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“Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players. But others hire below their skills to make themselves look good. So B players hire C players. C players hire D players, etc.”
“The performances of my works in the last 10 years are probably equal to all the previous years put together. There are so many venues now and there is a completely new public for opera that's grown up outside of the traditional core opera public.”
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| Howard Carter, Scientist (1874) |
| Rosario Dawson, Actress (1979) |
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| Nelson Algren, Novelist (1981) |
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| Mary Johnston, Novelist (1936) |
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| Alan King, Comedian (2004) |