“Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.”
“Look at the coded language the Right is using against President Barack Obama. Openly calling him a liar in Congress, saying he is 'not a Christian, he was not born here, he is not one of us.' That makes addressing such issues trickier for the first African-American in the White House.”
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| Valerie Harper, Actress (1940) |
| Peter James, Writer (1948) |
| Nina Bawden, Writer (2012) |
| Charles W. Eliot, Educator (1926) |
| Charles William Eliot, Educator (1926) |
| James T. Farrell, Novelist (1979) |
| Luc Ferrari, Composer (2005) |
| Eric Johnston, Businessman (1963) |
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