Everything the Beats stood for was the opposite of the dominant culture today.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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“I think being mean to people in high school is healthy. It's sort of like you're in this situation with all these other kids and sometimes you need to get your aggression out. And if you'd had people be mean to you before, it really does build character.”
| Christopher Alexander, Architect (1936) |
| Clifton Davis, Actor (1945) |
| Roy Evans, Athlete (1948) |
| Brendan Gill, Critic (1914) |
| Chuck Hagel, Politician (1946) |
| Marv Harshman, Coach (1917) |
| Barbara Johnson, Critic (1947) |
| Joseph P. Kennedy III, Politician (1980) |
| Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Soldier (1903) |
| Buster Keaton, Actor (1895) |
| Janis Joplin, Musician (1970) |