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We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.
It was an instinct to put the world in order that powered her mending split infinitives and snipping off dangling participles, smoothing away the knots and bumps until the prose before her took on a sheen, like perfect caramel.
Harvey Ball, Celebrity (1921) |
John Calvin, Theologian (1509) |
Russ Carnahan, Politician (1958) |
William Dampier, Explorer (1908) |
Andre Dawson, Athlete (1954) |
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Actor (1974) |
Bela Fleck, Musician (1958) |
Sunil Gavaskar, Athlete (1949) |
Jonathan Gilbert, Actor (1968) |
Ron Glass, Actor (1945) |
Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, Artist (1851) |
Joe Davis, Celebrity (1978) |
Maria Jeritza, (1982) |