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“Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.”
“I have this firm belief that I am who I am for a reason. If I change something, I'm cheating myself of whatever it is I'm supposed to learn from my body. You know, I'm legally blind. I'm 20/750, since I was in fifth grade. I wear glasses and contacts. But I won't even get LASIK.”
| Maude Adams, Actress (1872) |
| Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Poet (1836) |
| Mose Allison, Musician (1927) |
| Gordon W. Allport, Psychologist (1897) |
| Daisy Bates, Activist (1914) |
| Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Author (1929) |
| Daniel J. Evans, Politician (1925) |
| Calista Flockhart, Actress (1964) |
| David Hackworth, Soldier (1930) |
| Lee Haney, Athlete (1959) |
| Andre Bazin, Critic (1958) |
| Alexander Calder, Sculptor (1976) |
| Soren Kierkegaard, Philosopher (1855) |