Boris Johnson (1964) British politician, historian and journalist
Friends, Voters, Countrymen p59
2000s, 2001
“Exactly! It is absurd — improbable — it cannot be. So I myself have said. And yet, my friend, there it is! one cannot escape from the facts.”
Hercule Poirot
Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
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Michael Mullen (1946) U.S. Navy admiral and 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congressional testimony on repealing DADT, 2 February 2010
Context: Mr. Chairman, speaking for myself and myself only, it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. No matter how I look at this issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy that forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens.
“A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.”
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist
“Take care of all your memories. said my friend Mick, For you cannot relive them.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, The Basement Tapes (1975), Open the Door, Homer (recorded 1967)
Variant: Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them.
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
Source: 1930s, In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays (1935), Ch. 8: Western Civilisation
Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962) English writer and gardener
"Days I enjoy" quoted in Vita and Virginia: The Work and Friendship of V. Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf (1993) by Suzanne Raitt, p. 89
“Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.”
Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“Are you a slave? Then you cannot be a friend. Are you a tyrant? Then you cannot have friends.”
Friedrich Nietzsche book Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Source: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Ayumi Hamasaki (1978) Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress
Walking Proud
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