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A young and vital child knows no limit to his own will, and it is the only reality to him. It is not that he wants at the outset to fight other wills, but that they simply do not exist for him. Like the artist, he goes forth to the work of creation, gloriously alone.
Of course, I also attribute some of my hearing loss to being in the infantry in World War II. It's probably a combination of heredity and noise exposure.
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| Claudia Cardinale, Actress (1938) |
| Bliss Carman, Poet (1861) |
| Joe Davis, Celebrity (1901) |
| Dave Edmunds, Musician (1944) |
| Leonhard Euler, Mathematician (1707) |
| Luke Evans, Actor (1979) |
| Eva Figes, (1932) |
| Jay Garner, Soldier (1938) |
| Henry James, Writer (1843) |
| Simon Dach, Poet (1659) |
| William Empson, Poet (1984) |
| Oliver Evans, Inventor (1819) |
| Greta Garbo, Actress (1990) |
| Jean Genet, Dramatist (1986) |
| Abraham Lincoln, President (1865) |


