On Alexander Lukashenko, as quoted in Results of the official visit of Silvio Berlusconi to Belarus at belarus.by (1 December 2009) the official website of the Republic of Belarus http://www.belarus.by/en/press-center/news/results-of-the-official-visit-of-silvio-berlusconi-to-belarus_i_0000000549.html <br class="br">2009
“I wish luck to you and your nation that loves you, as the election results we can see testify.”
Alexander Lukashenko (1954) President of Belarus since 20 July 1994
Silvio Berlusconi in Minsk, as quoted in Results of the official visit of Silvio Berlusconi to Belarus http://www.belarus.by/en/press-center/news/results-of-the-official-visit-of-silvio-berlusconi-to-belarus_i_0000000549.html, 1 Dec. 2009, from belarus.by.
“Can I still wish you good luck?”
Alastair Reynolds book Redemption Ark
“You can wish me what the hell you like. It won’t make any difference. If it did, it would mean I hadn’t prepared well enough.
Chapter 38 (p. 654)
Redemption Ark (2002)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Erinnerung
Willst du immer weiterschweifen?
Sieh, das Gute liegt so nah.
Lerne nur das Glück ergreifen,
denn das Glück ist immer da.
Variant translation:
Do you wish to roam farther and farther?
See! The Good lies so near.
Only learn to seize good fortune,
For good fortune's always here.
Erinnerung
“I wish you way more than luck.”
David Foster Wallace (1962–2008) American fiction writer and essayist
Source: This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Sara Bareilles (1979) American pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist
"Lie to Me"
Lyrics, Once Upon Another Time (2012)
Harry V. Jaffa (1918–2015) American historian and collegiate professor
2000s, The Real Abraham Lincoln: A Debate (2002), Q&A
Context: You can not have free government if you can not bind the people who participate in the government to accept the results of the election. It is the exercise of our inalienable right to life that enables us, and justifies us, in forming legitimate governments. When those governments are formed, we cannot reject them because we don’t like the results.
“Don't you wish that we could forget that kiss
And see this for what it is
That we're not in love”
Leslie Feist (1976) Canadian musician
"Let It Die"
Let It Die (2004)
