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“Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.”
“Life is filigree work. What is written clearly is not worth much, it's the transparency that counts.”
| Italo Calvino, Journalist (1923) |
| Jane Darwell, Actress (1879) |
| Paige Davis, Actress (1969) |
| Sarah Ferguson, (1959) |
| John Kenneth Galbraith, Economist (1908) |
| Lee Iacocca, Businessman (1924) |
| Tito Jackson, Musician (1953) |
| Abdul Kalam, Statesman (1931) |
| Emeril Lagasse, Celebrity (1959) |
| Linda Lavin, Actress (1937) |
| Vincent Canby, Critic (2000) |
| Mata Hari, Dancer (1917) |
| Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Coach (1852) |
| Randall Jarrell, Poet (1965) |
| Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Poet (1838) |
| Pierre Laval, Politician (1945) |