Quotes from authors that died on Dec 7th
Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal.
Jeane Kirkpatrick
And I, uh, I wonder how anybody can think his personality changes with his success. I've had quite a bit of success but I feel that I'm just the same person as I always was.
Rube Goldberg
To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.
Robert Graves
An incinerator is a writer's best friend.
Thornton Wilder
Many peoples' tombstones should read 'Died at 30, burried at 60.'
Nicholas M. Butler
Kenny Chesney 
Curtis Mayfield 
Perry Christie 
Rick James 
Roger Goodell 
Joseph Brant 
Ludacris 
Dusty Baker