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“Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds.”
“The way in which mathematicians and physicists and historians talk is quite different, and what a physicist means by physical intuition and what a mathematician means by beauty or elegance are things worth thinking about.”
| Paula Abdul, Musician (1962) |
| Aldrich Ames, Criminal (1941) |
| Hugh Dancy, Actor (1975) |
| Paul Dano, Actor (1984) |
| Lou Gehrig, Athlete (1903) |
| Douglas Haig, Soldier (1861) |
| Joichi Ito, Businessman (1966) |
| King James I, Royalty (1566) |
| Boris Johnson, Politician (1964) |
| Pauline Kael, Critic (1919) |
| Grace Abbott, Activist (1939) |
| John Acton, Historian (1902) |
| Lord Acton, Historian (1902) |
| Joseph Banks, Environmentalist (1820) |
| J. M. Barrie, Novelist (1937) |
| James M. Barrie, Playwright (1937) |
| Richard Henry Lee, Politician (1794) |