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“My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.”
“In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.”
| John Adams, President (1735) |
| Joe Adcock, Athlete (1927) |
| Robert Caro, Writer (1935) |
| Timothy Findley, Novelist (1930) |
| William Halsey, Soldier (1882) |
| Harry Hamlin, Actor (1951) |
| James Laughlin, Poet (1914) |
| John Abbott, Statesman (1893) |
| Steve Allen, Entertainer (2000) |
| Lillian Gordy Carter, Celebrity (1983) |
| Clifford Geertz, Scientist (2006) |
| Jam Master Jay, Musician (2002) |
| Rose Wilder Lane, Journalist (1968) |