Edward Abbey (1927–1989) American author and essayist
Source: Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
The Confession of an Octogenarian (1942), p. 99.
Edward Abbey (1927–1989) American author and essayist
Source: Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
Dawud Wharnsby (1972) Canadian musician
As quoted in "Global citizen", interview in Scouts (July/August 2010), p. 41
Context: I believe the spiritual journey that each of us takes on is a personal one, and I feel religion is a delicate road to be on. I don’t like to belong to one religious community as I don’t want people to feel excluded from asking for my help or learning with me. It’s all about bringing people together to celebrate their various interpretations of scripture. I am a Muslim and I worship in mosques when I am in Pakistan. I also worship in Unitarian churches when I’m in the US. Such spiritual freedom is very important to me.
Jason P. Lester (1974) American triathlete and distance runner
Running on Faith: the Principles, Passion and Pursuit of a Winning Life (2010); as quoted in "First Read: Jason Lester’s Running on Faith" https://web.archive.org/web/20140726214009/http://lavamagazine.com/first-read-jason-lesters-running-on-faith/?cbg_tz=-60, LAVA Magazine (November 2, 2010).
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician
Speech to Conservative Central Council (28 March 1981) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104604 <br class="br">First term as Prime Minister <br class="br">Context: In the past our people have made sacrifices, only to find at the eleventh hour their government had lost its nerve and the sacrifice had been in vain. It shall not be in vain this time. This Conservative Government, not yet two years in office, will hold fast until the future of our country is assured... This is the road I am resolved to follow. This is the path I must go. I ask all who have the spirit—the bold, the steadfast and the young in heart—to stand and join with me as we go forward.
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948) German artist
1930s
Source: 'I and my purpose', in the journal 'Merz', no. 21, (1931)
Reggie Jackson (1946) American professional baseball player, outfielder, coach
As quoted in "A's Jackson glad about 'boos'," in "The Chicago Defender" (April 23, 1974)