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Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5 million to go out and run around chasing a ball, although you may show fortitude or those other qualities while you do it.
Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open.
Paul Cellucci, Politician (1948) |
Richard M. Daley, Politician (1942) |
Jean Paul Gaultier, Designer (1952) |
Jim Geringer, Politician (1944) |
Jill Ireland, Actress (1936) |
Jack Kingston, Politician (1955) |
Bud Abbott, Actor (1974) |
Felix Adler, Educator (1933) |
Harry Banks, Soldier (1915) |
Alejo Carpentier, Novelist (1980) |
Willa Cather, Author (1947) |
James Thomas Fields, Publisher (1881) |
G. Stanley Hall, Psychologist (1924) |
Granville Stanley Hall, Psychologist (1924) |
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Writer (2002) |
Louis A. Johnson, Public Servant (1966) |