Desmond Tutu (1931) South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner
As quoted in The New York Times (3 January 1985)
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Desmond Tutu (1931) South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner
As quoted in The New York Times (3 January 1985)
Lana Turner (1921–1995) American actress
On the role of humor in her personal life, p. 10.
Autobiography
Sania Mirza (1986) Indian tennis player
In Zee News: "Winning Grand Slams is Sania's motivation after London Games"
Noam Chomsky (1928) american linguist, philosopher and activist
Talk titled "Why Iraq?" at Harvard University, November 4, 2002 http://www.iop.harvard.edu/events_forum_archive_2002.html. <br class="br">Quotes 2000s, 2002 <br class="br">Context: Before there were any suicide bombers, it was also reported by the same sources that Saddam Hussein was giving $10,000 to the families of anyone who was killed by Israeli atrocities, and there were plenty of them. Well, should he've been doing that? So let's take the first month of the current intifada. I'm just relying now on IDF sources. What they say is, that in the first few days of the intifada, the Israeli army fired a million bullets. One of the high military officers said 'that means one bullet for every child'. Within the first month of the intifada, they killed about 70 people. Using U. S. helicopters, and in fact Clinton shipped new helicopters to Israel as soon as they started using them against civilians. That's just the first month. And it goes on, no suicide bombers. At the time, it was reported that Saddam Hussein was giving $10,000 to every family. Well, is that supporting terror? It seems to me, sending helicopters to Israel when they're using them to attack apartment complexes, that's supporting terror.
“He is divisive. He is manipulative. He is a user. He has taken much from me and the industry.”
Gary Kildall (1942–1994) Computer scientist and entrepreneur
Unpublished memoir Computer Connections, referring to Bill Gates; quoted in Paul Andrews (14 July 1994), "A Career Spent in Gates' Shadow—Computer Pioneer Dies at 52", Seattle Times
“But, dear, cling close to me; since you were gone,
My barren thoughts have chilled me to the bone.”
W.B. Yeats (1865–1939) Irish poet and playwright
Reconciliation http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1568/ <br class="br">The Green Helmet and Other Poems (1910) <br class="br">Context: Some may have blamed you that you took away<br>The verses that could move them on the day<br>When, the ears being deafened, the sight of the eyes blind<br>With lightning, you went from me, and I could find<br>Nothing to make a song about but kings,<br>Helmets, and swords, and half-forgotten things<br>That were like memories of you--but now<br>We'll out, for the world lives as long ago;<br>And while we're in our laughing, weeping fit,<br>Hurl helmets, crowns, and swords into the pit.<br>But, dear, cling close to me; since you were gone,<br>My barren thoughts have chilled me to the bone.