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“India has never cost England one centime. it paid back What it cost. India provides a livelihood for all benjamins of English families.”

Leopold II of Belgium (1835–1909) King of the Belgians

Source: https://klara.be/leopold-ii-aflevering-3 Leopold II, Het hele Verhaal, Johan Op De Beeck Horizon, 2020] ISBN 9789463962094 Prince Leopold II In Singapore in a letter to his father King Leopold I expressing admiration for British colonialism. note: Quotes related to the Belgian Colonial Empire

Family

“A hundred years from now, when people look back at this period, they will marvel at the stupidity of it all: the stress, the motion sickness, and the self-neglect we put ourselves through. So we have two choices. We can be among the last people caught up in the “more bubble” when it bursts, or we can see the madness for what it is and join the growing community of Essentialists and get more of what matters in our one precious life.”

Greg McKeown (author) book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Popular Quotes, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, Journal Articles

People, Communication, Self-confidence, Stupidity

“Objects bring back their memories. You tear my heart!”

Zhiyanzhai

A commentary on an episode in Chapter 8 of the Dream of the Red Chamber, trans. David Hawkes in The Story of the Stone, Vol. I (Penguin, 1973), p. 34, quoted by Gideon Shelach-Lavi in "Memory, Amnesia and the Formation of Identity Symbols in China", published in Memory and Agency in Ancient China (Cambridge University Press, 2018)

Memory, Heart, Tear

“I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that’s all you are going to get back.”

Kesha (1987) American singer, songwriter, rapper, and actress

Positive

“When we push back effectively, it shows people that our time is valuable. It distinguishes the professional from the amateur.”

Greg McKeown (author) book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Popular Quotes, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, Twitter

Time, People

“I do hope that karma is the keystone of the universe—even if I have to come back as a banana slug myself.”

Glen Cook (1944) American fiction writer

Source: Short Fiction, Bone Eaters (2015), p. 230

Universe, Hope

“It's time to get up! It's time go to work! It's time to put the great, back into Great Britain!”

Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician

Source: movie The Iron Lady

Time

“Shall Earth no more inspire thee,
Thou lonely dreamer now?
Since passion may not fire thee
Shall Nature cease to bow?
Thy mind is ever moving
In regions dark to thee;
Recall its useless roving —
Come back and dwell with me”

Emily Brontë (1818–1848) English novelist and poet

Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee (May 1841)

Passion, Nature

“Everyone now, they look back and they're like, "What happened to your sweet image that you used to be?"”

Britney Spears (1981) American singer, dancer and actress

And I'm like, then when you came out you thought I was too provocative. It's like you can never win. No matter what you do, at the end of the day you can't please everybody, you know. I'm not here to please... Diane Sawyer interview http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/sixtyminutes/stories/2003_11_23/story_1024.asp, 60 Minutes (23 November 2003)

“Your own nature will triumph. We are all born with our natures… And I think back over my life and I realize that my own nature -the core me”

Douglas Coupland book Life After God

essentially hasn't changed over all these years. When I wake up in the morning, for those first few moments before I remember where I am or when I am, I still feel the same way I did when I woke up at the age of five.
Life After God (1994)

Life, Thinking, Nature

“If somebody has the competency to do something, and the desire to do something, then nothing about their race, sex or sexual orientation should hold them back. But minimizing difference is not the same as pretending difference does not exist. To assume that sex, sexuality and skin colour mean nothing would be ridiculous. But to assume that they mean everything will be fatal.”

Douglas Murray (1979) British political commentator and far-right activist

The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity (2019)

Sex

“Legislatures have rewritten basic business laws, some whose principles date back thousands of years. Too often the goal has been to thwart competition, artificially inflate prices, hold down wages by decimating unions, reduce worker benefits and... restrict or bar access to the courts by those aggrieved.”

David Cay Johnston (1948) Investigative journalist and author

The Fine Print (2013)

Business, Law

“Being Buddhist, I do believe we are reincarnated. Our spirit goes back into the celestial forces and we come back based on how well we’ve treated others — whether we come back better or in worse forms.”

Ming-Na Wen (1963) Macau-born American actress

Ming-Na Wen opens up about the challenges of Hollywood https://groknation.com/culture/5-deep-questions-ming-na-wen/ (March 27, 2018)

“For the wound of poverty to be soothed, it's inadequate to undo the material disadvantage inflicted by the original blow: it is also necessary to reach out and lead the wounded person back into the human family.”

John Waters (columnist) (1955) Irish columnist

Power and poverty: two extremes of existence going head to head http://www.independent.ie/opinion/power-and-poverty-two-extremes-of-existence-going-head-to-head-30567525.html (2014)

Family, Personality

“In the hood, even if you're not a hardcore criminal, crime is in your life in some way or another. There are degrees of it. It's everyone from the mom buying some food that fell off the back of a truck to feed her family, all the way up to the gangs selling military-grade weapons and hardware. The hood made me realize that crime succeeds because crime does the one thing the government doesn't do: crime cares. Crime is grassroots. Crime looks for the young kids who need support and a lifting hand. Crime offers internship programs and summer jobs and opportunities for advancement. Crime gets involved in the community. Crime doesn't discriminate.”

Trevor Noah book Born a Crime

page 209
Born a Crime

Family, Food, Support, Communication

“I try to never lose that part of me because I know that in the beginning, when you come to a new country, you want to feel comfortable and feel normal, but now as I get older, all I want to do is get back to it. It’s fun finding that balance in my journey.”

Odeya Rush (1997) Israeli actress

INTERVIEW: LET IT SNOW’S ODEYA RUSH https://brieftake.com/interview-let-it-snow-odeya-rush/ (November 8, 2019)

Feeling, Parting, Country

“We have to understand what sports is and what sports isn't and I think if we do that in the right way sports can come back appropriately that's what we want sports to come back appropriate and I think that's what the governor was eluding to this summer.”

Larry Baer (1957) MLB Executive

SF Giants CEO Larry Baer weighs in on MLB returning without fans https://abc7news.com/sf-giants-when-does-baseball-season-start-mlb-date-new-rules/6195145/, ABC 7 News (May 19, 2020)

Sport, Thinking, Understanding, Way

“There's no pulling back on the drive to be competitive and get back to the World Series.”

Larry Baer (1957) MLB Executive

Giants CEO Larry Baer believes prospects' development is key to future https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/giants-ceo-larry-baer-believes-prospects-development-key-future, NBC Sports (February 1, 2021)

World

“As someone who has been a carer, I can say that you will often find yourself at the end of your tether and ranting over cups of tea. You have to remember that and then you're fine, because no one pats themselves on the back at the end and says: "Good job."”

Pam Ferris (1948) British actress

This much I know: Pam Ferris https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/22/this-much-i-know-pam-ferris (21 January 2012)

Tea

“I think a lot of times in our adult lives, we either block out or straight-up forget about the challenges of being a kid. We know it's all going to work out, but when you're a kid in that moment, it feels like the whole world is coming down on you. I'm going to try to look back and remember that when my kids get in those situations.”

Pierre Bouvier (1979) Canadian musician

Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/pierre-bouvier-of-simple-plan (February 6, 2020)

Thinking, Time, World, Forgetting

“The 2020 presidential election was not stolen. Anyone who claims it was is spreading THE BIG LIE, turning their back on the rule of law, and poisoning our democratic system.”

Elizabeth Cheney (1966) American lawyer

[Alex Rogers and Manu Raju, https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/03/politics/liz-cheney-criticism-trump-big-lie/index.html, Cheney calls out Trump's latest attempt to promote 'BIG LIE' amid criticism from within her own party, cnn.com, May 3, 2021, May 7, 2021]

Lie, Law

“If we want to give back to future generations what we have taken for granted, we have to understand the planet as a natural resource bank account. In other words, we need to start investing in depleted capital and live off the interest instead. There are plenty of individuals from both countries who are conscious of these things and trying to do better. But, we need to do much better as a global society. All countries need to communicate the importance of this life support system and protect this web of life. We must be able to live with the planet and not on it.”

Fabien Cousteau (1967) French filmmaker and oceanographer

Deep Sea Rendez-Vous with Fabien Cousteau https://beautyandwellbeing.com/well-being/deep-sea-rendez-vous-with-celine-fabien-cousteau/ (September 30, 2020)

Understanding, Country, Communication, Support

“Nothing is impossible. We need to dream, we need to be creative, and we all need to have an adventure in order to create miracles in the darkest of times. And whether it's about climate change or eradicating poverty or giving back to future generations what we've taken for granted, it's about adventure. And who knows, maybe there will be underwater cities, and maybe some of you will become the future aquanauts.”

Fabien Cousteau (1967) French filmmaker and oceanographer

What I learned from spending 31 days underwater https://www.ted.com/talks/fabien_cousteau_what_i_learned_from_spending_31_days_underwater (October 2014)

Future, Dreams, Time, Change

“So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.”

John Green book Looking for Alaska

Source: Looking for Alaska

People, Thinking

“If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.”

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

Love, Relationship, Moving On

“Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.”

Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) Motivational speaker, writer

God, Wise

“You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?”

W. Clement Stone (1902–2002) American New Thought author

Success, Help, Life

“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

Perfection, Deep, Peaceful, Powerful

“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

Wisdom

“The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back.”

Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist

“Free Trade in the sense in which we have always understood it is either a sound economic policy or it is not. Judging by results in national prosperity I should have thought it would take a lot of disproving, but the Tories are ready to play fast and lose with it and some of our own people who ought to know far better seem ready to back them up. If there is any future for the Liberal party it surely rests on the rock of Free Trade.”

C. P. Scott (1846–1932) British journalist, publisher and politician

Letter to John Lawrence Hammond (22 December 1931), quoted in The Political Diaries of C. P. Scott, 1911–1928, ed. Trevor Wilson (1970), p. 495

People, Future, Sense

“I went straight to theatre school and haven’t looked back. I always knew what I wanted.”

David Richmond-Peck (1974) Canadian actor

Celebrity Spaces: Alisen Down and David Richmond-Peck https://www.torontosun.com/2015/01/29/celebrity-spaces-alisen-down-and-david-richmond-peck (January 29, 2015)

School

“My friends, all I'm trying to say is that if we are to go forward today, we've got to go back and rediscover some mighty precious values that we've left behind. That's the only way that we would be able to make of our world a better world, and to make of this world what God wants it to be and the real purpose and meaning of it.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

1950s, Rediscovering Lost Values (1954)

God, World, Way

“Believe in yourself and you will bounce back.”

Vladimer Botsvadze

“We will be back in some form”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

Quoted by * 2020-01-20
Kevin Liptak
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/20/politics/donald-trump-leaves-white-house/index.html
Trump departs Washington a pariah as his era in power ends
CNN
2021, January 2021

“America has created the evil that is attacking it. The evil will not disappear even if I die and Osama dies and others die. This is U.S. policy. The U.S. should step back and review its policy. It should stop trying to impose its empire on the rest of the world, especially on Islamic countries.”

Mohammed Omar (1959–2013) Founder and former leader of the Taliban

Interview by Spozhmai Maiwandi

World, Evil, Country

“With the help of two concepts that are traditionally opposed—science and spirituality—we humbly reintroduce psychedelics back into the cultural dialogue.”

Joe Rogan (1967) American martial artist, podcaster, sports commentator and comedian

DMT: The Spirit Molecule (2010)

Help, Science

“The Introductory chords dissolve the dream which the music has evoked, and we are back once more in the world of reality.”

Walter Raymond Spalding (1865–1962) American music pedagogue and author

On the Coda of the Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, page 187 https://books.google.com/books?id=pQARAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA187. Music: An Art and a Language (1920), Schumann and Mendelssohn (Ch. XIII)

Music, Reality, World, Dreams

“I’m probably more laid-back in a lot of ways. I was very type-A as a kid, and I wanted to be the best at everything. Now I’ve definitely learned that this is not the best [quality] to have. You need to be able to screw up and learn from it.”

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (1984) American actress and singer

Interview with Glamour Magazine (26 April 2017)

Learning, Way

“At this time of crisis, I find great comfort in returning to nature, the wilderness, the richness and vast scale of the land. It has shaped the American identity; circling back to the landscape gives me hope for the future.”

An-My Lê (1960) American photographer

Interview with ARTNews (March 3, 2020)

Time, Future, Hope, Nature

“The hormonal genies that have lived unnoticed in the brain since humankind began have escaped; there is no way that they can be put back.”

Richard Bergland neuroscientist

The Fabric of Mind (1985)

Way

“Meditation is just gently coming back again and again to what's right here.”

Pema Chödron (1936) American philosopher

How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind (2008)

“Wait until you are hungry to say something, until there is an aching in you to speak. Then come back.
Don't worry. You won't have lost time. Your energy will be more direct and less wasted.”

Natalie Goldberg book Writing Down the Bones

Essay, "The Goody Two-Shoes Nature". p.140
Writing Down the Bones (1986)

Time, Waiting

“In a rainstorm, everyone quickly runs down the street with umbrellas, raincoats, newspapers over their heads. Writers go back outside in the rain with a notebook in front of them and a pen in hand. They look at the puddles, watch them fill, watch the rain splash in them.”

Natalie Goldberg book Writing Down the Bones

Essay, "Living twice". p.53
Writing Down the Bones (1986)

“If I could look back and appreciate our forefathers, I would thank them for being orderly in burying the same people of the same lineage in one cemetery -Edy kasawuli”

Edykasawuli7

People

“One of the biggest lie is the perception that a back cloth is a satanic fabric. Wake up my black brothers and sisters. It's just an invention made by a genius black man from a mutuba tree -Edy kasawuli”

Edykasawuli7

Tree, Lie, Clothes, Sister

“Loving someone who doesn't love me back is like loving the wind, which is felt but cannot be seen. The lover does not love the feeling of getting love in return, but sacrifices himself for his happiness.”

Shabdon Ka Jahan

Original: What's your?

Happiness, Lovers, Love, Feeling

“Darkness taught me always step forward into your life never turn back i am with you. Don't scare to me i will show you the right path. Don't think about your sorrows and worries of life. I will lead you to the light of your life, even if I have to lay fireflies on your path.”

Shabdon Ka Jahan

Light, Thinking, Life

“The moment I understood that what's been keeping my success back is thinking that I'm still young, I grew up not in body shape but mind.”

Edykasawuli7

Success, Thinking

“Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.”

Herodotus (-484–-425 BC) ancient Greek historian, often considered as the first historian

God

“Every disagreement is a crisis. But when you take a step back and look at what’s happening, we’re actually making real progress. Maybe it doesn’t seem fast enough.”

Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)

Biden Celebrates Drop in Unemployment Even as Job Growth Weakens https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/biden-celebrates-drop-in-unemployment-even-as-job-growth-weakens-1.1663842(October 2021) 2021, October 2021

“Sports brings people together. People in all of our countries are tired of ideological differences, of going back into the past all the time.”

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968) President of Croatia

"AP Interview: Croatian leader says Trump, Putin key to peace" in Associated Press https://apnews.com/article/7a9da0dd58174bca9a02c9f4d12595bd (15 July 2018)

Sport, Time, Country, Past

“I am not easily roused to anger but I must say that this latest cry to cut back the spending of worse off people to cure a crisis mostly caused by too much spending by better off people is intolerable.”

Hugh Gaitskell (1906–1963) British politician

The Daily Herald (7 October 1955), quoted in Philip Williams, Hugh Gaitskell: A Political Biography (1979), p. 360
Opposition MP

Anger, People, Cry

“I'm a very disciplined actor, but I also believe in kicking back and having a glass of wine.”

Lucy Peacock (actress) (1960) Canadian actress

Out, damned fear! https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/out-damned-fear/article18228395/ (May 28, 2005)

Wine

“I am going back home in one piece, which I was a little bit nervous about. It's not how I wanted it to go, but I think we've opened bigger doors and bigger conversations.”

Simone Biles (1997) American gymnast

"Olympics 2021 - Simone Biles discusses her mental health, challenges after winning bronze on beam" in ESPN (3 August 2021) https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31953744/olympics-2021-simone-biles-explains-challenges-balance-beam-final

Home, Thinking

“I kind of knew coming back after giving birth was gonna be a process and that I was going to have to be patient with myself and my body. [But] I definitely put pressure on myself.”

Alex Morgan (1989) American soccer player

"Alex Morgan Reveals How She Bounced Back After Childbirth & How Daughter ‘Magnified’ Her Equal Pay Fight" https://hollywoodlife.com/2020/11/17/alex-morgan-post-baby-body-training-soccer-equal-pay-interview/ (November 17, 2020)

Birth

“Standing in the light till it's over, out of our minds
Someone had to draw a line
We'll be coming back for you one day
We'll be coming back for you one day”

Example (musician) (1982) English rapper and singer

"We'll be Coming Back" (song), with Calvin Harris ("We'll be Coming Back" on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPC_evpbwDM Studio albums, The Evolution of Man (2012)

Drawing, Light

“You can't rap, my friend
You're white and you're from Fulham
Please put down the mic
there's no way you can fool them
Don't be stupid, you won't get that far
Turn your back on hip-hop, bruv, and go and play guitar”

Example (musician) (1982) English rapper and singer

"You Can't Rap" (song) ("You Can't rap" - Official video on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvCd1Xq0Au4 (+ Lyrics version of "You Can't Rap" on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK_3L-9dv_c Studio albums, What We Made (2007)

Stupidity, Fools, Way

“If you still want to keep dreaming, then go back to sleep. But if you want to succeed then wake up and act.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Sleep, Dreams

“You cannot expect to keep receiving without giving something back, or paying the price for every pleasure that you wish to enjoy.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Pleasure

“You will never find rest, but pure affection once you fall in love with a woman who truly loves you back.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Love

“Anytime you start to imagine being the son or daughter of God, then now is a good time to go back to your family tree. Also check your chronological age.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

God, Tree, Imagination, Daughters

“Beautiful names don't need a meaning to back them up.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Beauty

“I do not rely on the odds or held back by the circumstances, but my faith is still in God alone.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

God, Faith

“Rastafarianism is bringing black people back to the socalled promised land. The bodies live in Africa, but the mentalities are somewhere in the Middle East.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

People

“Time and effective communication are the best medicine in love. Consider all the imbalances and get back to normal. Literally fixing your love life with your partner.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Communication, Time, Love, Life

“When you've tasted power or true leadership, you can't wish to go back from being a follower once again.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“The motivation for me as an activist is the belief that no one is subordinate to another. The government is merely an agent of the people. We lend authority to it, and when it performs badly, we reserve the right to take it back.”

Glacier Kwong (1996) Hong Kong human rights activist

Hong Kong’s angry young millennials: an interview with Joshua Wong https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/hong-kong-angry-young-millennials-interview-with-joshua-wong/ (1 November 2015)

People, Motivation

“I really love the city and would always love to go home. I do fear coming home and do not feel safe coming back. It’s just not the same place that I grew up in.”

Glacier Kwong (1996) Hong Kong human rights activist

‘I fear coming home,’ says Hong Kong activist Glacier Kwong after pro-democracy lobbying effort in Germany https://hongkongfp.com/2020/10/09/i-fear-coming-home-says-hong-kong-activist-glacier-kwong-after-pro-democracy-lobbying-effort-in-germany/ (9 October 2020)

Home, Love, Fear, Feeling

“We are against the world war being fomented by the superpowers and also against all the local wars of aggression which they instigate or back.”

Hu Yaobang (1915–1989) former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China

Taiwan Communique and Separation of Powers: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Separation of Powers, pp. 199 (1983)

World, War

“No. I have run away from a lot of publicity. I have tried my best to come back to my desk again. I needed a peaceful corner of my own for my next work. But it took time. Now I am adjusting myself to these new circumstances. I will try to write my next book as soon as possible.”

Han Kang (1970) South Korean writer

On the issue of her publicity in "Korea's Kafka? Man Booker winner Han Kang on why she turns a woman into a plant" in Deutsche Welle (September 12, 2016) https://www.dw.com/en/koreas-kafka-man-booker-winner-han-kang-on-why-she-turns-a-woman-into-a-plant/a-19543017

Books, Peace, Time

“Perhaps some deep-rooted atavism urges the wanderer back to lands which his ancestors left in the dim beginnings of history.”

W. Somerset Maugham book The Moon and Sixpence

Source: http://glimmertrain.com/documents/pdfs/MaughamQuote.pdf
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 50, p. 1??

History

“It is a man’s world and to fight back we have to develop a very thick skin. Take criticism very constructively, but at the same time fight back and retain your position.”

Tina Dabi (1993) Indian Administrative Service Officer

Quoted in Hindustan times https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/it-s-a-man-s-world-but-fight-back-upsc-topper-tina-dabi-tells-students/story-L4OLccQbYi5tdbM8GNMECO.html

Time, World, Fight

“Sometimes it's okay to give yourself a pat on the back and say, 'That was cool. That made me feel good.'”

Sebastian Stan (1982) Romanian-American actor

Quote

Feeling

“It’s very hard to be objective in terms of my performances because I don’t really tend to go back and watch them and analyze them. In terms of the processes and in terms of the jobs, I tend to love my last one the best.”

Jenna Coleman (1986) English actress

Source: INTERVIEW: THE SERPENT’S JENNA COLEMAN https://brieftake.com/interview-the-serpent-jenna-coleman/ (April 1, 2021)

Love

“Mind without agitation is meditation. Mind in the present moment is meditation. Mind that has no hesitation, no anticipation is meditation. Mind that has come back home, to the source, is meditation. Mind that becomes ‘‘no mind’’ is meditation.”

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (1956) spiritual leader

"What is Meditation?" (2006)

Home

“The Extraordinary Form speaks, literally (because it is in Latin), and figuratively, a different language; and I think some people who need to can come back to faith through it.”

Fernando Arêas Rifan (1950) Roman Catholic bishop

Tridentine Mass draws international pilgrims to Rome https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/28324/tridentine-mass-draws-international-pilgrims-to-rome (27 October 2013)

Faith, People, Thinking

“At present nations are held back by fear for the loss of their individuality, and they are quite right, because individual expression is essential.”

Vera Stanley Alder (1898–1984) British artist

Source: Humanity Comes of Age, A study of Individual and World Fulfillment (1950), Introduction p. I - XII

Loss, Fear

“During the first decade, I began my journey as a model. In the second decade, I fell in love with this industry. For this third one, I hope to contribute and give back to the industry in positive ways.”

Liu Wen (model) (1988) Chinese model

Source: "Liu Wen opens up about fame, responsibility and finding meaning in her career" in Vogue https://vogue.sg/liu-wen-cover-vogue-singapore-leslie-zhang/ (1 March 2021)

Hope, Way, Love

“There are those who stand in the vanguard, those who huddle ineffectively in the centre, and those who definitely hold progress back.”

Vera Stanley Alder (1898–1984) British artist

Source: Humanity Comes of Age, A study of Individual and World Fulfillment (1950), Introduction p. I - XII

“We have to get back to life. I mean, you might look at the sporting events that are … all three sports are playing now including basketball, which is inside. Nobody seems to be having super-spreader events. I mean, you know, it was great. It was so much fun having a pandemic but, you know, buh-bye.”

Bill Maher (1956) American stand-up comedian

Source: Sen. Chris Coons and Caitlin Flanagan, Natural Immunity, (2021)

Sport, Life

“I travel in every state now, back on the road, and the Red states are a joy and the Blue states are a pain in the ass. For no reason.”

Bill Maher (1956) American stand-up comedian

Source: Sen. Chris Coons and Caitlin Flanagan, Natural Immunity, (2021)

Pain, Joy, Travel

“I do not believe that iron bars and brutal treatment have ever been cures for crime. And certainly I feel that in our great enlightened country, there is no reason for going back to middle ages and their form of torture for the criminal.”

Mary Harris Jones (1837–1930) Irish-born American labor and community organizer

Source: Autobiography of Mother Jones

Age, Country, Feeling

“I keep trying to resist the thought, but the thought keeps pushing its way back in: The Western world has sunk into madness. There are no solutions to anything. The talk of our politicians is the babbling of fools, but we keep electing them anyway. We are collectively insane.”

John Derbyshire (1945) writer

Source: Succouring the Poor https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/succouring-poor-john-derbyshire/, National Review, February 6, 2012.

World, Madness, Fools, Way

“What mires me in pessimism is the fact that so much of life is pain and sorrow and willful ignorance and violence, and pushing back against that tide takes so much effort, so much steady fight. It’s tiring.”

Jesmyn Ward (1977) American writer

Source: On having a pessimistic nature in “Jesmyn Ward: ‘So much of life is pain and sorrow and wilful ignorance’” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/12/jesmyn-ward-sing-unburied-sing-interview-meet-author in The Guardian (2017 Nov 12)

Life, Pain, Fight, Effort

“A classic unspoken agreement among escapees from a small town: don’t look back, don’t be each other’s anchors, no nostalgia. I wasn’t expecting any of them to return.”

China Miéville Embassytown

Source: Embassytown (2011), Chapter “Formerly, 1” (p. 53)

Nostalgia

“Jesus is the one who always attracts and appeals, and as much as we present the true Jesus, I think people will come back, because they really need him.”

Jorge Rodríguez-Novelo (1955) mexican-born American prelate

Source: Press conference introducing Bishop-Elect Jorge Rodriguez https://denvercatholic.org/denvers-new-auxiliary-bishop-beloved-local-community/ (August 25, 2016)

People, Thinking

“I find it very scary that people try to profit off of things like genetically manipulating things. For what? There’s a fine line between progress and cruelty. If you change something in nature can you ever really go back and have we already crossed that line?”

Tania Raymonde (1988) American actress

Source: An In Interview With ‘Deep Blue Sea 3’ Star Tania Raymonde https://horrorfuel.com/2020/07/31/an-in-interview-with-deep-blue-sea-3-star-tania-raymonde/ (July 31, 2020)

People, Change, Nature

“A court dedicated to pure justice, one that can overrule the law! They didn’t even have one of those back on old Earth!”

Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) American fiction writer

Source: The Margarets (2007), Chapter 10, “I Am Wilvia/On B’Yurngrad” (p. 69)

Justice, Law

“To her who gives and takes back all, to nature, the man who is instructed and modest says, Give what thou wilt; take back what thou wilt. And he says this not proudly, but obediently and well pleased with her.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Source: Meditations (c. AD 121–180), Book X, 14

Nature

“That which had grown from the earth, to the earth, But that which has sprung from heavenly seed, Back to the heavenly realms returns. This is either a dissolution of the mutual involution of the atoms, or a similar dispersion of the unsentient elements.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Source: Meditations (c. AD 121–180), Book VII, 50

“I foretell the future. I predict the past. I don't need a crystal ball; a football, a tennis ball, a moth ball, any old ball will do. When the power is upon me, there is no holding me back, I just let loose and prophesy all over the place.”

Brother Theodore (1906–2001) German-American monologuist and comedian

Past, Future, Football

“I was stuck in their cycle of poverty under their failed policies and I busted out, and glory to God, I am never going back and taking the same message of freedom to everybody.”

Lauren Boebert (1986) American politician

Source: Lauren Boebert: 2020 Election Is a Choice Between ‘Freedom’ and ‘Government Control’ https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2020/08/14/lauren-boebert-2020-election-is-choice-between-freedom-government-control/ (14 August 2020)

God, Freedom

“Democracy is our most important possession. If we throw it away when the going gets tough, we might never get it back.”

Arthur C. Clarke A Time Odyssey

Source: 2000s and posthumous publications, A Time Odyssey, Sunstorm (2005), Chapter 24, “BDO” (p. 182)

Democracy

“Growth is a gradual process and you must aspire to it every day. This must be backed with a strong determination to succeed.”

Stephanie Okereke Linus (1982) Nigerian Actress and singer

Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/exclusive-interview-with-_37_b_11591236 During an interview (December 6 2017)

Strong

“Companies that had laid off staff and those that had abandoned projects are going back to sites and the economy will bounce back.”

Kemi Adeosun (1967) Nigerian accountant, investment banker and politician (born 1967)

“We will force those cash calls out into the modified carrier arrangement and we will release that money back into the federation account. That's where the fiscal buffer sits.”

Kemi Adeosun (1967) Nigerian accountant, investment banker and politician (born 1967)

Money

“The police don't normally look back and investigate things that have taken place a year ago.”

Dominic Raab (1974) British politician (born 1974)

2020s, 2021 Source: Interviewed on the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-59532832, talking about enquiries into alleged Downing Street parties during COVID restrictions (5 December 2021)

“I never lost hope, and never did I despair of coming back alive.”

James Robinson Risner (1925–2013) Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

Source: "Nine Feet Tall" in Air Force Magazine https://www.airforcemag.com/article/0212tall/ (1 February 2012)

Despair, Hope

“There were clear class divisions among the protestors: the upper-class ones stood back and gave the orders, while the lower-class ones did the actual work. Some things didn’t change, no matter how many worlds you visited.”

Genevieve Cogman (1972) novelist and game designer

Source: The Lost Plot (2017), Chapter 17 (p. 215)

World, Change

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