Samuel Beckett . 1906-1989 . Irish novelist, playwright, poet . Molloy
GK Chesterton . 1874-1936 . English writer . Alarms and discursions
Kahlil Gibran . 1883-1931 . Lebanese-American artist, poet and writer . The prophet
Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara . 1928-1967 . Argentine revolutionary, guerrilla leader and military theorist . quoted, Secrets to a richer life (Guile, 2005)
Stanisŀaw Lec . 1909-1966 . Polish poet and aphorist . Unkempt thoughts
Blaise Pascal . 1623-1662 . French mathematician, logician and theologian . Pensées
William Shakespeare . 1564-1616 . English poet and playwright . Hamlet, V ii
Paul Simon . 1941- . American singer-songwriter . song, The sound of silence
Leopold Stokowski . 1882-1977 . British-born orchestral conductor . address to audience, Carnegie Hall . quoted in The New York times
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