“Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are increasingly challenging it in that role.”
“I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a French poet.”
| Wladyslaw Anders, Politician (1892) |
| Viola Davis, Actress (1965) |
| Jerry Falwell, Clergyman (1933) |
| Mavis Gallant, Author (1922) |
| Ben Gibbard, Musician (1976) |
| Alex Haley, Novelist (1921) |
| Robert Green Ingersoll, Lawyer (1833) |
| Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Coach (1778) |
| Andrew Carnegie, Businessman (1919) |
| Phil Harris, Musician (1995) |