Michael Jordan (1963) American retired professional basketball player and businessman
As quoted in Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh (1998), by Robert Goldman and Stephen Papson, p. 49
“I'll take the shooting. I'm used to that. I've been shot a few times in the past, and I guess I can stand it, again.”
— Joe Hill
Remarks to the judge after being found guilty of murder (1915-07-08), as quoted in Philip Foner, The Case of Joe Hill (International Publishers Co., 1966, ISBN 0-717-80022-9, 127 pages), p. 49. Under Utah law, he was allowed a choice of being shot or hanged.
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Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress
Source: Madonna: Greatest Hits: Piano - Vocal - Chords
Babe Ruth (1895–1948) American baseball player
As quoted in "Babe Ruth, Idle First time In 23 Years, Blames His Legs" by Grantland Rice, in The Baltimore Sun (February 19, 1936), p. 14
Rodrigo Duterte (1945) Filipino politician and the 16th President of the Philippines
Original: (tl) Pero sa totoo lang, sanay ako magbaril ng tao. Mag-graduate na lang kami sa San Beda, may binaril akong tao.<br><br> Duterte: I shot a bully San Beda law student https://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2016/130284-duterte-shot-bully-san-beda-student(April 21, 2016)
Lionel Richie (1949) American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor
Stuck on You.
Song lyrics, Can't Slow Down (1983)
Amanda Palmer (1976) American punk-cabaret musician
As quoted in "Getting Real With Amanda Palmer" at AfterEllen (18 July 2007)
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) Shah of Iran
As quoted in Ashraf Pahlavi (1980), Faces in a Mirror, page 41
Stated to his twin sister during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
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Larry Bird (1956) basketball player and coach
Dan Shaughnessy (September 7, 1997) "There'll Be No Bird Watching", Boston Globe, p. D1.
Susan Sontag (1933–2004) American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist
"The Risk Taker" http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/politicsphilosophyandsociety/story/0,,635799,00.html, profile/interview by Gary Younge, The Guardian (19 January 2002) <br class="br">Context: I guess I think I'm writing for people who are smarter than I am, because then I'll be doing something that's worth their time. I'd be very afraid to write from a position where I consciously thought I was smarter than most of my readers.
