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This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.
Every couple of seconds out here they're honoring somebody. You've got to get dressed, go in and sit down. Invariably somebody makes a speech.
Yukiya Amano, Public Servant (1947) |
J. M. Barrie, Novelist (1860) |
James M. Barrie, Playwright (1860) |
Gregory Bateson, Scientist (1904) |
Vince Cable, Politician (1943) |
Howard Carter, Scientist (1874) |
Rosario Dawson, Actress (1979) |
Manfred Eigen, Scientist (1927) |
Albert Finney, Actor (1936) |
Jose Ortega Y Gasset, Philosopher (1883) |
Nelson Algren, Novelist (1981) |
Dan Devine, Coach (2002) |
Brenda Fassie, Musician (2004) |
Paul Gauguin, Artist (1903) |
Mary Johnston, Novelist (1936) |
Akhmad Kadyrov, Statesman (2004) |
Alan King, Comedian (2004) |