Frank Miller (1957) American writer, artist, film director
Response to the question "Is There A God?" by Stephen Thompson AVClub (9 October 2002) http://www.avclub.com/content/node/24569
“I don't think I could stay interested for a couple of months in a character of mean motivation.”
Source: On usually playing likable characters, as quoted in "Gregory Peck, a Star of Quiet Dignity, Dies at 87" by William Grimes in The New York Times (13 June 2003)
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Jay Gould (1836–1892) American businessman
As quoted in the Commercial and Financial Chronicle (25 March 1882)
“A couple of months in the laboratory can frequently save a couple of hours in the library.”
Frank Westheimer (1912–2007) American chemist
Crampon, Jean E. 1988. Murphy, Parkinson, and Peter: Laws for librarians. Library Journal 113. no. 17 (October 15), p. 41. <br class="br">Various forms, often credited as Westheimer’s Discovery – other forms include: <br class="br">A month in the laboratory can often save an hour in the library. <br class="br"> UCLA Library http://wwwstage.library.ucla.edu/libraries/sel/12451.cfm <br class="br">Why spend a day in the library when you can learn the same thing by working in the laboratory for a month? <br class="br"> Frank H. Westheimer, major figure in 20th century chemistry, dies at 95 http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2007/04/frank-h-westheimer-major-figure-in-20th-century-chemistry-dies-at-95/, Harvard Gazette, April 19, 2007 <br class="br">Some version perhaps found in 1979 interview, Frank H. Westheimer http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/collections/oral-histories/details/westheimer-frank-h.aspx, Oral Histories, Chemical Heritage Foundation, in chapter “Research Projects and Philosophy”, p. 63, topic “Reading the literature.”
Kosmos interview on grief, Dark Optimism, aliveness and activism (2014) http://www.darkoptimism.org/2014/12/21/dark-optimism-power-of-grief/#post-4075
Roger Zelazny (1937–1995) American speculative fiction writer
"A Conversation With Roger Zelazny" (8 April 1978), talking with Terry Dowling and Keith Curtis in Science Fiction Vol. 1, #2 (June 1978)
Roberto Clemente (1934–1972) Puerto Rican baseball player
As quoted in "'Nobody Does Anything Better Than Me in Baseball,' Says Roberto Clemente....Well, He's Right," by Roy Blount, Jr. (as C.R. Ways), in The New York Times Magazine (April 9, 1972), p. 42; reprinted as "Clemente's Time of Honor Has Come" https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1qNhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7369%2C3839734 in The Pittsburgh Press (Tuesday, April 25, 1972), p. 31 <br class="br">Other, <big><big>1970s</big></big>, <big>1972</big>
Jim Gaffigan (1966) comedian, actor, author
On his character in My Boys — interview in Bob Kostanczuk (December 15, 2006) "From 'Pale Force' to 'My Boys' Region native Jim Gaffigan keeps comedy career chuggin' with new sitcom", Post-Tribune, p. D1.