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Anyone in the humor business isn't thinking clearly if he doesn't surround himself with idea people. Otherwise, you settle for mediocrity - or you burn yourself out.
The 60s passed and faded and I grew older, and in 1987 bought a house in upstate New York, and it turned out that John Brown was buried down the road from my house and that he had lived there longer than anywhere else and his house was still standing.
| Paula Abdul, Musician (1962) |
| Aldrich Ames, Criminal (1941) |
| Hugh Dancy, Actor (1975) |
| Paul Dano, Actor (1984) |
| Lou Gehrig, Athlete (1903) |
| Douglas Haig, Soldier (1861) |
| Joichi Ito, Businessman (1966) |
| King James I, Royalty (1566) |
| Boris Johnson, Politician (1964) |
| Pauline Kael, Critic (1919) |
| Grace Abbott, Activist (1939) |
| John Acton, Historian (1902) |
| Lord Acton, Historian (1902) |
| Joseph Banks, Environmentalist (1820) |
| J. M. Barrie, Novelist (1937) |
| James M. Barrie, Playwright (1937) |
| Richard Henry Lee, Politician (1794) |


