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“I fear that having tried to be a good leader over the years, I have proved a poor daughter, sister, partner and friend. The party and my work has always come first, often at the expense of commitments to loved ones.”
Ruth Davidson (born 1978) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Her resignation letter on Twitter (29 August 2019) cited in Ruth Davidson quits as Scottish Conservative leader BBC News (29 August 2019)
“As I left, Jimmy Savile came up to me. "Your TV shows are BRILLIANT!" he exclaimed. "And as I’ve been in the telly business for 50 years, you can take that as an informed view." I’ve always loved Jimmy Savile. (Mail on Sunday "Night and Day" column, 2009)”
Piers Morgan (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Why should we hate the people we once loved because of a war that mars even our memories?”
Lamia Abbas Amara (1929–2021) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frouzanda Mahrad (an Arabic poem, translated by Mike Maggio in: Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press.)
“I come to very sad conclusion: Donald Trump is totally mad. It is the shame. We loved him,”
Aleksandr Dugin (born 1962) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Trump envoy Witkoff urged to take tough approach with Putin in make-or-break meeting to end Ukraine war before sanctions" New York Post (August 5, 2025)
“People think I was writing it for a group of people, when actually I was writing about one person. The truth was, I loved this person so much, and us being from different worlds kept getting in the way.”
Mitski (born 1990) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how her song “Your Best American Girl” has been interpreted as a strictly political statement by some listeners in Mitski, The Indie Rock Star Who Wants To Be Your 'Best American Girl'” in Elle Magazine (14 Jun 2016)
“In fact I was never the son my parents wanted. I mean, I think that they really loved me. But it’s something I realised from a very young age.”
Pedro Almodóvar (born 1949) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his relationship with his parents in “Pedro Almodóvar: ‘I can no longer hide’” in The Guardian (2019 Aug 11)
“And so when they tell you that I was heartless, a shameless man-chaser, don't ever forget this: I loved what I saw. And yes, it is true that I've done all the things they say. That's not what gets them. What aggravates them is I've never shed one solitary tear. I'm not sorry. (p217)”
Louise Erdrich (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Raised in a working-class, immigrant family, I didn’t have access to poetry. I want to write poetry that my mother can read, or poetry that I would have loved as a little boy. I think of myself as a poet of the people. I argue against the idea that if a poem is accessible, it’s not complex. Accessible is not synonymous with simple.”
Richard Blanco (born 1968) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On making poetry accessible to everyone in "Richard Blanco: How I Write" in The Writer (2020 Mar 13)
“It would disappear forever from her memory of Lydia, the way memories of a lost loved one always smooth and simplify themselves, shedding complexities like scales. (p271)”
Celeste Ng (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For children, the era of mass incarceration has meant a tremendous amount of family separation, broken homes, poverty, and a far, far greater level of hopelessness as they see so many of their loved ones cycling in and out of prison. Children who have incarcerated parents are far more likely themselves to be incarcerated…”
Michelle Alexander (born 1967) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the effect mass incarceration has on children in “Schools and the New Jim Crow: An Interview With Michelle Alexander” in Truthout (2013 Jun 4)
“I did, not only because of that, but also because there was no value placed on education in my family. My mother just assumed I was smart, and I had glasses so I was called “four eyes,” and I was always reading a book, and so the outsider feeling came from the fact that I really loved school…”
Robert O'Hara (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m very aware of the time I have on this planet…I lost loved ones at a young age. I realise the platform I have and the responsibility I have, and I’m aware of my mortality. No one like me has ever had this opportunity, so I’d be a fool not to make the most of it.”
Reggie Yates (born 1983) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the scope of his current projects in “Reggie Yates on The Insider: ‘What I’m doing, no one else is doing’” in The Jackal Magazine (10 March 2017)
“Today, of course, aggression once again keeps the disadvantaged from creating wealth for themselves and their loved ones. Minimum wage laws exclude unskilled workers from the Job market, while increasing the prices they must pay for goods and services. Licensing laws squeeze small companies out of business. Sixty percent of all new Jobs in the United States.”
Mary Ruwart (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What drove Muhammad to success was his need to be loved. This is the secret behind history’s great narcissists. It is this need that drives them so tirelessly.” — p. 27”
Ali Sina (activist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think I was just a very skinless person…And I had this terrible need to confess; and I still do it…It’s a bid to be loved, in some way.”
Hilton Als (born 1960) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On writing in a confession manner in order to broadcast intimacy in “Hilton Als: ‘I had this terrible need to confess, and I still do it. It’s a bid to be loved’” in The Guardian (2018 Feb 2)
“There is no telling someone that the death of a loved one isn't enough of a reason to undo the world, but my heart is breaking that Rio has fallen into these conspiracy holes. I want to reach in and pull him out. To save him.”
Adam Silvera (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a woman, I think porn is a disgrace. I used to watch a lot of porn, to be honest. I started watching porn when I was like 11 … I think it really destroyed my brain and I feel incredibly devastated that I was exposed to so much porn. … I’m so angry that porn is so loved, and I’m so angry at myself for thinking that it was okay.”
Billie Eilish (born 2001) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Billie Eilish Opens Up About Surviving COVID and Hosting ‘SNL’", The Howard Stern Show (13 December 2021)
“My mum would have loved Shirley Temple as a daughter – full of confidence, tap-dancing all over the place in flouncy clothes, and showing off. [She had] A girl sitting there reading a book, looking gormless.”
Jacqueline Wilson (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While we see that a lot of anger and outrage and frustration was sparked by the barbaric murder of George Floyd, it’s also clear to me that we have been sitting in our homes, navigating the pandemic, dealing with loved ones being sick, dealing with a great deal of fear and concern about what the day and the future will hold.”
Opal Tometi (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In high school, I convinced my parents to let me try wrestling. I loved how strong I felt and how difficult the workouts were. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. And it was one of the earliest examples I have of men and women being capable of the same kinds of things, no matter what anyone says.”
Rachel Brosnahan (born 1990) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rachel Brosnahan on Finding Confidence and Drugstore Beauty (December 6, 2019)
“I'm not watching Idol this season. I stopped watching after the Fantasia season because I loved her so much I didn't want to go through that process with anyone else.”
Fantasia Barrino (born 1984) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ira Glass in a 2007 interview with Advocate about whether or not he watches American Idol
“This is far beyond garden-variety narcissism; Donald is not simply weak, his ego is a fragile thing that must be bolstered every moment because he knows deep down that he is nothing of what he claims to be. He knows he has never been loved.”
Mary L. Trump (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I meet women who say, "You were such a hero of mine. I loved the way you were so strong," and all that sort of thing – so I'm very proud to have played a character like that.”
Sophie Aldred (born 1962) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Doctor Who: Ace visitor in Norwich (February 2, 2008)
“Those forced to make impossible choices are rarely loved. If it’s approval and reputation you care about, then you have no place here.”
Jim C. Hines (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“…I have not even been nominated for one. But it doesn’t affect me any more. This is the great thing about getting old: things that preoccupied you when you were young cease to preoccupy you. I would have loved to have had one Oscar. Well, too bad. I have six sheep, two dogs, two children.”
Isabella Rossellini (born 1952) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how she never won an Oscar like her mother Ingrid in “Isabella Rossellini: ‘Ageing brings a lot of happiness. You get fatter – but there is freedom’” in The Guardian (2020 Oct 13)
“I became an MLA because I could no longer stand idly by while I learned more and more about how the previous government was hurting the people I loved. They were hurting members of my family, my community, my neighbours, my colleagues, my friends — and hurt they have been.”
“The test of a man then is not, "How have I believed?" but "How have I loved?”
Henry Drummond (1851–1897) first seen 1890 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Greatest Thing in the World (1890), p. 61, after paraphrasing :31–46
“I was a nerd! I was president of my science fiction club. Doesn’t get any nerdier than that. I took Latin — that’s pretty nerdy. And theater. I was a trainer for our football team. I got into the boy’s locker room that way, ha! I loved being in high school. I had a boyfriend all through high school. I was friends with all different kids in different clubs. A floater!”
Ming-Na Wen (born 1963) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ming-Na Wen opens up about the challenges of Hollywood (March 27, 2018)
“That's what was so amazing about Mulan. Here is this story with all Chinese characters, and yet so many people related to her character and loved the story. So I really think as long as you have a good story that relates to a lot of people, it doesn't matter what ethnicity it is.”
Ming-Na Wen (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I loved being a temp, because I would just go from office to office and be terrible at a different job for a week.”
John Mulaney (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“wonderful woman with a big heart and a strong mind .. loved America with all her heart”
Ashli Babbitt (1985–2021) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Timothy McEntee (1st husband, ex) in 6 January 2021 e-mail to San Diego Union-Tribune
“I have always loved science museums in particular—the interactive hands-on museums ... They just exude creativity.”
Kathryn D. Sullivan (born 1951) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kathryn D. Sullivan (2020) cited in "What We Lose When We Lose Museums" on IEEE Spectrum, 9 November 2020.
“When I was growing up, I never thought much about living in San Antonio, or whether or not I liked it there. It was just where I lived, and I liked where I lived. It was where my family, my friends, and the music store I loved were, and that was all I needed.”
Austin Mahone (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’ve always just loved the horror genre and scary movies. I don’t really know why. Ever since I was a little girl, they were always my favorite movies to watch. They are also one of my favorite movies to act in. There are just really no rules.”
Madison Iseman (born 1997) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Madison Iseman For NOCTURNE (October 14, 2020)
“I did a lot of reading on my own because I loved that particular world. You open up a book and you learn about something that's much more exciting than your everyday grind, a world of magic beyond your own. And I feel that the beginnings of writing really start whereby you know that when you open a book there's a magical world there.”
Bessie Head (1937–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And everyone wants to know: Who? Why? The victims ask the hardest of all the questions: How is it possible that the person I loved so much lit no spark of humanity in you?”
Antjie Krog (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you feel loved, you don't have to be crazy.”
Elvin Semrad (died 1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I know how much he loved that animal; I think I know what was going on in his mind: If you will give me my life and the life of my family, I will give you the life of this black-eared horse.”
N. Scott Momaday (1934–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(About the 2025 papal conclave) The future nominations? You do that in the media and newspapers. We are not yet at the decision stage, we are still discussing. [Pope Francis] He was a free man who loved people and humanised the Church without desacralising it.”
Fernando Filoni (born 1946) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Verso il Conclave, il cardinale Filoni ai cronisti: "Il toto-Papa? Lo fate voi sui giornali", RAI News (in Italian; April, 25, 2025)
“It’s the perfect coming together…a way to pay tribute to Willie, his legacy and his life. Willie always loved kids, and this is a perfect way to embody how he feels about the youth and a perfect way for our organization to create positive change in our community.”
Larry Baer (born 1957) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Giants launch Willie Mays Scholars program to help S.F. kids earn college degrees, ABC 7 News (May 6, 2021)
“Maybe old Pete-the-Post was right - you never really know anybody, not even those you loved. People have shadows, secrets.”
Tim Winton (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Just remember: I was a kid who loved the same things you do. I had no special powers or abilities. Just able to dream big and figure out the steps that needed to be taken to realize those dreams.”
Jeff Gomez first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jeff Gomez - Creator of Hot Wheels Highway 35 Universe - Ask Me Anything (July 12, 2018)
“You know, what's so funny is that I actually feel lighter than I ever have in my life — outside of what's happening. But sometimes I think the service of a song is just to capture a moment or an emotion, and I really loved the catharsis of a more plaintive and plain statement.”
Thao Nguyen (born 1984) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "On 'All This And More,' Thao Nguyen Tackles Post-Apocalyptic Omens" in NPR (11 November 2020)
“I loved my craft and my cast members. … I never forgot that it is all make-believe.”
June Lockhart (1925–2025) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Lost in Space mom June Lockhart admits to rebellious side beneath her squeaky-clean image", Fox News (22 September 2024)
“I realized that the actors were the last hired and the first fired. There are no facts here in movies and television really, it's all opinions forcibly argued and if you can express your opinion articulately and with force and belief, you can win this, you can do this, and I just loved it.”
Jeffrey Kramer (born 1945) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jeffrey Kramer Interview (August 20, 2020)
“My biggest challenge was getting used to the new lifestyle. Avoiding food I loved was a bit tough at first but then I learned how to cook vegan versions of my favourite dishes. Aside from that, in my country, the concept is so new that we have little to no vegan products, which made my life very hard.”
“[Referring to the polls according to which he was «the most loved by Italians».] I, poor, not handsome and not rich, kicked the ass of the monido and I am the Lorella Cuccarini of the Berlusconi government.”
Renato Brunetta (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My dear Miss Winters, You will have realized by now that I intend to bring down irretrievable ruin on you, your loved ones, your friends and associates, your workplace, and anything else that comes to mind. Please don’t feel obliged to thank me. It is my pleasure entirely.”
Genevieve Cogman (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think the authenticity of the story which was what I loved about it. It provided an environment where I could showcase the things that made me proud of our culture, our talent and our values." Her collaboration with United Talent Agency (October 2018)”
Genevieve Nnaji (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Anytime you do anything that has impact at all, you are not universally loved.”
Travis Oliphant (born 1971) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lex Fridman Podcast #224 (99:19 -- 99:23) Sep 2021