Nate Diaz (1985) American mixed martial artist
As quoted in "Nate Diaz discusses win over Conor McGregor" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg6NkqFPOyY (5 March 2016), UFC on FOX, FOX
Source: The Waste Lands
Nate Diaz (1985) American mixed martial artist
As quoted in "Nate Diaz discusses win over Conor McGregor" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg6NkqFPOyY (5 March 2016), UFC on FOX, FOX
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Rises
Neil Diamond (1941) American singer-songwriter
Solitary Man
Song lyrics, The Feel of Neil Diamond (1966)
“I admit that most of my records are silly, but they do require serious training.”
Ashrita Furman (1954) American world record holder
inspiringnews.wordpress.com / Interview with Ashrita Furman (July 7, 2009) https://inspiringnews.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/interview-with-ashrita-furman-the-king-of-records/
Charles Bukowski book The People Look Like Flowers at Last
Source: The People Look Like Flowers at Last
“I know I'm not God, are you? Don't be silly.
God? God? Everybody's God? Don't be silly.”
Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) American poet
Source: Death and Fame: Last Poems, 1993-1997
Karl Popper (1902–1994) Austrian-British philosopher of science
As quoted in "At 90, and Still Dynamic : Revisiting Sir Karl Popper and Attending His Birthday Party" by Eugene Yue-Ching Ho, in Intellectus 23 (Jul-Sep 1992)
Roberto Clemente (1934–1972) Puerto Rican baseball player
Speaking with George Kiseda of The Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph in late July or early August 1957, reproduced in "Frustration in the Fifties" https://books.google.com/books?id=03XsO25A3I8C&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=%22I+won't+come+back+to+spring+training%22&source=bl&ots=xfn30GlAmb&sig=9pGIiE3gGIwAp6QroqRbNPygCjM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjo37rStb7NAhWGdT4KHSxjDCcQ6AEIFDAA#v=onepage&q&f=false, from Roberto Clemente: The Great One (1997) by Bruce Markusen, p. 63 <br class="br">Baseball-related, <big><big>1950s</big></big>, <big>1957</big>
“Dreadful sorry mistress. Ma always said I was too silly to die”
Tamora Pierce (1954) American writer of fantasy novels for children