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“The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and family history. I believe in going backwards into the past - I felt I was digging a tunnel back to the past.”
“The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.”
| Agha Hasan Abedi, Businessman (1922) |
| Hall Caine, Novelist (1853) |
| Bobby Darin, Musician (1936) |
| Kurt Eisner, Politician (1867) |
| Julian Eltinge, Actor (1881) |
| William Emerson, Mathematician (1701) |
| B. C. Forbes, Journalist (1880) |
| Thomas Gainsborough, Artist (1727) |
| Lou Harrison, Composer (1917) |
| Robert Jarvik, Inventor (1946) |
| Lyle Alzado, Athlete (1992) |
| Henri La Fontaine, Lawyer (1943) |
| H. Rider Haggard, Writer (1925) |
| Georgia Douglas Johnson, Poet (1966) |
| Bill Lear, Inventor (1978) |
| Anna Lee, Actress (2004) |