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Harry Styles (1994) English singer, songwriter, and actor
Interview on French talk show Quotidien (26 April 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUlTS87WGkw&t=682
“There's nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.”
Bob Ross (1942–1995) American painter, art instructor, and television host
“In a man to man fight, the winner is he who has one more round within himself.”
Erwin Rommel (1891–1944) German field marshal of World War II
Den Kampf Mann gegen Mann gewinnt bei gleichwertigen Gegnern, wer eine Patrone mehr im Lauf hat.
Source: Infanterie greift an (1937), p. 62.
“If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for?”
Ai Weiwei (1957) Chinese concept artist
“It’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Variant: Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
“I believe in equal rights for everyone. I think God loves all”
Harry Styles (1994) English singer, songwriter, and actor
Twitter response to anti-gay religious group Westboro Baptist Church picketing a One Direction concert (19 July 2013) https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/westboro-baptist-church-one-direction_n_3634663 <br class="br">Context: Despite the company outside, I believe in equal rights for everyone. I think God loves all. Thanks for coming to the show though.
Genghis Khan (1162–1227) founder and first emperor of the Mongol Empire
As quoted in Ta'Rikh-i-Jahan Gusha [History of the World Conqueror] by 'Ala-ad-Din 'Ata-Malik Juvaini (ca. 1252-1260), translated by J.A. Boyle (1958), p. 105
Context: O people, know that you have committed great sins, and that the great ones among you have committed these sins. If you ask me what proof I have for these words, I say it is because I am the punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.
“He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious.”
Sun Tzu (-543–-495 BC) ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher from the Zhou Dynasty
Source: The Art of War, Chapter III · Strategic Attack
“A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”
Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
“On film you put all your energies into a single glance. ”
Alan Rickman (1946–2016) English film, television and stage actor
Freddie Mercury (1946–1991) British singer, songwriter and record producer
As quoted in NME (2 November 1974) http://www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Freddie_Mercury_-_11-02-1974_-_NME.
“It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.”
Jane Austen book Sense and Sensibility
Variant: It is not what we think or feel that makes us who we are. It is what we do. Or fail to do...
Source: Sense and Sensibility
“If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.”
John Dewey (1859–1952) American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer
“The economy is a silent co-author.”
José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor
Source: https://www.mundoclasico.com/articulo/45227/entrevista-intrapersonal-confrontada-omar-jerez-con-jose-baroja
José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor
Source: Radiorama de Occidente. 1480 AM Rock&Pop.