„I don’t know if you could prove that every theft is wrong; but I can prove to you that every theft is against the law, because I can arrest you every time.“
Sgt. Bartosek, in "Šlépeje" ["Footprints"] (1929) as translated by Norma Comrada, in Toward the Radical Center: A Karel Čapek Reader (1990), edited by Peter Kussi, p. 236
Kontext: Look, justice has to be as unquestioned as the multiplication tables. I don’t know if you could prove that every theft is wrong; but I can prove to you that every theft is against the law, because I can arrest you every time. If you scattered pearls in the street, then a policeman could give you a ticket for littering. But if you started performing miracles, we couldn’t stop you, unless we called it a public nuisance or unlawful public assembly. There must be some kind of breach of order for us to intervene.
Karel Čapek4
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— Ta-Nehisi Coates writer, journalist, and educator 1975
Ta-Nehisi Coates: Reparations Are Not Just About Slavery But Also Centuries of Theft & Racial Terror, Democracy Now (20 June 2019)
— John Bodkin Adams general practitionar, fraudster and suspected serial killer 1899 - 1983
To police on being charged.
— Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis public figure, First Lady to 35th U.S. President John F. Kennedy 1929 - 1994
Letter to a boyfriend of 1947, quoted in Jacqueline Kennedy's Old Love Letters Will School You in the Art of Breaking Up" by Laura Beck, in Cosmopolitan (2 September 2015) http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/news/a45821/jacqueline-kennedy-dear-john-letter/
— Conor McGregor Irish mixed martial artist and boxer 1988
UFC 178 post-event press conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAAC34JzxS0 (September 2014), Ultimate Fighting Championship, Zuffa, LLC
2010s, 2014
— Loretta Chase, buch Lord of Scoundrels
Quelle: Lord of Scoundrels
„Every time you smile, I smile
And every time you shine, I'll shine for you.“
— Taylor Swift American singer-songwriter 1989
Jump Then Fall, Fearless: Platinum Edition (2009).
Song lyrics
„I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.“
— Kiran Desai Indian author 1971
an interview with kiran desai http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/0599/desai/interview.html, Random House
— Robert A. Heinlein, buch If This Goes On—
If This Goes On— (p. 432)
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
— Ta-Nehisi Coates writer, journalist, and educator 1975
Ta-Nehisi Coates: Reparations Are Not Just About Slavery But Also Centuries of Theft & Racial Terror, Democracy Now (20 June 2019)
„I forgive you mother; I can hear you
And I long to be near you
But every road leads to an end“
— Sufjan Stevens American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist 1975
"Death With Dignity"
Lyrics, Carrie and Lowell (2015)
— Gavin MacLeod American actor 1931 - 2021
Quelle: Gavin MacLeod on the Show That ‘Inspired a Lot of People to Get Into the News Business’ https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/gavin-macleod-show-news-business/286169/ (March 7, 2016)
„If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever.“
— Alfred, Lord Tennyson British poet laureate 1809 - 1892
— Richard McKenna, buch The Sand Pebbles
Quelle: The Sand Pebbles (1962), Ch. 19; marriage ceremony of Maily and Frenchy
Kontext: He had a light in his gaunt face and his voice and manner were strangely solemn. The were all a bit afraid of him. … "We're mixing our lives together, Maily, and we'll never be able to unmix them again, and we'll never want to." His voice was strong but tender, and he was smiling down at here. "I take you for what you are, and all that you are, and mix you with all of me, and I don't hold back nothing. Nothing! When you're cold, and hungry, and afraid, so am I. When you're happy, so am I. I'm going to stay with you all that I can, take the very best care of you that I can, and love you every minute until I die." He took a deep, slow breath. "Now you say it"
"I will always love you and honor you and serve you, Frenchy, and stay as near to you as I can, and do everything for you, and live for you, and I won't have any life except our life together…" Tears welled out of her eyes but she smiled steadily up without blinking. "I will just love you, Frenchy, all of me there is just loving you forever."
