George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924) New York State Senator
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 16, Plunkitt’s Fondest Dream
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 16, Plunkitt’s Fondest Dream
George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924) New York State Senator
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 16, Plunkitt’s Fondest Dream
Will Arnett (1970) Canadian actor
"The Will Arnett Interview," Television Without Pity (2005) http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/articles/content/a1005/index-1.html <br class="br">2005
Joan Mitchell (1925–1992) American painter
Tape number two, side A
1975 - 1992, Oral history interview with Joan Mitchell, 1986
“Do you think I wish to hang Taher? Well, I don’t. But the Law of the Land should carry its Course.”
Ziaur Rahman (1936–1981) President of Bangladesh
And he (Colonel Abu Taher) did not send any Mercy Petition and so what is there for me to do?
During a conversation with Mir Shawkat Ali Khan on the night of Colonel Abu Taher's execution.
[21 July 1976, http://www.nirmaaan.com/blog/anwarhossain/6165, মুক্তাঙ্গন, তাহেরের স্বপ্ন (পঞ্চম ও শেষ পর্ব), 2010-11-19]
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
in a letter to Steven Richmond (Published in Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life by Howard Sounes)
Letters
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764–1845) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Letter to Lady Holland (2 July 1808), quoted in E. A. Smith, Lord Grey. 1764-1845 (Alan Sutton, 1996), p. 169.
1800s
David Hockney (1937) British artist
That's what a reasonable person, a person with good manners, would do.
Interview with Marion Finlay, "Hockney on … politics, pleasure, and smoking in public places," FOREST Online (28 July 2004)
2000s
Willie Mays (1931) Baseball player
As quoted in "Sports of the Times: The Most Natural Ballplayer" https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UVUcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p1EEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6465%2C2456085&dq=who%27s-best-ever-aside-yourself-next-roberto by Dave Anderson, in The New York Times (January 24, 1979)
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
Interview in Shanghai, as quoted in China Daily (17 November 2009)
2009, Town Hall meeting in Shanghai (November 2009)