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“My father had left behind an old piano. My sister was already going to school, my mother was out working, and I stayed at home alone with my adorable grandmother who understood nothing I said. It was so boring that I stayed at the piano all day long, and that saved my life.”
“I think it's still hard for me to turn down work if it's really good because for so many years I was so desperate to get a job and couldn't and so it's kind of an anathema for me to turn down work.”
| Eugenie Anderson, Diplomat (1909) |
| Helena Bonham Carter, Actress (1966) |
| Miles Davis, Musician (1926) |
| Kay Hagan, Politician (1953) |
| Janos Kadar, Statesman (1912) |
| Dorothea Lange, Photographer (1895) |
| Peggy Lee, Musician (1920) |
| Eddie Albert, Actor (2005) |
| Stewart Alsop, Writer (1974) |
| Lincoln Ellsworth, Explorer (1951) |
| Edsel Ford, Businessman (1943) |