"Aku" ["Me"] (March 1943), p. 21
The Complete Poetry and Prose of Chairil Anwar (trans. Burton Raffel)
Mohamed Al-Fayed (1933) Egyptian businessman
On the truth about the Death of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed Quoted in [Nick, Cohen, http://politics.guardian.co.uk/columnist/story/0,,1973868,00.html, Why are we so hooked on conspiracies?, The Guardian, December 17, 2006, 2006-12-18]
“It is better to live ten years at a thousand [miles per hour] than a thousand years at a ten”
Lobão (1957) Brazilian musician
From the lyrics of his song Vida Louca, Vida (Life, Crazy Life)
Glen Cook book Soldiers Live
Source: Soldiers Live (2000), Chapter 2, “An Abode of Ravens: When the Baobhas Sang” (p. 367)
Rex Stout (1886–1975) American writer
Nixon was re-elected in 1972, but Stout survived his August 1974 resignation from the Presidency by more than a year.
The New York Times, "Rex Stout, 85, Gives Clues on Good Writing"
“I can't imagine anyone here wanting to spend another $30 billion to be there for another 12 years.”
Paul Wolfowitz (1943) American politician, diplomat, and technocrat
House subcommittee on Iraq testimony (February 28, 2003).
“How does it feel to be seven thousand years old?"
"That depends."
"On what?"
"On how I want to feel.”
Greg Egan (1961) Australian science fiction writer and former computer programmer
Fiction, Permutation City (1993)
“Libya lived for 5000 years without oil and it is ready to live another 5000 years without it.”
Muammar Gaddafi (1942–2011) Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist
Quote from oil fields nationalisation speech.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-12688033
