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“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.”
“I was 23, and that was my first professional job. Anybody who has curly hair knows you don't want it to be brushed out because it becomes a never-ending tangle.”
Toni Cade Bambara, Author (1939) |
Matthew Barney, Artist (1967) |
Bela Bartok, Composer (1881) |
John Ensign, Politician (1958) |
Edward Felten, Scientist (1963) |
Elton John, Musician (1947) |
David Lean, Director (1908) |
Goodman Ace, Writer (1982) |
Roland Barthes, Critic (1980) |
Claude Debussy, Composer (1918) |
Max Eastman, Author (1969) |
Milton H. Erickson, Psychologist (1980) |
Greg Garrison, Director (2005) |
Thomas S. Gates, Jr., Public Servant (1983) |
Nunnally Johnson, Director (1977) |