“I sailed a bit as a child, but it wasn't until I was around 40, when I was halfway through Patrick O'Brian's 'Master and Commander' novels, that I had the sudden epiphany that I had to go sail on a square-rig ship.”
“I know that Bush, for political reasons, is going to nominate a minority, a Hispanic man or someone where it will be harder for people on the progressive side to oppose and split some of the traditionally progressive or democratic constituents.”
| John Bacon, Sculptor (1740) |
| Alben W. Barkley, Vice President (1877) |
| Dale Carnegie, Writer (1888) |
| Ron Dellums, (1935) |
| Marlin Fitzwater, Public Servant (1942) |
| Dan Glickman, Politician (1944) |
| Colin Hanks, Actor (1977) |
| Garson Kanin, Playwright (1912) |
| Alphonse Karr, Critic (1808) |
| Eric Carr, Musician (1991) |
| Arthur Hailey, Novelist (2004) |
| Comte De Lautreamont, Poet (1870) |
| Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont, Author (1870) |