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“In the world of the present, in our time, we feel that suffering, anguish, the torments of body and soul, are greater than ever before in the history of mankind.”
“Incongruity, they say, is one of the main ingredients of humor. Maybe it's because everybody can feel superior to me. I honestly don't know.”
| Steve Allen, Entertainer (1921) |
| Charles Babbage, Mathematician (1792) |
| Evan Bayh, Politician (1955) |
| Alejo Carpentier, Novelist (1904) |
| Elizabeth David, Writer (1913) |
| Gray Davis, Politician (1942) |
| Gnassingbe Eyadema, Statesman (1937) |
| Carlton Fisk, Athlete (1947) |
| Kit Harington, Actor (1986) |
| Joyce Jillson, Celebrity (1946) |
| Melvil Dewey, Inventor (1931) |
| Gerald R. Ford, President (2006) |
| Doug Harvey, Athlete (1989) |
| Elsa Lanchester, Actress (1986) |
| Kenneth Scott Latourette, Historian (1968) |