“Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette—the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.”

— John Tyler

Message to the House (18 December 1816).

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American politician, 10th President of the United States (i… 1790–1862

Danielle Steel (1947) American author of romance novels

“Why, when I have won her, do I continue to woo her? Because, though she belongs to me, she is not and never will be mine.”

André Maurois (1885–1967) French writer

Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939), The Art of Loving

“You have to fight that much harder, and not in a whiny or combatant way,” she said. “You just have to be that much smarter, that much more organized, on your toes, always, and you have to dress that much more professionally. A lot more thought has to go into everything you do.”

Karin Housley (1964) American politician

The Thoroughly Modern Marriage of Phil and Karin Housley http://buffalonews.com/2017/11/23/the-thoroughly-modern-marriage-of-phil-and-karin-housley (November 23, 2017)

“You may have married her, but she is mine. Do you think I shall let you take her? She may be ten times your wife, but, by God, you shall never have her.”

Georgette Heyer book Devil's Cub

Source: Devil's Cub

“she may not be the most popular or prettiest but if you love her and she makes you smile.. what else matters?”

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician

“I’m talking to you more than I speak with my mahmen.”
“I thought your mother was dead.”
“She is.”
“You have a very low standard for communication.”

Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist

Source: Lover at Last

“I have always thought that he more limited the means, the stronger the expression. That may explain the choice of a small palette.”

Pierre Soulages (1919) French painter and engraver

Quoted in Cultural Hermeneutics: Essays after Unamuno and Ricoeur https://books.google.com/books?id=qBb8CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT180&lpg=PT180&dq=The+more+limited+the+means+are,+the+stronger+the+expression+will+be.+soulages&source=bl&ots=Z6zlqNBJ5Z&sig=m-Dv6ErGf9KmcjngVgOdJQXZxEk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwicmcvE9cLcAhVoZN8KHbVlDwEQ6AEwAnoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20more%20limited%20the%20means%20are%2C%20the%20stronger%20the%20expression%20will%20be.%20soulages&f=false

“I thought, is this what it's all about? Do you have to be blonde and girly and have freckles and a snub-nose and sort of act the coquette in show business? WELL YES!”

Tracey Ullman (1959) English-born actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer, director, author and businesswoman

Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed (2005)

“I couldn't have thought of her more. Even vacancy was crowded with her.”

Graham Greene book The End of the Affair

Source: The End of the Affair

“Greece expects you not merely to die for her, for that is little, indeed; she expects you to conquer. That is why each one of you, even in dying, should be possessed by one thought alone – how to conserve your strength to the last so that those who survive may conquer.
And you will conquer, I am more than sure of this.”

Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936) Greek politician

Venizelos speaking to Greek sailors at the beginning of the First Balkan War.
Source: [Chester, S. M., Life of Venizelos, with a letter from His Excellency M. Venizelos, Constable, 1921, London, http://www.archive.org/download/lifeofvenizelosw00chesuoft/lifeofvenizelosw00chesuoft.pdf], p. 162

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