“I have defined the 100 per cent American as 99 per cent an idiot.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
New York Times (19 December 1930) remarks on Sinclair Lewis receiving the Nobel Prize
1930s
“I doubt that even if this evidence could be upgraded to 100 per cent it would persuade the sort of people who go on self-appointed missions of mediation to Baghdad. These people further fail to see that governments now have a further responsibility to their citizens — namely to see that something is done to prevent future assaults on civilisation.”
"We Must Fight Iraq" http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12227453&method=full&siteid=50143, Daily Mirror (2002-09-25): On the 2003 invasion of Iraq <br class="br">2000s, 2002, We Must Fight Iraq (2002)
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Shahrukh Khan (1965) Indian actor, producer and television personality
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“For one who sees the distinction, there is no further confusing of the mind with the self.”
Patañjali (-200–-150 BC) ancient Indian scholar(s) of grammar and linguistics, of yoga, of medical treatises
§ 4.25
Yoga Sutras of Patañjali
Phil Brown (footballer) (1959) English association football player and manager
13-Mar-2008, Hull Daily Mail
There's no doubt that he's definitely doubtful - I think.
“I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.”
W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) British playwright, novelist, short story writer
"Death" in Sheppey, Act III (1933)
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“The US wants only 51 per cent adherence as against 100 per cent adherence demanded by Russia.”
Subramanian Swamy (1939) Indian politician
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“Go as far as you can see and you will see further.”
Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker
Variant: Go so far as you can see and when you get there you will always be able to see farther.
Source: See You at the Top (2000), p. 164; Variant: When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.
Context: Go so far as you can see and when you get there you will always be able to see farther. … as you head toward your goals, be prepared to make some slight adjustments to your course. You don't change your decision to go — you do change your direction to get there.
Hans Blix (1928) Swedish politician
from an unnamed Swedish radio program, quoted in Mirror.co.uk, "Blix Blasts 'Illegal' US War on Iraq", August 7, 2003 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/content_objectid=13263825_method=full_siteid=50143_headline=-BLIX-BLASTS--ILLEGAL--US-WAR-ON-IRAQ-name_page.html
Glenn Greenwald (1967) American journalist, lawyer and writer
"New press freedom group is launched to block US government attacks" (17 December 2012)