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Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap.
It's almost like while you are working for the WWF everything is fine and good, but if you are no longer employed by them they want you to just drop off the face of the earth and it's like you never existed.
Ryan Cabrera, Musician (1982) |
Bill Delahunt, Politician (1941) |
Nick Faldo, Athlete (1957) |
Steve Forbes, Businessman (1947) |
Elizabeth Gilbert, Novelist (1969) |
John Glenn, Astronaut (1921) |
Jack Irons, Musician (1962) |
Elizabeth Jennings, Poet (1926) |
Mohammed Daud Khan, Statesman (1909) |
Margaret Laurence, Novelist (1926) |
Horatio Alger, Author (1899) |
Roman Jakobson, Scientist (1982) |
John Paul Jones, Soldier (1792) |