Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.
Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.
Gerry Adams, Politician (1948) |
Shana Alexander, Journalist (1925) |
George Carman, Lawyer (1929) |
Barbara Castle, Politician (1910) |
Britt Ekland, Actress (1942) |
Riccardo Giacconi, Scientist (1931) |
Fannie Lou Hamer, Activist (1917) |
Maria Jeritza, (1887) |
Amy Jo Johnson, Actress (1970) |
Bette Davis, Actress (1989) |
Richard Farnsworth, Actor (2000) |
Walter Hagen, Athlete (1969) |