Benjamin Banneker (1731–1806) free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer
As quoted in Friends' Intelligencer Vol. XI (1854), p. 821
“Good manners. They're forgotten in America. I think it's bad manners to stand around in public with ripped jeans and your hair in a mess, holding a Starbucks.”
5-Minute interview http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-5minute-interview-dita-von-teese-burlesque-artiste-424723.html (18 November 2006).
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