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“Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of a tradition, but he didn't consider himself part of a tradition.”
“How I longed to see these things; how I longed to see the Liberty Bell and walk on the streets where Thomas Jefferson, Tom Paine and Benjamin Franklin had walked.”
| Diane Ackerman, Poet (1948) |
| Sherman Alexie, Writer (1966) |
| Henry Alford, Clergyman (1810) |
| June Allyson, Actress (1917) |
| Amiri Baraka, Poet (1934) |
| Cotton Fitzsimmons, Coach (1931) |
| Clive James, Writer (1939) |
| Elizabeth Janeway, Author (1913) |
| William Samuel Johnson, Politician (1727) |
| Thomas Keneally, Novelist (1935) |
| Wally George, Celebrity (2003) |
| Natalia Ginzburg, (1991) |
| Radclyffe Hall, Poet (1943) |
| Johnny Kidd, Musician (1966) |