“Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach.”
“So there's always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common - and what can be exploited for a private interest.”
| Abigail Adams, First Lady (1744) |
| Jean-Michel Basquiat, Artist (1960) |
| C. S. Calverley, Poet (1831) |
| Charles Stuart Calverley, Poet (1831) |
| Luther Campbell, Musician (1960) |
| Steve Carlton, Athlete (1944) |
| Dan Devine, Coach (1924) |
| Hector Elizondo, Actor (1936) |
| Jean Henri Fabre, Author (1823) |
| Andrew Fastow, Criminal (1961) |
| George Eliot, Author (1880) |