Joakim Noah (1985) American–French basketball player
About the City of Cleveland, interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN0WqSeCKW8 (2010), TNT
Source: Just Like Heaven
Joakim Noah (1985) American–French basketball player
About the City of Cleveland, interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN0WqSeCKW8 (2010), TNT
Zooey Deschanel (1980) American actress, musician, and singer-songwriter
"Don't Look Back".
Volume Two (2010)
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)
The third and fourth sentences are a paraphrase of a sentence by G. K. Chesterton: "I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act." Generally Speaking, "On Holland' (1928).
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985), First Inaugural address (1981)
Context: It is time for us to realize that we're too great a nation to limit ourselves to small dreams. We're not, as some would have us believe, doomed to an inevitable decline. I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing. So, with all the creative energy at our command, let us begin an era of national renewal. Let us renew our determination, our courage, and our strength. And let us renew our faith and our hope. We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look.
Nasreddin (1208–1284) philosopher, Sufi and wise man from Turkey, remembered for his funny stories and anecdotes
But now you see, nobody offers me a donkey to replace my lost one."
Sugeng Hariyanto, Nasreddin, A Man Who Never Gives Up (1998), ISBN 9789796721597, p. 13
Douglas Reeman (1924–2017) British author
A Tradition of Victory, Cap 12 "The Flag Commands"
Roger Zelazny (1937–1995) American speculative fiction writer
On how he would like to be remembered (1994)
Context: Oh, I don't know — that's a hell of a question — I don't tend to look at my stuff that way. I just look at it a book at a time. Something like the Amber books are in a different class. I try not to anticipate. I don't know what I'll be writing a few years from now. I have some ideas — I have lots of different things I want to try. I almost don't really care what history thinks. I like the way I'm being treated right now.
Chris Rock (1965) American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director
Bring the Pain (HBO, 1996)
“Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.”
Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American comedian
“Always look like you know where you're going, even when you don't”
Candace Bushnell (1958) American author
Source: Summer and the City: A Carrie Diaries Novel TV Tie-in Edition