“A long sea implies an uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves; on the contrary, a short sea is when they run irregularly, broken, and interrupted; so as frequently to burst over a vessel's side or quarter.”
“Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations.”
| Albert Camus, Philosopher (1913) |
| Silvia Cartwright, Statesman (1943) |
| Rio Ferdinand, Athlete (1978) |
| Helen Garner, Novelist (1942) |
| Yunjin Kim, Actress (1973) |
| Edmund Leach, Scientist (1910) |
| Janet Flanner, Journalist (1978) |
| Howard Keel, Actor (2004) |