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“I was inspired by English poetry, but then I discovered that I could write about our own situation and that's what I set out to do: to write about South Africa and to write about the life that we live.”
Mongane Wally Serote (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My mother had become a obsession for me, a religion, and the very thought of referring to another woman as Mother seems sacrilegious, a betrayal of the woman who had given up her life for me to live.”[https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/52027766-stay-with-me?page=2”
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have got to get out of the mindset that the only way to live a good life in this country, the only way for our children to succeed, is to go to a four-year university, where people will learn to hate their country and acquire a lot of debt in the process.”
J.D. Vance (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm a completely different person. I don't know if it's growing up or being with Kanye, who's more private, but I try and live my off time as privately as possible. I used to enjoy the spotlight. If I had a day off from filming, I didn't know what to do. Now I enjoy my family time so much, there is this sense of, If it all went away, and I was just a mom, I would love my life.”
Kim Kardashian (born 1980) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Exclusive! Kim Kardashian West on Baby No. 2, Her New Style, and Life in the Spotlight GLAMOUR (June 1, 2015).
“Daughter, I’m not crying now because I’m fed up or regret that the Lord created me a woman. No, it’s not that. It’s just that I’m sad about my life and my youth that have come and gone without my knowing how to live them really and truly as a woman.”
Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I guess what I'd like to say is that people in Sierra Leone are human beings, just like Americans. They want to send their kids to school; they want to live in peace; they want to have their basic rights of life just like everyone else. I think we all owe an obligation to support people who want to do that.”
Ishmael Beah (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I live a fairly peaceful life compared to many others, but I have the support of the army and the police. I walk around with my gun. And I have weapons at home. But it's not true, as has been written, that I sleep with a gun. I sleep with my daughter. However, I prefer not to delve into the matter further.”
Nicolai Lilin (born 1980) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview with Katia Ippaso (4 June 2010), "Nicolai Lilin, al di là del bene e del male", Storiedikatia.blogspot.com
“How happy a thing were a wedding, And a bedding, If a man might purchase a wife For a twelvemonth and a day; But to live with her all a man’s life, For ever and for aye, Till she grow grey as a cat, Good faith, Mr. Parson, I thank you for that!”
Thomas Flatman (1635–1688) said by 1688 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I said if I want to do this I would want to live in a community. The Franciscans are always really down to earth and that appealed to me. They also have a very big outreach to the poor and that's something I was very drawn to. It's been life-giving to be able to give back to people who are in great need.”
Robert Joseph Lombardo (born 1957) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop Lombardo: Following in the footsteps of St. Francis (18 November 2020) Chicago Catholic
“I have been a Republican my entire life, but unfortunately we live in a two-party system, which really just feels like a uniparty, but I'm here to tell you today that the Republican party is no longer rightwing enough for me.”
Laura Loomer (born 1993) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an audio recording of her speech at an American Renaissance conference (November 2022), as cited in "Trump ally Laura Loomer called herself 'white advocate', audio reveals", The Guardian (September 14, 2024)
“Conservation is a priority in everything we do. Many of our people still live from subsistence agriculture and hunting. We have got to find alternative ways of keeping them away from hunting and making sure that they have a better life.”
Maria Mutagamba (1952–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I live in the village and I am exposed to the life normal citizens lead every day. There are just so many scarcities”
Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you are growing up, you aspire to get an education and live a good life. As you grow older, however, you start to become content with what you have. Focus changes to impact and your relationship with God.”
Lynn Ngugi wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I begin to shift my circle, and get around like minded women who were doing big things, it open my mindset to play at a bigger level. I absolutely love to empower women to live the life God created for them.”
Priscilla Williams wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was always struck by the frequent comment ‘he looks fine to me, you’d never know’. It made me realise that the invisibility of autism was going to be the biggest challenge for him to be accepted for who he was, and to be able to live his life happily, without judgement.”
Rosie Barnes (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I never expected that I would ever in my life think: ‘I wonder if there’s somewhere better to live.’ I have thought it once or twice in the last couple of years, which to me is extraordinary.”
Margaret Beckett (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In this life without relatives, my countrymen are my relatives. Allah is my only hope. No matter where I am, as long as I live, I will not leave my countrymen." (8 February 2018)”
Khaleda Zia (1945–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What we should be conscious of now is life after death because it will takes the grace of God to live extra thirty years from today.”
Lateefah Durosinmi (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Because people who did, they’re going through a very hard time at the moment because the surgeries have got very negative effects on them. So, I’m not ashamed of who I am anymore. I love myself. And I want to tell intersex people that you can’t expect people to love you if you don’t love yourself first, and to live your life because No Body Is Shameful”
Nthabiseng Mokoena wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I want there to be no war. We are all humans. We were all born to live a worthy life.”
Dimash Qudaibergen (born 1994) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Astana Times news article. 17 November 2020
“One must expect inconsistency. Every moment conditions are different, and therefore we are; every moment we are older, and there is less of life to live, and the thought can lead to odd impulses.”
E. V. Lucas (1868–1938) first seen 1922 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Genevra's Money (1922), ch. 34
“If you can’t have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yourself, for a life without faith in something is too narrow a space to live in.”
George Edward Woodberry (1855–1930) first seen 1911 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Charles Battell Loomis, Jr., Beverly, Massachusetts (December 31, 1911), in The Bookman, vol. 74, no. 5 (January–February, 1932), p. 544
“Universities should hold up for admiration the intellectual life. For the most precious gift they have to offer is to live and work among books or in laboratories.”
Noel Annan, Baron Annan (1916–2000) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What are Universities for, Anyway?", the Richard Dimblebey Lecture on BBC TV (31 October 1972), quoted in 'Lord Annan defends universities on TV', The Times (1 November 1972), p. 3
“One cannot live a worthy life killing his brother.”
Mario Enrique Ríos Montt (1932–2026) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Do not kill": the Apostolic Administrator of Izabal invites the community not to take the law into their hands (16 January 2013) Fides News Agency
“I think the trauma is something that I will live with for the rest of my life. This is why I want to talk about it, because I honestly don’t want this to happen to anyone because I know exactly how it feels and it’s not good. A lot of girls get depressed, hormones are imbalanced, a lot of young girls die”
Chanel Ayan (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The fact that I sing about love doesn’t have anything to do with my emotional life. I think I didn’t have a husband because in Cape Verde, when you have a husband, you have a child, two children, three children. Then sometimes if the man wants, he just leaves you and you have to have another man to help you, because you cannot raise those children alone. It’s hard to live like that”
Cesária Évora (1941–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Not everything is always fine, but you have to learn to live with what's fine and what's not. That's life. Personally, I've learned to appreciate what I have and I'll say: I'm fine, thank God”
Mouna Fettou (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is how legacy is made. To live a life that will outlive you.”
Ellen Hagan first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Celebrating Indelible Impact in Leadership; Dr. Mrs. Ellen M. Hagan,November 17, 2021,By Abigail
“I always tried to live my life being very good to the people around me, and when I needed that very same quality it was nowhere in sight.”
Ruthann Aron (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Since I was a child, I have always had a dream: that one day I shall build a big house where all unfortunate people can live and enjoy life.”
Achta Djibrine Sy (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was too creative to live there! In Maryland, honestly, your art will stay on your balcony for the rest of your life, whether you're good at it or not!.”
“A mother's hardest to forgive. Life is the fruit she longs to hand you Ripe on a plate. And while you live, Relentlessly she understands you.”
Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Adversary", Three Times (1960), p. 44
“Life is easy and uncomplicated, it’s us who take detours that lead to our roller coaster rides and excavations in the jungle. Live !”
Lesego Motsepe (1974–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Treasure every moment and every breath and you will never miss out on experiencing the seconds, minutes, hours and days of your life. Live!”
Lesego Motsepe (1974–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When no one wants to appreciate your awesomeness remember that you are the master of the happiness you deserve in your life's journey. Live!”
Lesego Motsepe (1974–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To be a woman is to have the same needs and longings as a man. We need love and we wish to give it. If only we all could accept that there is no difference between us where human values are concerned. Whatever sex. Whatever the life we have chosen to live.”
Liv Ullmann (born 1938) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If Humanity can be saved and this Pale Blue Dot transformed into a really good place to live, at least without poverty and wars, then not by people who see life as worthless and spend it dreaming of mansions of gold in an imaginary world, but by people who don’t flee from reality and are guided not by primitive mythological beings, but by reason: freethinkers.”
Paulo Bittencourt (1892–1963) said by 1963 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our first duty as children of God is to realise that our life, food, clothing, and the building we live in, from the nails to the beams, are all blessings granted to us by Su God, and to offer gratitude to Him for all these things.”
Keishu Okada (1929–2016) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Chang (2007), p. 85.
“Youth is something I never wanna take for granted. I just want to smile and live life.”
Tyler, the Creator (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Youth is something I never wanna take for granted. I just want to smile and live life.” – Tyler, the Creator.”
Tyler, the Creator (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I just live life. I grew up in a Christian family, but, you know, the way Mom brought me up is to, you know, do you, to always be yourself.” – Tyler, the Creator”
Tyler, the Creator (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was the nature of the thing: No moon outlives its leaving night, No sun its day. And I went on Rich in the loss of all I sing To the threshold of waking light, To larksong and the live, gray dawn. So night by night, my life has gone.”
W. D. Snodgrass (1926–2009) first seen 1959 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Orpheus", st. 13. Heart's Needle (1959), p. 11
“Water is my life, my identity, my livelihood. I cannot live without water. Girls miss school when there is no water and school doesn’t stop which means they lose out on education.”
Martha Agbani wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We believe that all people should be able to live their life free from fear, including fear of religious intolerance; that human rights are applicable everywhere; and that the universal declaration of human rights, which enshrines the freedoms of thought, conscience, faith and religious practice, has the same resonance now as it did when it was enshrined almost 80 years ago.”
Monica Harding (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.”
Corazon Aquino (1933–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No single personality, excepting the carpenter's son of Nazareth, has done so much to make the world of civilisation we live in what it is as Alexander of Macedon. He leveled the terrace upon which built. Whatever lay within the range of his conquests contributed its part to form that Mediterranean civilisation which, under Rome's administration, became the basis of European life.”
Benjamin Ide Wheeler (1854–1927) said by 1927 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Not everybody is going to be an entrepreneur, and I don’t think everybody should be,” she says. “But I do believe that everybody should live a life of success and joy and more ease.”
Morgan DeBaun (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Live your life to the fullest of its potential, never limit yourself. Do good even when no one is watching, the universe will reward you.”
Tobi Bakre (born 1994) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tobi Bakre: Big Brother To The World! 01 January 2019, GUARDIAN (Nigeria)
“I live a good life, post pretty pictures online about food. They now want to portray me as the face of the ‘decadent west’.”
Veronika Belotserkovskaya (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is about the glory of life which always wins. But how many difficult moments we could have escaped if someone told us how to live in a different society or how to respect people from a different world.”
Inna Latiševa (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source