Everything the Beats stood for was the opposite of the dominant culture today.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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“I have trouble with direction, because I have trouble with authority. I was not a good Marine.”
“The idea of the peace movement and of people who spent their entire lives trying to have a more egalitarian, just society, suddenly became swamped by the record industry, by the new rock and roll culture, and by the idea of not trusting anyone over thirty.”
| Robert T. Bakker, Scientist (1945) |
| Joseph Barbera, Cartoonist (1911) |
| Joel Barlow, Poet (1754) |
| Thomas Dewey, Politician (1902) |
| R. Lee Ermey, Soldier (1944) |
| Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Poet (1919) |
| Dario Fo, Playwright (1926) |
| Alyson Hannigan, Actress (1974) |
| John Harrison, Inventor (1693) |
| David Irving, Author (1938) |
| Alexander Alekhine, Celebrity (1946) |
| Walter Bagehot, Author (1877) |
| John Harrison, Inventor (1776) |
| Arne Jacobsen, Architect (1971) |