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J. Cole (1985) American Song Writer, Rapper and former Pro Basketball Player, From Fayetteville, North Carolina
Source: Song No Role Modelz
“Those who can imagine anything, can create the impossible.”
Alan Turing (1912–1954) British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist
Osama bin Laden book Messages to the World
As quoted in Messages to the World: The Statements of Osama bin Laden (2005) by Bruce Lawrence ISBN 1844670457
2000s, 2004
“Those who are hardest to love need it the most.”
Socrates (-470–-399 BC) classical Greek Athenian philosopher
Freddie Mercury (1946–1991) British singer, songwriter and record producer
As quoted in "Queen's Freddie Mercury Shopping For An Image In London" by Scott Cohen in Circus Magazine (April 1975).
“Words, how little they mean when you're a little too late.”
Taylor Swift (1989) American singer-songwriter
Sad Beautiful Tragic
Song lyrics, Red (2012)
“People cannot change their tidying habits without first changing their way of thinking.”
Marie Kondo (1984) Japanese organizing consultant, author and television show host (1984-)
“Ceeb maaha inaad imtixaan dhacdo, balse waxa ceeb ah ku qanaca caadeysiga dhicitaanka joogtada ah.”
Ahmed Omaar (1987)
Source: https://yaply.network/post/detail/621e76fcc98cbd03cc50c9dc/ahmed-omaar-quotes
“The truth is, indeed, that love is the threshold of another universe.”
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin (1881–1955) French philosopher and Jesuit priest
"The Evolution of Chastity" (1934), as translated by René Hague in Toward the Future (1975)
Context: The truth is, indeed, that love is the threshold of another universe. Beyond the vibrations with which we are familiar, the rainbow-like range of its colours is still in full growth. But, for all the fascination that the lower shades have for us, it is only towards the "ultra" that the creation of light advances. It is in these invisible and, we might almost say, immaterial zones that we can look for true initiation into unity. The depths we attribute to matter are no more than the reflection of the peaks of spirit.
“Jimi Hendrix is very important. He's my idol.”
Freddie Mercury (1946–1991) British singer, songwriter and record producer
As quoted in "Queen's Freddie Mercury Shopping For An Image In London" by Scott Cohen in Circus Magazine (April 1975) http://www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Freddie_Mercury_-_04-XX-1975_-_Circus_Magazine. <br class="br">Context: Jimi Hendrix is very important. He's my idol. He sort of epitomizes, from his presentation on stage, the whole works of a rock star. There's no way you can compare him. You either have the magic or you don't. There's no way you can work up to it. There's nobody who can take his place.
Erwin Rommel (1891–1944) German field marshal of World War II
Krieg ohne Haß
In the preamble written by his wife of the 1953 edition published by the publishing house "Heidenheimer Zeitung", she clearly states that all the chapter titles as well as the book title were chosen by the editors, thus not Erwin Rommel himself.
Sophie Scholl (1921–1943) White Rose member
As quoted in O<sub>2</sub> : Breathing New Life Into Faith (2008) by Richard Dahlstrom, Ch. 4 : Artisans of Hope: Stepping into God's Kingdom Story, p. 63; this source is disputed as it does not cite an original document for the quote. It is also used in <i> The White Rose </i> (1991) by Lillian Garrett-Groag, a monologue during Sophie's interrogation.
Disputed
Context: The real damage is done by those millions who want to "survive." The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don't want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won't take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don't like to make waves — or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honor, truth, and principles are only literature. Those who live small, mate small, die small. It's the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you'll keep it under control. If you don't make any noise, the bogeyman won't find you. But it's all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?! From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn.
Suman Pokhrel (1967) Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artist
<span class="plainlinks"> Foreword, 'Tales of Transformation: English Translation of Tagore's Chitrangada and Chandalika', Lopamudra Banerjee, (2018). https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07DQPD8F4/</span> <br class="br">From Prose
“The beginning of purpose is found in creating something that only you understand.”
Tyler Joseph (1988) American singer-songwriter and record producer
Emmy Noether (1882–1935) German mathematician
As quoted in Morris Kline, Mathematical Thought From Ancient to Modern Times (1972) p. 1153.