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“To be truly Indian one had to be truly international, exhorting them to honour the best in all civilizations and to live it in their daily lives.”
Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The rich are different, I thought: condemned to live their lives in public, they go through their paces at the edge of hysteria like show dogs from which every trait has been bred but anxiety.”
Michael Nava (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This argument is not about sexual practices or particular lifestyles. It hinges on whether gay and lesbian Americans are entitled to the same enjoyment as their fellow citizens of the freedom to make choices about how to live their lives without suffering discrimination in consequence.”
Michael Nava (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People who live their lives by proverbs waste their time doing lots of stupid things. “Getting even is the best revenge” is my motto.”
George Alec Effinger (1947–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Governments are trying to wrestle, how do you censor without being so heavy-handed that you make people really, you know, can't live their lives.”
Noam Cohen wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It has been said that man lives by truth, and that the truth will make us free. Nearly the opposite seems to me to be the case. Mankind has managed to live only by means of lies, and the truth may very well destroy us.”
Walter Terence Stace (1886–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am immensely proud to lead the men and women of the LAPD who work tirelessly every day to earn the trust of our communities and who risk their lives to protect those that live, work and visit the City of Angels.”
Charlie Beck (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She seemed to have neither sense of fullness nor taste, and would often combine foods in manners that struck Blue as problematic. She didn't believe in telling people how to live their lives (well, maybe a little), but it was hard to stand by and watch Gwenllian spread peanut butter on a cold hot dog.”
Maggie Stiefvater (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You opened your eyes -I saw my darkness live. I see through it down to the bed; there too it is mine and lives.”
Paul Celan (1920–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From Darkness to Darkness," in: Donald Wesling, ‎Tadeusz Sławek (1995). Literary Voice: The Calling of Jonah. p. 54
“If we feel less threatened today, if we feel as though we live in a non-violent society, it is only because we have ceded so much power over our daily lives to the state. Some call this reason, but we might just as well call it laziness. A dangerous laziness, it would seem, given how little most people say they trust politicians.”
Jack Donovan (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When men and women are rewarded for greed, greed becomes a corrupting motivator. When we equate the gluttonous consumption of the earth's resources with a status approaching sainthood, when we teach our children to emulate people who live unbalanced lives, and when we define huge sections of the population as subservient to an elite minority, we ask for trouble.”
John Perkins (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Despite different cultures, middle-class youth all over the world seem to live their lives as if in a parallel universe. They get up in the morning, put on their Levi's and Nikes, grab their caps and backpacks, and Sony personal CD players and head for school.”
Naomi Klein (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Art is not merely a decorative enhancement of our lives but a sign of our desire to live in the world fully and honestly.”
Jan Zwicky (born 1955) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Governor Generals Award for Poetry, Nov. 1999.
“Crisis tendencies in power relations threaten hegemonic masculinity directly. These tendencies are highlighted in the lives of men who live and work with feminists in setting where gender hierarchy has lost all legitimacy. The radical environmental movement is such a setting. Men in this movement must be dealing, in one way or another, with demands for the reconstruction of masculinity.”
Raewyn Connell (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our memories are thronged with the past; our anticipations range over the future; and it is in the past and the future that we really live. It is so even with the higher animals: they too order their lives by memory and anticipation.”
Oliver Lodge (1851–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is in the total conduct of men rather than in their statements that truth or falsehood lives, more in what a man does, in his real reaction to other men and to things, in his will to do them justice, to live at one with them. Here lies the inner connection between truth and justice. In the realm of behavior and action, the problem recurs as to the difference between piece and part.”
Max Wertheimer (1880–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 28 (1961 edition)
“We live in a patriarchal imaginary where men cannot conceptualise women as fully human. What’s really important is how this shit resides in us, how this just lives in us, man, even if we’re the good guy – it should give a motherfucker pause.”
Junot Díaz (born 1968) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lunch with the FT interview (July 2014)
“Men live by production, but the State lives by appropriation. While the haves and the have-nots struggle over the division of existing wealth, it is the business of the State to improve itself at the expense of both; it picks up the marbles while the boys are fighting. That has been the story of men in organized society since the beginning.”
Frank Chodorov (1887–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Amir Khusrau writes that under Jalauddin Khalji (1290-96), after a battle, “whatever live Hindu fell into the hands of the victorious king was pounded to bits under the feet of the elephants. The Musalman captives had their lives spared”.”
Amir Khusrow (1253–1325) said by 1325 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Miftah-ul-Futuh (Aligarh text, 1954), p. 22. quoted from Lal, K. S. (1992). The legacy of Muslim rule in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 4
“We live in an age where such things are inseparably entwined with our lives,” he said. “There have been more than a few other unnatural disasters around the galaxy of late, most of which are connected to major computer systems.”
Steve Perry (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What is important is not just what you do - "I am writing a book" - but how you do it, how you approach it, and what you come to value. […] There are many realities. We should remember this when we get too caught in being concerned about the way the rest of the world lives or how we think they live.”
Natalie Goldberg (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As I said often about the Black Power/Black Arts Movements: we need our history, our culture, our literature. And this is what a whole multicultural generation of lesbians engaged in the 1980’s – creating cultural institutions so that we could live our lives with determination, decision, and yes, of course, pride.”
Cheryl Clarke (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think the essence of the book would really be, it doesn't hurt to try. You know, I think that's been my motto forever. And I think it's done me very well. And I think the joy in the book is a big thing, because I think we live a lot of our lives without joy. And I think loving what you're doing while you're doing it is really important.”
Veronica Chambers (born 1970) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On what she hopes readers take away from her book A Girl's Guide to Love, Life and Foolish Bravery in “Veronica Chambers: 'The Joy of Doing Things Badly'” in NPR (2006 May 11)
“Through that process, I was just working on the outreach team, but because of that I was meeting people who were undocumented, people whose families were impacted by it, and obviously huge advocacy organizations. That stuff stays with you. It was, of course, the basis for some of the characters and some of their stories and the lives that they live…”
Kal Penn (born 1977) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how he applied his time working for the Obama Administration to Sunnydale’s creative process in “Kal Penn on why Democrats are losing and what constitutes a patriotic comedy” in Salon (2019 Nov 7)
“Stop giving a s— what other people think of you. We make decisions too often based on that…When we start to live for ourselves, and be a little bit more selfish, I think we’ll lead more fulfilling lives. So I think what we need to do, is stare at ourselves in the mirror a little bit longer, and really own who we are and not try to be what we think others want us to be.”
Lena Waithe (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I can say poetry has certainly sharpened my senses and keeps me open to wonder about alternative realities, to be overly curious rather than overly ideological, it can be read as just a reminder that we have more senses than we have the words for, so perhaps we ought to revel in that if we are to truly live our lives in the light?”
Raymond Antrobus (born 1986) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the impact that poetry has had on his life in “Deaf poetics: Conversation with Raymond Antrobus" (Poetry International; 2018 Oct 11)
“Children should be brought up with the ideal cultivated in them that the universe is ruled by an intelligent power, that they must cultivate purity, honesty, truth, compassion and live ideal lives. In that way they will conform to the evolutionary needs. That is the best thing we can do for the children.”
Gopi Krishna (yogi) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Darling, you're talking as if all normal-length lives were planned. They aren't, you know. People have to learn how to live them—and by the time they find out, they're nearly gone. No time to remedy mistakes.”
John Wyndham (1903–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Besides, do we need the veil of statistics to state the obvious? Don’t we already know that , , sex workers, the homeless, , and other such people live precarious lives without any safety nets? Let alone an economic lockdown, they lose access to daily wages if they fall sick for even a day. To paraphrase Bob Dylan, Do we need a weatherman to tell us which way the wind blows?”
Rajendran Narayanan wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[T]here are so many parallels between the circumstances in which my family operated, and in which this country is now operating. I saw... what focusing on the wrong things, elevating the wrong people, can do... the collateral damage that can be created by allowing somebody to live their lives without accountability... continuing now, on a much grander scale.”
Mary L. Trump (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Solidarity does not assume that our struggles are the same struggles, or that our pain is the same pain, or that our hope is for the same future. Solidarity involves commitment, and work, as well as the recognition that even if we do not have the same feelings, or the same lives, or the same bodies, we do live on common ground.”
Sara Ahmed (born 1969) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (2004), p. 189
“The concept I am the body is the core belief we adopt very early on... We take ourselves to be a particular body with a unique personality, and this perspective remains with us as we live our lives.”
Mooji (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The need was there. These were people who had changed their lives, their values, while they were in prison. And they were getting ready to be thrown back into a society that wouldn't support that... We wanted to provide a place for ex-cons to live before moving out on their own.”
Bo Lozoff (1947–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The victim is really the most flexible, the most free person on earth. He doesn't have to think up endless laws and endless falsehoods. His jailer does that. His jailer creates the chains and the oppression. He is merely presented with it. He is presented with a thousand and one hells to live through, and he usually lives through them all.”
Bessie Head (1937–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I live well, everybody lives well.”
Nucky Johnson (1883–1968) said by 1968 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Without leadership, it is difficult for a country to make real progress against the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS. We need leadership to combat the discrimination that makes it hard for people to seek treatment if they become infected, hold a job, sustain relationships, and live active lives in their own communities.”
Michelle Yeoh (born 1962) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An Interview with Michelle Yeoh—Fighting AIDS from the Heart" in amFAR (October 2009)
“War photographers were always placed on a pedestal. They put their lives at risk. Of course it is still very dangerous, but it also seems that now, there could just as easily be a civilian taking the picture. Maybe it is less a question of whether war photography will continue, and more a question of whether this idea of the heroic, self-sacrificing combat photographer will live on.”
An-My Lê (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In 2010, Kilgour and Matas were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. In fact, who works more for peace than the one who debunks lies, defends the innocents, and saves lives? Of course, Kilgour and Matas were never awarded the prize, but this tells us more about the world we live in than about the two [civil] rights defenders.”
Marco Respinti (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Art is the truth that enables me to live through words and create works that change lives.”
Mmakgosi Anita Tau (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“By the Grace of Almighty God, I want to believe that I have been able to touch the lives of people, not only through writing, but in other simple ways, and I intend to do that for as long as I live.”
Zaynab Alkali (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’d love to be remembered for inspiring young people to live their best lives, to aspire for courageous leadership, transformative leadership.”
Wanjira Mathai (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Seeing people lose lives in the course of my field of work has given me a totally different outlook on death and acceptance and learning to live in the moment, learning to do what needs to be done now, because tomorrow is not assured.”
Shitsama Nyamweya (born 1983) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in the radio station interview titled Catch Up Radio with neurosurgeon Dr. Beverly Cheserem and Dr. Sylvia Shitsama #DriveInn by Davina & Fareed on 31 Aug 2021.
“I had heard that the revolution lives everyday and that it must continue to change and live everyday if it is to be truly of and for the people. (1969, about Cuba)”
Enriqueta Vasquez (born 1930) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At the other end of the packed carriage there was a commotion, and a small crowd formed a circle - bad news for someone. Circles of people always are. Honestly, sometimes I think human beings should be prohibited from forming groups. I'm no fascist, but I wouldn't mind at all if we had to live out our lives in single file.”
Steve Toltz (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“some of these genetic ancestry tests which proport to find race in your genes but, in fact, have to presume that race already lives in your genes in order to then find it there. If you understand race to be something historically constructed, then it doesn’t live in your genes.”
Jonathan Rosa wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The world we live in is created and it’s been being created and it is still being created. So why can’t we take things that we assume are the building blocks of what we know about our lives, about every single thing that we trust, and turn them upside down just to be a bit more accommodating.”
Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile (born 1988) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Queer Literature and Culture: A Dialogue with Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile (November 2016) by Africa in dialogue, Retrieved 26/07/2022
“True pleasure-joy, happiness and satisfaction-has been the force that helps us move beyond the constant struggle, that helps us live and generate futures beyond this dystopic present, futures worthy of our miraculous lives. Pleasure-embodied, connected pleasure-is one of the ways we know when we are free. That we are always free. That we always have the power to co-create the world.”
Adrienne Maree Brown (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So ocean acidification for folks that work in, for example, fishing industries, storms for anybody that lives along the coast, sea level rise for folks that live along the coast as well and heat, which is pretty much everybody. So I think to think that anyone is immune to the impacts of climate change is delusional.”
Nicole Hernandez Hammer wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People were very angry for so long. How long can you live in the closet? I listen to my brothers and sisters who are older than I am and I listen to their stories. I would never have made it. They would have killed me. Somebody would have killed me. I could never have survived the lives that my brothers and sisters from the forties and fifties did. Because I have a mouth.”
Sylvia Rivera (1951–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is women's work to define what these feminist values are. What are these values? They are democratic values. Women and men are equally valued. Respect is not dependent on gender. Women are the decision makers of their individual lives. Women and children have the right to live in a violence-free environment.”
Anna Nieto-Gómez (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source