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For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive.
I've always said, 'I am a selector, I am not defector' - the first few phrases in English I learned. I said I hate 'defector'; something defective about the people. It's a bad word.
Kate Adie, Journalist (1945) |
Steve Bartlett, Politician (1947) |
George Cadbury, Businessman (1839) |
Clifton Daniel, Editor (1912) |
Jay Electronica, Musician (1976) |
Cass Elliot, Musician (1941) |
Walter Elliot, Politician (1888) |
Brian Epstein, Businessman (1934) |
Jimmy Fallon, Comedian (1974) |
Frances Farmer, Actress (1913) |
Thomas John Barnardo, Celebrity (1905) |
Italo Calvino, Journalist (1985) |
Francis Darwin, Scientist (1925) |
James A. Garfield, President (1881) |
David Starr Jordan, Writer (1931) |