But sometimes it's good to dare yourself to do the unthinkable. And rather than stand in front of an audience with no clothes on, I decided to have a go at stand-up comedy.
A university anywhere can aim no higher than to be as British as possible for the sake of the undergraduates, as German as possible for the sake of the public at large-and as confused as possible for the preservation of the whole uneasy balance.
Majel Barrett, Actress (1932) |
Michael Dell, Businessman (1965) |
Dakota Fanning, Actress (1994) |
Terence Fisher, Director (1904) |
Peter Fonda, Actor (1940) |
Josh Gad, Actor (1981) |
Marc Garneau, Astronaut (1949) |
Barbara Januszkiewicz, Artist (1955) |
Karl Jaspers, Psychologist (1883) |
Daymond John, Businessman (1969) |
John Quincy Adams, President (1848) |
Leo Baekeland, Inventor (1944) |
Edward Elgar, Composer (1934) |
Carl Friedrich Gauss, Mathematician (1855) |
John Keats, Poet (1821) |
Stan Laurel, Actor (1965) |