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My poor mum had a lot of problems with me around that time. I was young but I'd been working for years, so if she asked me to clean my room I'd say, 'You can't tell me what to do after I've worked a 12-hour day.' It gave me a power that no one that age should have.
Human and moral factors must always be considered. They must never be missing from policies and from public discussion.
Henry Adams, Historian (1838) |
Paul Bailey, Novelist (1937) |
Iain Banks, Writer (1954) |
Christopher Eccleston, Actor (1964) |
Warren Ellis, Author (1968) |
Robert J. Flaherty, Director (1884) |
Richard Ford, Author (1944) |
Ernst Haeckel, Scientist (1834) |
Peter Hain, Politician (1950) |
Carl Icahn, Businessman (1936) |
Henry Walter Bates, Environmentalist (1892) |
Angela Carter, Novelist (1992) |
John W. Gardner, Educator (2002) |
Keith Haring, Artist (1990) |