, Actress (1955) |
| Gina Carano, Actress (1982) |
| Peter Garrett, Musician (1953) |
| Lukas Haas, Actor (1976) |
| Lord Halifax, Politician (1881) |
| Fred Davis, Celebrity (1998) |
| Ralph Ellison, Author (1994) |
| Edna Ferber, Novelist (1968) |
| Yasunari Kawabata, Novelist (1972) |
| David Lean, Director (1991) |