Jack Kerouac
When you have the skill to write, well you have it! Jack Kerouac possibly had his first writing success when he wrote himself down on the “sick list” after 8 days as a U.S. Navy cadet. He managed to get himself out of service, and later put his writing talent to better use.
Jack Kerouac
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr. served as an exception in many respects. For one he made it into the U.S. Army Special Forces during a time when people of color were not wanted there. He was constantly the victim of racism, but he didn’t let it get to him, saying, “My talent was the weapon, the power, the way for me to fight. It was the one way I might hope to affect a man’s thinking.”
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Sammy Davis Jr.
