When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.
I was a hostess in a restaurant in New York when I was 21, and I was too good of an employee. I was putting most of my energy into that instead of acting. But my father told my sister and me to look at whatever needed to be done and do that job well, no matter what it was.
| Franklin P. Adams, Journalist (1881) |
| Franklin Pierce Adams, Writer (1881) |
| Lily Aldridge, Model (1985) |
| B.o.B, Musician (1988) |
| Howard Baker, Statesman (1925) |
| Howard H. Baker, Jr., Politician (1925) |
| Daniel Barenboim, Musician (1942) |
| Kevin Eubanks, Musician (1957) |
| W. Averell Harriman, Politician (1891) |
| Mwai Kibaki, Statesman (1931) |
| Samuel Hopkins Adams, Writer (1958) |
| Lionel Barrymore, Actor (1954) |
| Stokely Carmichael, Activist (1998) |
| Jean Gabin, Actor (1976) |
| Johannes Kepler, Scientist (1630) |

