In my right-wing politics of the time, I held that unemployment was usually the fault of the unemployed.
And I told her point blank, you've got everything to live for. You've got such talent. You're back singing great, lose the weight. And she went and did it, and look at her now!
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Justin Amash, Politician (1980) |
Andre Bazin, Critic (1918) |
Reeve Carney, Actor (1983) |
Clarence Darrow, Lawyer (1857) |
Richard Harding Davis, Journalist (1864) |
Susan Faludi, Writer (1959) |
America Ferrera, Actress (1984) |
Haile Gebrselassie, Athlete (1973) |
Saad Hariri, Politician (1970) |
Erasmus Darwin, Scientist (1802) |
Albert Einstein, Physicist (1955) |
John Ambrose Fleming, Inventor (1945) |