Kirk Douglas (1916–2020) American stage and film actor
Of his film "The Brotherhood". <br class="br"> Interview, 1969 http://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/interview-with-kirk-douglas
Ricky Hatton http://news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/6275535.stm
Kirk Douglas (1916–2020) American stage and film actor
Of his film "The Brotherhood". <br class="br"> Interview, 1969 http://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/interview-with-kirk-douglas
Meryl Streep (1949) American actress
Her comment when she was to turn 60
"Meryl Streep: Movies, marriage, and turning sixty," 2009
L. S. Lowry (1887–1976) British visual artist
Response in a letter to David Carr 9 Dec 1943 concerning his style L. S. Lowry - A Biography by Shelley Rhode Lowry Press 1999 ISBN 9781902970011.
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Lady Gaga (1986) American singer, songwriter, and actress
Source: The world goes crazy for Lady Gaga (2009)
Context: I have found that my work has to be both deep and shallow … All of my songs have meaning, all of my clothing has iconography buried into it. But by the same token, it's just as special if you look at it in its shallowest form. A quick moment of melody, a beautiful dress. People think, "Gaga's so sweet", or "Gaga sucks". The point is that it's memorable. For commercial art to be taken seriously as fine art is a very unusual and difficult task. I think that a lot of people don't get it and a lot of people don't know what to make of me. And, you know what? I'm OK with that.
“I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.”
Steve Martin (1945) American actor, comedian, musician, author, playwright, and producer
Alvin C. York (1887–1964) United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
On how he came to be known as "Sergeant York" when he was still technically only a corporal, as quoted in Sergeant York And His People (1922) http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19117 by Sam K. Cowan, Ch. I : A Fight In The Forest Of The Argonne. <br class="br">Context: You know we were in the Argonne Forest twenty-eight days, and had some mighty hard fighting in there. A lot of our boys were killed off. Every company has to have so many sergeants. They needed a sergeant; and they jes' took me.
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
NewsHour interview http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/white_house/jan-june07/bush_01-16.html with Jim Lehrer in response to the question “Why have you not asked more Americans to sacrifice something?” regarding the Iraq War (January 16, 2007) <br class="br">2000s, 2007
Lila Downs (1968) Mexican American singer-songwriter
On how the border between the U.S. and Mexico influenced her work in “Mex factor” https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/feb/10/artsfeatures.popandrock in The Guardian (2003 Feb 10) <br class="br">Heritage and indigenous peoples
Gillian Anderson (1968) American-British film, television and theatre actress, activist and writer
WSJ "Gillian Anderson: Reviving Blanche DuBois in Brooklyn" http://www.wsj.com/articles/gillian-anderson-reviving-blanche-dubois-in-brooklyn-1461975005 (April 29, 2016) <br class="br">2010s