If modernist naturalism were true, there would be no objective truth outside of science. In that case right and wrong would be a matter of cultural preference, or political power, and the power already available to modernists ideologies would be overwhelming.
I don't have a story about an epiphany in which I suddenly realised I wanted to be an actor. It was much more a case of the idea dawning on me gradually.
John Agar, Actor (1921) |
Tallulah Bankhead, Actress (1903) |
Ernie Banks, Athlete (1931) |
Bernard Barton, Poet (1784) |
Eddie Cantor, Comedian (1892) |
Peter Dawson, Musician (1882) |
Dick Gephardt, Politician (1941) |
Philip Glass, Composer (1937) |
Tokugawa Ieyasu, Leader (1543) |
Derek Jarman, Director (1942) |
George Washington Cable, Novelist (1925) |
John Galsworthy, Author (1933) |
Jean Giraudoux, Dramatist (1944) |
Molly Ivins, Journalist (2007) |
Gil Kane, Artist (2000) |
Coretta Scott King, Activist (2006) |