People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds of mistakes. Then historians come along and write summaries of this messy, nonlinear process and make it appear like a simple, straight line.
Yukiya Amano, Public Servant (1947) |
J. M. Barrie, Novelist (1860) |
James M. Barrie, Playwright (1860) |
Gregory Bateson, Scientist (1904) |
Vince Cable, Politician (1943) |
Howard Carter, Scientist (1874) |
Rosario Dawson, Actress (1979) |
Manfred Eigen, Scientist (1927) |
Albert Finney, Actor (1936) |
Jose Ortega Y Gasset, Philosopher (1883) |
Nelson Algren, Novelist (1981) |
Dan Devine, Coach (2002) |
Brenda Fassie, Musician (2004) |
Paul Gauguin, Artist (1903) |
Mary Johnston, Novelist (1936) |
Akhmad Kadyrov, Statesman (2004) |
Alan King, Comedian (2004) |