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“Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said couldn't be done.”
“Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends. This is why most appeals against violent means usually fall on deaf ears.”
| Thomas Campbell, Poet (1777) |
| Vincent Canby, Critic (1924) |
| Donald Evans, Public Servant (1946) |
| Peggy Fleming, Athlete (1948) |
| Bobbie Gentry, Musician (1944) |
| Elizabeth Hardwick, Critic (1916) |
| Juliana Hatfield, Musician (1967) |
| Norman Lear, Producer (1922) |
| Carol Leifer, Comedian (1956) |
| Richard Aldington, Writer (1962) |
| John Dalton, Scientist (1844) |
| Osbert Lancaster, Cartoonist (1986) |