„At the dinner table when I was very little, I would hear people bickering – the father saying something, the mother choosing to defend herself. To escape the bickering, I started modelling the soft bread with my fingers. With the dough of the French bread – sometimes it was still warm – I would make little figures. And I would line them up on the table and this was really my first sculpture.“

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— Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois: a web of emotions, 2010

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— Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

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„I would not want to be a politician… Let me tell you this: If I was campaigning, and I go against my opponent and he started attacking my character, and I leap over the table and choke him unconscious, would that help my campaign?“

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— Chuck Norris American martial artist and actor 1940

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— James Frey, buch A Million Little Pieces

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„I just wish I could have all this and stand up to her a little. Rose would."
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— Richelle Mead, Blood Promise

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„My mother, we were a very poor family. When I was a kid, we would be in our little room, and there would be a knock on the door almost every night with a hobo begging for food. Even though we didn't even have enough to eat, my mother always found something to give them. “

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— Kirk Douglas American stage and film actor 1916 - 2020

„All of my decisions I made when I was a kid were decisions, would my mother and father be proud of.“

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— Ken Venturi Professional golfer 1931 - 2013

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„I never in my whole life could make a drawing like that; I would at any time have given one of my little fingers to have made such a one“

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— J.M.W. Turner British Romantic landscape painter, water-colourist, and printmaker 1775 - 1851

one of Girtin's yellow drawings
remark of Turner to Chambers Hall, (before 1855); as cited in The Life of J. M. W. Turner R.A. , Walter Thornbury - A new Edition, Revised https://ia601807.us.archive.org/24/items/gri_33125004491185/gri_33125004491185.pdf; London Chatto & Windus, 1897, p. 61
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„I remember my father didn't say very much – he was a very laconic man. When he'd go to a party, he would become very animated. My mother would say – 'Look at him. He never says a word at home and look at him now.“

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— John Banville Irish writer 1945

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„I would rather be at the table making decisions with other countries than walking away and not having a say.“

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— Liz Truss British Conservative Party politician 1975

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„Tonight, I also want to say that I'm also thinking about my mother and father. I know my mother would be completely over the moon about this. I think my dad would too. I'm sorry he couldn't see this. This really was his life’s work but I can say this: I know how proud he'd be of the province we all love.“

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— Rachel Notley 17th Premier of Alberta 1964

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„"I die, I die!" the Mother said,
"My children die for lack of Bread."“

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— William Blake English Romantic poet and artist 1757 - 1827

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„I don't sit at the same table with people like Sisi. They invited us to a dinner at the same table at the UN General Assembly. I did not attend that dinner. Next day, they did the same, I did not attend again. Why? Because that picture would be a black stain for me in the history books. It is impossible for me to sit at the same table with a coup leader. The world knows our attitude on the issue.“

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— Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Current President of Egypt 1954

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„You ask what I am for and what I am against in Spain. I would give my right hand of course to prevent the agony; I would not give a flick of my little finger to help either side win.“

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— Robinson Jeffers American poet 1887 - 1962

Response in a pamphlet Writers Take Sides : Letters About the War in Spain from 418 American Authors (1938) by the American Writers League, which asked various authors: "Are you for or are you against Franco and fascism?".

„If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman, because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.“

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— Montesquieu French social commentator and political thinker 1689 - 1755

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„When I played, I would face up to a defender, I would beat him with my eyes, send him the wrong way; I would look one way and then go the other.“

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— Pelé Brazilian association football player 1940

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Kontext: Bobby Moore — he defended like a lord. Let me tell you about this man. When I played, I would face up to a defender, I would beat him with my eyes, send him the wrong way; I would look one way and then go the other. Defenders would just kick me in frustration. They would foul me because they couldn't stop me, or because I would confuse them with my movement. I would move my eyes, my legs or my body, but not always the ball. They would follow my move, but not Bobby, not ever. He would watch the ball, he would ignore my eyes and my movement and then, when he was ready and his balance was right, he would take the ball, always hard, always fair. He was a gentleman and an incredible footballer.

„I still can't go of course. But if I didn't go, I would disappoint a lot of people. One would consider it desertion. As betrayal. And that also counts in my decision-making. I will choose the moment myself. And it will be there soon.“

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— Éric Zemmour French essayist 1958

Quelle: Eric Zemmour: "If I don't run, it will be seen as desertion, as treason" https://palnws.be/2021/09/eric-zemmour-als-ik-me-geen-kandidaat-zou-stellen-zal-het-worden-gezien-als-desertie-als-verraad/ Éric Zemmour on his potential Presidential candidacy.