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Probably people always feel that they are living in a time of transition, but we can hardly be mistaken perhaps in thinking that this is an era of particularly momentous change, rapid and proceeding at an ever quickening rate.
I came to live in Shepperton in 1960. I thought: the future isn't in the metropolitan areas of London. I want to go out to the new suburbs, near the film studios. This was the England I wanted to write about, because this was the new world that was emerging.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Athlete (1947) |
Edie Adams, Musician (1927) |
Herbert Baxter Adams, Educator (1850) |
Akon, Musician (1973) |
Tom Allen, Politician (1945) |
Ellen Barkin, Actress (1955) |
Gina Carano, Actress (1982) |
Peter Garrett, Musician (1953) |
Lukas Haas, Actor (1976) |
Lord Halifax, Politician (1881) |
Fred Davis, Celebrity (1998) |
Ralph Ellison, Author (1994) |
Edna Ferber, Novelist (1968) |
Yasunari Kawabata, Novelist (1972) |
David Lean, Director (1991) |