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“The role was challenging because it required me to portray a character undergoing significant internal conflict. It’s about a person torn between societal expectations and personal desires, caught in a whirlwind of love, friendship, and sacrifice. This character’s inner turmoil mirrors the external challenges they face, and I hope this depth resonates with the audience.”
Dorra Zarrouk (born 1980) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From acting to directing: Dorra Zarrouk’s bold transition, artistic vision,By Kadry Al-Haggar, retrieved on January 8, 2025
“Already, here in N'Djamena, you see the Palace of Arts and Culture (January 15 Palace), you see the Chad-China Friendship Hospital, which is one of the first projects. And this cooperation was boosted in 2007. It has been strengthened. It affects all areas, especially strategic areas. So this is to tell you that it is a multifaceted partnership that has produced tangible results.”
Mariam Mahamat Nour (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I get the impression that an exchange of visits between leaders of nations is extremely useful for strengthening the bonds of friendship, because mutual visits bring mutual understanding. It is mutual understanding and mutual esteem that are absolute requisites for the realisation of everlasting peace in the world.”
Suharto (1921–2008) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech transcript at state dinner" (1968)
“In this shrinking world we do not want to isolate ourselves. Proposals, suggestions and criticisms expressed in an atmosphere of friendship will be respected. Comments and criticisms expressed only to exaggerate our shortcomings in our national development which tend to interfere in our domestic affairs, is another matter.”
Suharto (1921–2008) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Suharto Says 'Stay Out Of Our Affairs' in AFR (1992)
“We are firmly convinced that the organization of this fifth Belgian week in our country will contribute to the promotion of trade in general, the industrial sector and the private sector in particular, thus strengthening our relations of friendship, understanding, mutual assistance and cooperation”
Annonciata Sendazirasa (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He whose friendship is worth having, must hate and be hated.”
William Maginn (1793–1842) said by 1842 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Humility, obedience, simplicity — these are the virtues on which the Divine Friendship, as well as mere human friendships, alone can thrive.”
Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We can continue what the first Bishop of Timika, John Philip Saklil, has already begun. Our relations must be based on love, friendship, and human exchange. We are called to open doors for one another.”
Bernardus Bofitwos Baru (born 1969) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Diocese of Timika has a new bishop: He is the second indigenous bishop (19 May 2025) Fides News Agency
“Beautiful friendship tried by sun and wind, Durable from the daily dust of life.”
Stephen Phillips (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.”
Rotimi Akeredolu (1956–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Friendship arises from life's opportunities, often from fate, but to become an indispensable feeling, it needs to be based on shared emotions, not emotional mediocrity.”
Paolo Crepet (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.”
Austin O'Malley (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And I am very excited by the potential to deepen and strengthen our partnership and friendship, which goes back 50 years, for President Obama, who is a son of Kenya, to be able to help Kenya move towards fulfilling its potential. And I wanted to come to Africa and take an extended trip early in my term because I think Africa is such an important place of the future.”
Seanice Kacungira wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Faithfulness to those whom he had once admitted into the rather narrow circle of his friendship was, indeed, a mark of his character. Those whom he had once found loyal and capable as ministers, soldiers or diplomats retained, as a rule, his confidence to the end.”
Louis Francis Salzman (1878–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The experience of love led me to poetry—I fell in love and I discovered what had been missing from my poems—; friendship and collaboration led me to theater; and motherhood led me to the novel.”
Carmen Boullosa (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For me, chemistry is like organic friendship. You cannot fake it; it’s either there or it is not,”
Lemogang Tsipa (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm thrilled to see Kaizer Chiefs here in Türkiye, a country with which South Africa has a long history of friendship and cooperation”
Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From World to Universe and beyond. A friendship that's spanned 8 years and counting!”
Catriona Gray (born 1994) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Friendship exists only when there is truth and loyalty.”
Annabelle Neilson (1969–2018) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Annabelle Neilson Remembers Alexander McQueen • Harper's BAZAAR (2011)
“Three words sum up my journey: "Friendship, Love, and God".”
Elisabeth Mweya Tol'Ande (born 1947) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: fr: https://actualite.cd/2022/11/10/rdc-ecrivez-pendant-que-vous-etes-jeune-nattendez-pas-de-vieillir-elisabeth-mweya/ Interview in actualite.cd, author: 'Prisca Lokale', (November 10, 2022).
“A relationship is about companionship and friendship.”
Miriam Quiambao (born 1975) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: . “Miriam Quiambao tells Women's Health about her new love”. PEP.ph. 12 January 2010.
“I can’t keep pleasing you, I can’t keep making everyone happy. I can’t keep buying everybody something just to keep a friendship.”
Heart Evangelista (born 1985) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: . "Heart Evangelista talks about journey to loving herself first". 09 June 2025.
“Friendship. Before, during, and after [marriage]”
Marilou Diaz-Abaya (1955–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We shared more than a decade of love, each other’s support system, and many beautiful memories. It was our mutual decision to transition our relationship into what we hope to be a lifelong friendship.”
Kim Chiu (born 1990) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ON THIS DAY: Kim Chiu and Xian Lim announce the end of their love story, Nikka Sabio, Push Team 23 December 2025.
“‘It’s not a lack of love but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.’ I followed it with advice I still strongly stand by today: Never stop laughing with your partner; aspire towards comedy, not drama,”
Bangs Garcia (born 1987) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bangs Garcia celebrates 10th anniversary with husband Lloyd Birchmore, Nikka Sabio 24 January 2025.
“We’ve learned to embrace each other’s differences with respect, compromise, trust, forgiveness, and friendship—the keys that open our hearts to falling in love over and over again. 😍,”
Bangs Garcia (born 1987) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bangs Garcia celebrates 10th anniversary with husband Lloyd Birchmore, Nikka Sabio 24 January 2025.
“Reading and rereading these pages by Robert Nozick we can feel that “'his”' philosophy accompanies us, with luminous intelligence, sensitivity and friendship, in “'our”' examined life.”
Salvatore Veca (1943–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We believe that it has been brought about by a special dispensation of Divine Providence, that the Frankish Princes should profess the orthodox faith; like the Roman Emperors, in order that they may help this city, whence it took its rise. Persuade them with all earnestness to keep from any friendship and alliance with our most unspeakable enemies, the Lombards.”
Pope Pelagius II (520–590) said by 590 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even the bumpiest road feels so much shorter when shared with people who care. This journey would not have been as wonderful without the love, warmth and support of so many people. You made this an amazing experience for me. Your love and support turned a challenging competition into an adventurous voyage. Your friendship made it all worthwhile.”
Valerie Weigmann (born 1989) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Valerie Weigmann thanks Pinoys for support despite loss Philstar Global , 18 December 2014.
“The night that we wrote the song was kind of this feverish catch-up about our lives. And I think our friendship fostered an environment for a very dramatic song to come about, which is fun.”
Gracie Abrams (born 1999) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Collins, Riyah (June 27, 2024). "Gracie Abrams storms charts after Taylor Swift duet at Wembley". BBC News.
“Nothing is more binding than the friendship of companions-in-arms.”
George Stillman Hillard (1808–1879) said by 1879 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Therefore, our attraction to literature and art, like our need for friendship and love, are simply the most immediate and basic ways in which our desire to transcend ourselves is expressed. (2020, p. 76)”
Piergiorgio Odifreddi (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I insist that, although I have had to work very hard on my intellectual formation, I have benefited the most from my relationships with others...everything I've learned, I've learned while getting to know people. I prefer a friendship that enriches me, not hearing about the kids, or about the war, or anything like that. And traveling. I've learned more from traveling than from books.”
Aída Cartagena Portalatín (1918–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“These hearts which suck up friendship like water, and yield it again with the first touch, might as well expect to squeeze a sponge and find it hold its moisture, as to retain affections which they are forever dashing from them.”
Jane Porter (1776–1850) said by 1850 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We value the devotedness of friendship rather as an oblation to vanity than as a free interchange of hearts; an endearing contract of sympathy, mutual forbearance, and respect!”
Jane Porter (1776–1850) said by 1850 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Understanding is the source of all true and lasting friendship.”
Olympe Bhêly-Quenum (born 1926) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I want to show the importance of support, friendship, solidarity, unity, and the way those things make each journey so much easier”
Sungi Mlengeya (born 1991) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Painting Women into a Limitless Space | In the Studio with Sungi Mlengeya 4 March 2021
“what I was doing, and still am trying to do, is investigate the many iterations of love, whether it is friendship or romantic love or the love for your country, which is very different from loving your partner but equally heavily invested”
Meleko Mokgosi (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe if girls can excel in sports, they will also excel in academics, Sports give girls confidence, education and friendship. It takes them away from negative activities and refreshes their minds to desire more for their lives.”
Akhona Makalima (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I said I'm coming no matter what. It doesn't matter who calls, That's my belief in him, my trust in him, my loyalty to him and our friendship. It didn't matter what was out there. When he called me back, it was done.”
Sidney Lowe (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Is mutual service the bond of friendship?”
William Ellery Channing (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sincerity, truth, faithfulness, come into the very essence of friendship.”
William Ellery Channing (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.”
Joseph Addison (disputed) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Hugs for Girlfriends : Stories, Sayings, and Scriptures to Encourage and Inspire (2001) by Philis Boultinghouse and LeAnn Weiss, p. 7; there seem to be no published sources available for this statement prio…
“Friendship is impossible with a liar.”
Ali (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is, like grace and beauty in the body, which charm at first sight, and lead on to further intimacy and friendship, opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of others, and at the same time enabling us to benefit them by our example, if there be anything in our character worthy of imitation.”
Michel de Montaigne (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As for rosemarie, I lett it run alle over my garden walls, not onlie because my bees love it, but because 'tis the herb sacred to remembrance and therefore to friendship, whence a sprig of it hath a dumb language that maketh ye chosen emblem at our funeral wakes and in our buriall grounds.”
Thomas More (misattributed) first seen 1852 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Actually written in 1852 by Anne Manning in her fictional novel The Household of St Thomas More, as if a diary entry was made by his daughter Margaret; and so, although written as said by the character Thomas More in th…
“What else is woman but a foe to friendship, an inescapable punishment, a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, a domestic danger, a delectable detriment, an evil of nature, painted with fair colors!”
John Chrysostom (misattributed) first seen 1486 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The quote is attributed to Chrysostom in the Malleus Maleficarum (Part I, Question VI), published by Heinrich Kramer in 1486. He cites Chrysostom's homily on Matthew ch. 19 (which would be his Homily LXII on Matthew), b…
“Friendship and love require the deepest and most entire confidence, but souls of a high character demand not communications of a familiar nature.”
Wilhelm von Humboldt (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Friendship is like those ancient altars where the unhappy, and even the guilty, found a sure asylum.”
Sophie Swetchine (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The ideal of friendship is to feel as one while remaining two.”
Sophie Swetchine (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source