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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
Some hypocrites and seeming mortified men, that held down their heads, were like the little images that they place in the very bowing of the vaults of churches, that look as if they held up the church, but are but puppets.
| Freddy Adu, Athlete (1989) |
| Morena Baccarin, Actress (1979) |
| Dana Carvey, Comedian (1955) |
| Michael N. Castle, Politician (1939) |
| Edward Elgar, Composer (1857) |
| Lasse Hallstrom, Director (1946) |
| Marvin Hamlisch, Composer (1944) |
| Thomas Hardy, Novelist (1840) |
| Stacy Keach, Actor (1941) |
| Philip Kearny, Soldier (1815) |
| John Erskine, Poet (1951) |
| Mel Ferrer, Actor (2008) |
| Giuseppe Garibaldi, Soldier (1882) |
| Lou Gehrig, Athlete (1941) |
| Rex Harrison, (1990) |
| George S. Kaufman, Dramatist (1961) |


