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“But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me just the right thing for a poet. Passion! He was always on the right side. He may be wrongheaded, but his heart was always on the right side. He wrote beautiful poetry.”
| Diane Abbott, Politician (1953) |
| Samuel Adams, Revolutionary (1722) |
| Henri Frederic Amiel, Philosopher (1821) |
| Randy Bachman, Musician (1943) |
| Ed Case, Politician (1952) |
| Shaun Cassidy, Musician (1958) |
| Grazia Deledda, Writer (1871) |
| Albert Ellis, Psychologist (1913) |
| William Empson, Poet (1906) |
| Sam Ervin, Politician (1896) |
| Peter Dawson, Musician (1961) |
| Edgar Degas, Artist (1917) |
| Gerald Finzi, Composer (1956) |