Andrew Jackson – 1767 – 7th President of the United States
“One man with courage makes a majority.”
Alan Bean – 1932 – Astronaut
“We knew it was going to be difficult to get to the moon. We didn’t know how difficult.”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg – 1933 – Judge
“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.”
Mike Love – 1941 – Musician
“During meditation your metabolism and your breath rate go down to a level of rest, twice that of deep sleep.”
David Cronenberg – 1943 – Director
“Everybody’s a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We’re all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos.”
Philip Green – 1952 – Businessman
“It’s all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.”
Renny Harlin – 1959 – Director
“You just never give up, no matter how hard the challenges are, and observe this world with a healthy dose of criticism and don’t just follow the herd like somebody else might do.”
Ben Okri – 1959 – Poet
“The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw attention away from what they are really doing.”