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A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people.
I'm not telling people where to give money, but if there is to be a spotlight shed on me, then I'd like to direct that spotlight onto causes I think are worthy or onto interesting, progressive figures.
Janet Baker, Musician (1933) |
Count Basie, Musician (1904) |
Steve Case, Businessman (1958) |
Kim Cattrall, Actress (1956) |
Jackie DeShannon, Musician (1944) |
Loretta Devine, Actress (1949) |
Jacqueline Emerson, Actress (1994) |
James P. Cannon, Activist (1974) |
Charles Eames, Designer (1978) |
Georgia Harkness, Theologian (1974) |
George Jackson, Activist (1971) |