Marlen Esparza (1989) boxer
"Olympic boxer Marlen Esparza is ready to fight animal cruelty" http://nbclatino.com/2013/01/29/olympic-boxer-marlen-esparza-is-ready-to-fight-animal-cruelty/, NBCLatino.com (29 January 2013).
Source: 30 January 2022 reported by TGP https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/hope-go-jail-get-book-thrown-deserve-lindsey-graham-susan-collins-buck-trump-vow-persecute-jan-6ers/
Marlen Esparza (1989) boxer
"Olympic boxer Marlen Esparza is ready to fight animal cruelty" http://nbclatino.com/2013/01/29/olympic-boxer-marlen-esparza-is-ready-to-fight-animal-cruelty/, NBCLatino.com (29 January 2013).
Greta Thunberg book No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
2019, World Economic Forum (January 2019) <br class="br">Source: Greta Thunberg, 16, urges leaders to act on climate, The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/25/our-house-is-on-fire-greta-thunberg16-urges-leaders-to-act-on-climate (25 January 2019)<br>Cited in ', Penguin Books, 2019, pages 19-24 (ISBN 9780141991740).
“I don’t do things because I want people to like me but because they’re important to do.”
Simisola Kosoko (1988) Nigerian singer and songwriter
Source: https://notjustok.com/article/interviews/simi-in-conversation-with-notjustok-for-womens-history-month/ Simi's take on sexism
“I don’t like anything that’s got to be. I want to know why.”
Isaac Asimov book The Gods Themselves
Section 2, Chapter 2a, p. 93
The Gods Themselves (1972)
Jenny Han (1980) American writer
As quoted in "To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before author Jenny Han on watching her book become a phenomenon" in Vox (4 June 2019) https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/6/4/18648808/to-all-the-boys-ive-loved-before-jenny-han-interview
“I don’t want there to be a God; I don’t want the universe to be like that.”
Thomas Nagel book The Last Word
The Last Word, Oxford University Press, 1997, pp. 130-131.
Context: In speaking of the fear of religion, I don’t mean to refer to the entirely reasonable hostility toward certain established religions and religious institutions, in virtue of their objectionable moral doctrines, social policies, and political influence. Nor am I referring to the association of many religious beliefs with superstition and the acceptance of evident empirical falsehoods. I am talking about something much deeper—namely, the fear of religion itself. I speak from experience, being strongly subject to this fear myself: I want atheism to be true and am made uneasy by the fact that some of the most intelligent and well-informed people I know are religious believers. It isn’t just that I don’t believe in God and, naturally, hope that I’m right in my belief. It’s that I hope there is no God! I don’t want there to be a God; I don’t want the universe to be like that.
Charles Stross book Singularity Sky
Source: Singularity Sky (2003), Chapter 8, “Confessions” (p. 183)
Rachel Gibson (1961) American writer
Source: True Confessions
Ellen Kushner book The Privilege of the Sword
Source: The Privilege of the Sword (2006), Part I, Chapter VIII, (p. 79)