The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.
Mary Catherine Bateson
There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors.
Mary Catherine Bateson
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“I'm never getting too lonely because it's the kind of disease where you might sit in front of the TV with three bags of biscuits, rather than communicate with the world.”
“I love to look at The Graduate, or Lawrence of Arabia, or things I had nothing to do with. But you could not get me to go back and watch movies that it was a privilege just to be around them when they were being made.”
| Sasha Alexander, Actress (1975) |
| Stewart Alsop, Writer (1914) |
| Idi Amin, Statesman (1928) |
| Henri Barbusse, Novelist (1873) |
| Enya, Musician (1961) |
| Craig Ferguson, Comedian (1962) |
| Thom Filicia, Designer (1968) |
| Jean Gabin, Actor (1904) |
| Anna Jameson, Writer (1794) |
| Edward Jenner, Scientist (1749) |
| Lloyd Alexander, Writer (2007) |
| Arthur Baer, Journalist (1969) |
| Cass Gilbert, Architect (1934) |
| John Jay, Judge (1829) |