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“Osama bin Laden, the person, more likely serves the function of a stand-in. Compare the new terrorists with partisans or conventional terrorists in Israel. These people often fight in a decentralized manner in small, autonomous units, too.”
“You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed.”
| Isabel Allende, Writer (1942) |
| Irving Babbitt, Critic (1865) |
| James A. Baldwin, Author (1924) |
| Jim Capaldi, Musician (1944) |
| Caleb Carr, Novelist (1955) |
| James Fallows, Journalist (1949) |
| Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Composer (1905) |
| Lance Ito, Judge (1950) |
| Victoria Jackson, Comedian (1959) |
| George Kimble, Historian (1908) |
| Enrico Caruso, Musician (1921) |
| Thomas Gainsborough, Artist (1788) |
| Warren G. Harding, President (1923) |
| John Keegan, Historian (2012) |
| Fritz Lang, Director (1976) |