A lot of our assumptions of the world are fairly cynical, fairly negative, and assume the worst. What our reading tastes show - in this rush to fantasy, romance, whatever - is that we actually still want to believe in a world of possibility, in a world of mystery.
I feel like the same person, but I feel as if I need to work twice as much now.
Vicente Aleixandre, Poet (1898) |
Cass Canfield, Publisher (1897) |
Alice Cary, Poet (1820) |
Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Writer (1916) |
Eugene Delacroix, Artist (1798) |
Giancarlo Esposito, Actor (1958) |
April Glaspie, Diplomat (1942) |
Kevin James, Comedian (1965) |
Curtis Jones, Musician (1968) |
Greg Laswell, Musician (1974) |
Hasil Adkins, Musician (2005) |
Lucille Ball, Comedian (1989) |
Count Basie, Musician (1984) |
Augusto Roa Bastos, Novelist (2005) |
Jill Dando, Journalist (1999) |
Celia Johnson, Actress (1982) |
Corliss Lamont, Philosopher (1995) |
David Lavender, Historian (2003) |