Conor Oberst (1980) American musician
From A Balance Beam
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002)
Robert: Act 3, Scene 2
Beyond the Horizon (1918)
Conor Oberst (1980) American musician
From A Balance Beam
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002)
Charles Manson (1934–2017) American criminal and musician
Source: Manson in His Own Words: The Shocking Confessions of 'The Most Dangerous Man Alive'
Arthur Rubinstein (1887–1982) Polish-American classical pianist
Quoted from a 1977 interview by Robert MacNeil in the documentary Rubinstein at 90 — reported in Alan M. Kriegsmen (January 26, 1977) "The Magic of Rubinstein ...", The Washington Post, p. B7.
Otis Redding (1941–1967) American singer, songwriter and record producer
I've Been Loving You Too Long, co-written with Jerry Butler.
Song lyrics, Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965)
Lionel Richie (1949) American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor
Stuck on You.
Song lyrics, Can't Slow Down (1983)
Lillian Gish (1893–1993) American actress
As quoted in Lillian Gish : Her Legend, Her Life (2002) by Charles Affron, p. 353
Fernand Léger (1881–1955) French painter
Quote from Fernand Léger - The Later Years, catalogue ed. Nicolas Serota, published by the Trustees of the Whitechapel Art gallery, London, Prestel Verlag, 1988, p. 17
Quotes of Fernand Leger, 1950's
“Feel free to call me by my first name: Master.”
Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind
Source: The Name of the Wind
Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) African American boxer, philanthropist and activist
Responding to a press conference question as to whether he was a "card-carrying" member of the Black Muslims, as quoted in The New York Times (27 February 1964) http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F4091EF7355D17738DDDAE0A94DA405B848AF1D3; also in Sports Illustrated (9 March 1964). <br class="br">Context: I believe in Allah and in peace. I don't try to move into white neighborhoods. I don't want to marry a white woman. I was baptized when I was twelve, but I didn't know what I was doing. I'm not a Christian anymore. I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be... I'm free to be what I want.