Quotes from authors that died on Dec 6th
If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory.
Jefferson Davis
One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
Baltasar Gracian
Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.
Baltasar Gracian
People are interested in pro football because it provides them with an emotional oasis; they don't want football to get involved in the same types of court cases, racial problems and legislative issues they encounter in the rest of American life.
Pete Rozelle
However painful it may be for me to accept this conclusion, I am obliged to state it: for the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white.
Frantz Fanon
Jane Russell 
Hector Elizondo 
Ty Cobb 
Chester Bennington 
Jon Corzine 
Franz Marc 
Guy Picciotto 
Matthew Modine