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“I am a big attraction to this country musically but now is the time to attract people to Uganda in terms of tourism. Uganda is a beauty with a lot of attractions for the world to visit and explore.”
Jose Chameleone (born 1979) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jose Chameleone to headline trip as travel enthusiasts quench thirst for adventure in Northern Uganda. Article on Nile Post by Kenneth Kazibwe, 26 May, 2023.
“It’s so exciting, the little effort you put into technology, and how it can change people’s lives. The beauty of it is that you can do whatever you have to do anywhere and anytime. As a technologist, you can come up with something that touches a lot of people’s lives.”
Jamila Abbas (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I do see myself as a preacher for the streets. That’s where I’m from. I don’t only talk about the struggles, I also talk about the beauty of it. It’s not always negative.”
Black Sherif (born 2002) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Getting To Know Black Sherif, Ghana’s New Street Preacher", Complex UK (June 1, 2022)
“Success is really a challenge more than an honor, because you don’t want to succeed and lose interest in what made you succeed...This success means maintaining it, or growing it. The real beauty is not in the results, it’s in whatever contributed to the success; the people that helped you, or the habits that got you there. The paper, the money, they’re bonuses, man.”
Black Sherif (born 2002) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is an odd and somewhat ironic commentary on the entertainment of the times that the best, happiest, most intelligent and human picture of the week, I was about to say of the year, should be a murder story. But so it is: The Naked City (Gaumont and Marble Arch) is a thriller and a beauty.”
C. A. Lejeune (1897–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In China, we have a city called Shangri-La in Yunnan Province and a small town also called Shangri-La in Sichuan Province. Shangri-La is synonymous with a utopia of purity, beauty, harmony and serenity.”
Li Shangfu (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It had always been my belief that beauty was a modification of sex. Life sings a song of sex. Sex is the scream of life.”
Charles G. Finney (1905–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mongolia has so much to offer in terms of unique natural beauty and the large urban city of Ulaanbaatar which employs many talented film professionals and modern production facilities. We are pleased to welcome some of the world's top studios to our country to highlight our very generous film rebates and showcase how Mongolia is open for international business and investment.”
Nomin Chinbat (born 1983) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nomin Chinbat (2022) cited in: "Mongolian National Film Council To Welcome Warner Bros., HBO, Discovery, Netflix to Mongolia in September" in Cision, 29 August 2022.
“My inspiration for the novel came from my participation in the first national demonstration of the women’s liberation movement: the 1968 protest against the Miss America Pageant, in Atlantic City, that symbol of traditional white beauty standards. That protest brought women’s liberation to national attention for the first time.”
Alix Kates Shulman (born 1932) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(What Art means to You?) Art is life. it is a vessel that allows me to express my perception of the world, my sense of beauty and my social concerns–which, I believe, are shared by many other persons around the world.”
Alfredo Arreguín (1935–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Symmetry, of course, was the scientific formula of beauty.”
Wesley Chu (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The beauty of democracy is that its practice is never final and always has room for improvement no matter how old a democratic society may be. Where we falter we must not fall. When we are weak, we must not surrender.”
Goodluck Jonathan (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“By happily delving into our special interests and reveling in our Autistic capacity to hyperfocus, we can help retrain our brains to see our neurotype as a source of beauty rather than a mark of shame.”
Devon Price (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you could just for a moment come out of yourself and see what I see...you wouldn't stop looking at yourself. But unfortunately you need a mirror to do it, my poor beauty.” (p148)”
Dorit Rabinyan (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Twitcher’s list is very democratic. Each bird counts as one tick. There are no extra points for beauty or rarity.”
Sean Dooley wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t separate spirituality from creativity. It’s one of the ways I experience God. My faith reminds me that beauty has purpose and excellence is worship.”
Aisha Ayensu (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’ve always been an introvert and find inspiration in my emotions and the beauty of nature.”
P. V. R. Raja (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We haven't done a good job teaching clearly what the Church teaches, its beauty, and the positive impact it will have in our lives, and in a way that uplifts and energizes the listener. We were complacent in past decades, as our churches were relatively full. I think we're recovering our ability to evangelize, however.”
Timothy Edward Freyer (born 1963) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A bishop reflects on evangelization, Saint Joseph, and the crisis of fatherhood (July 21, 2021) Catholic World Report
“I’m interested in finding the relation between war and the human being. The beauty of the small pleasures in life, subtle things.”
Liana Badr (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'd like a church immersed in history, expert about humanity. A church like a mother, welcoming and forgiving, that doesn't want to proselytize but to evangelize, by telling people the beauty of God in a credible and fresh way.”
Edoardo Menichelli (1939–2025) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'Every Person Is a Gift From God,' Archbishop Edoardo Menichelli; Ancona-Osimo, Italy (11 February 2015) America
“To be a woman is to be soft and strong all at once, and there is beauty in this duality. We are strong enough to birth children, and nurturing enough to raise them, but we are also fierce enough to be leaders, businesswomen and captains of industry.”
Basetsana Kumalo (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To show a different narrative of Zimbabwe, that there's beauty, invite people to come and spend money in Zimbabwe… show that Zimbabwe is powerful and incredible in its own special ways.”
Pearl Thusi (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m an African God-fearing woman and in everything that I do, I know it’s my right to enhance my beauty. I celebrate my figure”
Sophie Lichaba (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Home for me is about safety and embrace. It’s about shedding all the external masks that we have to wear out in the world. Home is really about beauty, safety, history. My friendships are home for me. My family is home for me. It’s an energetic connection that creates a sense of safety and groundedness, where I don’t have to wear any mask. I can just be myself.”
Tracee Ellis Ross (born 1972) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tracee Ellis Ross: "I don’t live my life for other people, I just totally live it for me" by Kaitlyn Greenidge. January 31, 2022. Retrieved 9/11/2023.
“And what I'm doing is stepping into my confidence and my power to create my own beauty standard. And one day that will just be the standard.”
Lizzo (born 1988) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lizzo on Blazing Her Own Path, Finding Her 'Power' and Shutting Down Body Shamers: 'I'm a Body Icon' by Jason Sheeler . March 2, 2022. Retrieved 9/11/2023.
“My interest in the connection between the mind, body and soul, bring LOVINAH users a well-balanced experience, and an opportunity to experience my personal knowledge of ancient beauty rituals with western fusion.”
Joy Ekhator (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the culinary world, Botswana chefs are promoting the country’s cuisine globally. Young entrepreneurs are manufacturing beauty products for black skin that are entering global markets. They are becoming boundary less in their innovation, enterprising, and partnering to ensure their products reach beyond Botswana’s borders.”
Alinah Kelo Segobye wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The teacher is still basking in the beauty of his own creativity, when he realises that his only listeners are the walls. ("Two Libraries")”
Esther Kreitman (1891–1954) said by 1954 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life is sacred, but I also think a book is sacred. The way we bury the Torah speaks in a very symbolic way of the power of words. There is a strong correspondence, and it is the sacredness of beauty and dignity. Although for me, nothing is more sacred than human life. (2016)”
Marjorie Agosín (1955–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I've become fascinated with translation myself because I've begun to do some translations from the English to the Spanish. And I have learned the beauty and the humbleness and the delicacy that it takes to translate one poem from one language to the other. It's really a work of love, translation.”
Marjorie Agosín (1955–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In art, I get to walk into my head and do whatever I want to do, to free up completely. That goes back to my roots in Athens, Ohio, my roots in nature and my feelings of connections to the environment, that everything is coalesced around being inspired by the natural world and reflecting that beauty out to others.”
Maya Lin (born 1959) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Private World of the Public Artist Maya Lin" in Smithsonian Magazine (22 December 2022.
“The question with beauty pageants is what your background is, what your motivation is and whether that can represent freedom for you or others, or represent a stepping stone to a bigger life.”
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When they talk to me about beauty, Naples comes to mind as the first image.”
Lucio Dalla (1943–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am a poet. Poets take the beauty from ashes.”
Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born 1969) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Artslounge, Interview with Toyin Adewale-Gabriel, artsloungenyc, 15 June 2022.
“With great times and also challenging times, I have come to really appreciate the beauty of engineering. The creativity, the daring to dream, and the art of storytelling conceptual ideas; achieving an exact expression of sequence, relation, and logic is what creates the built environment and technologies that shape and influence our daily experiences.”
Yewande Akinola (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Of Caparezza you must always grasp the stringent absurdities that he says... some expressions that perhaps you cannot immediately understand what they mean, but of an almost enigmatic beauty, as if they were riddles at times... words you're standing there thinking but what is Caparezza saying? And then you realize that in the context it is linear, it is perfect.”
Roberto Vecchioni (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In an instant, and don't ask me why, I saw all the evil, all the hypocrisy of the world winning with impunity, crushing beauty, truth and... and I was moved.”
Roberto Vecchioni (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[...] beauty is this dress that you feel sewn on, soft, warm, indestructible, among many others that always lack something.”
Roberto Vecchioni (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And there is no end to beauty, but it's a lie, and I could explain it in words, but a photograph of the sun, no matter how hard you try, doesn't heat up the same.”
Dargen D'Amico (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You don’t endanger people, you don’t destroy properties, and you don’t frustrate the electoral process just because you want your candidate to win call it ‘the beauty of democracy’.”
Natasha Akpoti (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Beauty keeps evolving, trends change, but what has separated us from the pack is the high standard that we place on our services.”
Banke Meshida Lawal (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder but some still look ridiculous.”
Banke Meshida Lawal (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Beauty is relative and a confident woman would be self-assured on all levels.”
Banke Meshida Lawal (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The saw in Raphael an apostate from the Ideal and an apostle of savoir faire; they took Botticelli and Mantegna as examples. But they were not vulgar "smugglers". The salient character of their school is intellectualism, the disdain of art for art's sake; they want to narrate and teach, move the soul of the crowds, descend among the people and convert them to beauty. (pp. 322-323)”
Salomon Reinach (1858–1932) said by 1932 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe a beauty queen should be educated first of all so that she can adequately represent her country, company or be the ambassador she is meant to be wherever she goes.”
Glory Chukwu wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Of course, yes. I mean, you buying a form means you are ready to become MBGN. I always knew I would be a beauty queen. Years back, the password to all my accounts had been forevermissworld”
Iheoma Nnadi (born 1995) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have been working on eloquence which will be the judge’s main focus. However, I’m also working on my modeling skills and talent. Fitness and beauty with a purpose is something they will look at too.”
Elsa Iradukunda first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I have what it takes to win Miss World, says Iradukunda The New Times, (July 27, 2017)
“I am very passionate about helping those in need, because I believe the world is a very big family and we need to help each other. That is why my beauty with a purpose is all about helping.”
Elsa Iradukunda first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Iradukunda ready to grace Miss World stage The New Times, (October 16, 2017)
“I think helping also connects us with each other and helps us build a better society for each and everyone. That is why I really believe in beauty with a purpose.”
Elsa Iradukunda first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Miss World: Iradukunda in last minute appeal for votes The New Times ,(November 15, 2017)
“I went to a boarding school and during school holidays, I would spend much of the time at home doing homework or watching beauty contests and talent shows. Those are my favourite TV shows.”
Elsa Iradukunda first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: VIDEO: Tracing Iradukunda's journey to the Miss Rwanda crown The New Times, (March 02, 2017)