Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Born: April 16, 1947 (age 78)
Bio: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers.
Known for:
- Airplane! (1980)
- Slam Dunk Ernest (1995)
- The Stand (1994)
- On the Shoulders of Giants (2011)
- Whitepaddy (2006)