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# Attahiru Jega

Attahiru Muhammadu Jega CON (born 11 January 1957) is a Nigerian academic and former vice-chancellor of Bayero University , Kano.

## Quotes

* We should apportion blame appropriately. In a lot of the areas where there were very serious challenges, politicians played a direct role.
** 2023 elections credible in many substantial aspects – Jega. 28 November 2023, Vanguard Newspaper.
* Death is a necessary end. It comes when it will come.
** Why I remained calm while Orubebe misbehaved — Ex-INEC Chair, Jega. 11 August 2015, Premium Times Newspapers.
* If there are no equality of opportunities; no equity in the distribution of resources, no good governance; the same problems will keep recurring.
** Why Nigerians Are Clamouring For Restructuring – Jega. 24 January 2021, Daily Trust Newspaper.
# Attendorn proverbs

Attendorn is a Westphalian dialect spoken in the city of Attendorn in western Germany.

## W

* Wann ' t op'n Pasto'r riant, druppeld et op'n Köster.
** von Düringsfeld, Ida; von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Otto (1875). "252, regnet" (in German). Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend. II. p. 141.

## See Also

* German proverbs
# Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by difficulty paying attention, excessive activity, and behavior without regards to consequences which is not appropriate for a person's age.

## Quotes

* I'm tired of kissin' ass. I can't sit still all day. You know I know your school's a lie. That's why you dragged me here. 'You're a hyperactve child. You're disruptive. You're too wild. We're going to calm you down. Now this won't hurt a bit.' Drag me to the floor Pullin' down my pants Ram a needle up my butt Put my brain into a trance. 'No more hyperactive child. Got too much of a mind. Wouldn't you rather be happy? Now this won't hurt a bit.' Cameras in the halls. No windows, just brick walls. Pledge allegiance to a flag. Now you will obey.
** The Dead Kennedys, "Hyperactive Child"
* People think, and so did I when I was young, that ADHD is, "This kid can't pay attention," when in fact what it means is, you are unable to control what you pay attention to. So generally when you have ADHD, you are paying more attention than most people, but to the wrong thing.
** Trevor Noah, interviewed by Neal Brennan, "Trevor Noah on Depression, ADHD & Ketamine Therapy," Blocks Podcast, May 20, 2024 1:54
* I think many comedians have ADHD. I think many comedians become comedians and are good comedians because they have ADHD, because it's such a perfect environment for ADHD.
** Trevor Noah, interviewed by Neal Brennan, "Trevor Noah on Depression, ADHD & Ketamine Therapy," Blocks Podcast, May 20, 2024 2:47
# Attack of the Giant Leeches

Attack of the Giant Leeches is a 1959 film about a backwoods game warden and a local doctor who discover who that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them.
    Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski. Written by Leo Gordon.

## Dialogue

    [first lines]
    Lem Sawyer: [laughter] Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
    Cal Moulton: Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.
    Dave Walker: Just hold it a second, Lem. Liz! You hear me girl?
    Liz Walker: [appears in doorway] What you want now?
    Dave Walker: [referring to music] You gotta play that thing so loud...?
    Dave Walker: Look, it's not that I want to be mean or anything like that.
    Liz Walker: Don't touch me!
    Dave Walker: Who do you think your talking too? Don't touch me? You're my wife, I'll touch you anytime I feel like it. Where you going? Where you going?
    Liz Walker: I'm going out, maybe I'll be back, maybe I won't.
    Dave Walker: Liz don't leave me, I didn't mean nothing.
    [last lines]
    Steve Benton: [referring to explosives] Alright. Let her go.
    Mike: Oh no. I've done enough of your dirty work. Help yourself.

## Taglines

* Massive Blood Sucking Monsters!
* An Unknown HORROR..An Unknown DEATH..
* What was the terrible power of the DEMONS OF THE SWAMP?
* CRAWLING HORROR...THE GIANT LEECHES...RISING FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL!
* Fear will pierce your flesh... Until every nerve in your body... EXPLODES!
* Crawling horror... unleashed by the depths of hell to kill and conquer!

## Cast

* Ken Clark — Steve Benton
* Yvette Vickers — Liz Walker
* Jan Shepard — Nan Greyson
* Michael Emmet — Cal Moulton
* Tyler McVey — Doc Greyson
* Bruno VeSota — Dave Walker
* Gene Roth — Sheriff Kovis
* Dan White — Porky Reed
* George Cisar — Lem Sawyer

## External links

* Attack of the Giant Leeches quotes at the Internet Movie Database
* Attack of the Giant Leeches at Rotten Tomatoes
# Attacks by Islamic extremists in Bangladesh

Attacks by Islamist extremists in Bangladesh refers to a period of turbulence in Bangladesh between 2013 and 2016 where attacks on a number of secularist and atheist writers, bloggers, and publishers in Bangladesh; foreigners; homosexuals; and religious minorities such as Hindus, Buddhists, Christians and Shias were seen.

## Quotes

* Blogging has become a dangerous profession in Bangladesh... [Avijit Roy] and Mr. Rahman were the victims of murderous thugs, but they were also the victims of a poisonous political climate, in which secularists and Islamists, observant Muslims and atheists, Jamaat-e-Islami and the Awami League are pitted against one another. They battle for votes, for power, for the ideological upper hand. There seems to be no common ground.
** Author Tahmima Anam in The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/04/opinion/tahmima-anam-save-bangladeshs-bloggers.html
* [The death] is a spine-chilling warning to us all that we all can be targets. All that needs to happen for any of us to be killed is that some fanatic somewhere in the country, decides that someone or anyone, needs to be killed.... We believe that diversity, tolerance and freedom of conscience – fundamental to our existence – are being challenged here... What is being destroyed is an integral part of the values of our freedom struggle and the democratic struggle that we have waged so far.
** Mahfuz Anam, editor of The Daily Star, http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/dangerous-desensitisation-75309
* ....How many more Avijit Roys, Washiqur Rahmans and Ananta Bijoy Das are required before the world accepts the issues with Islam? How much more should the body of proof weigh before society admits Islam is in need of reform in the most desperate way?
** Aki Muthali in Atheistophobia: It’s time to talk about the most persecuted minority in the world, nation.com.pk 2015 September, 27.
# Adaora Udoji

Adaora Udoji (born December 30, 1967) is an American journalist and producer. She has worked in virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and artificial intelligence (AI).

## Quotes

* Human beings are curious about other human beings. Form and shape of [documentaries], of course, is going to change, and yes, it was wonderful when the streamers got involved. But documentaries have only been increasing. Look at the last 50 years: you look at all of the surveys, you look at all the quantitative data, all audiences love documentaries across gender, across race, whatever it is, there is a tremendous curiosity
** Adaora Udoji's speech at Real screw Summit Real Screen
* I left the broadcast news chair altogether and reliving this has been painful. Yet I am hopeful things can change. I speak up now for the women and women of color and people of color who are doing incredible work in public radio. They deserve to be treated fairly. They deserve for meritocracy to be more than a buzzword.
This is not a time to be silenced. This is a time of transparency, accountability and a great opportunity for change.
** Adaora described how she was bully at a radio film The guardian
* I don’t claim to have an answer for how to resolve this, what actions should be taken or how to prevent something like this from happening again. I do know, while I can go back to work in my peaceful place, the girls cannot; at least not this minute.I do know this atrocity is devastating. I hope the international community continues to condemn these acts and do all within international law to rescue these girls and disband the group apparently responsible; whose name I refuse to give ink to on my pages. I fervently hope that Nigerians will unite, step up and increase again the pressure on the government to crack down hard. And I can pray, foremost for the girl’s safe rescue. But I also pray for Nigeria.
** Adaora Udoji spoke about the happenings in Nigeria Medium
* I think for me, I was running more toward than away from something. And a year ago, it sounded like such a great idea to get my ass up at 1 a.m. to do morning radio
** Adaora Udoji spoke about her morning routine New York Magazine

## Quotes about Adaora Udoji

* I am thrilled to welcome Adaora to the PBS team. Her expertise in emerging technologies, paired with her award-winning reporting and filmmaking experience, makes her particularly qualified to help guide our General Audience programming strategy. With her guidance, we will continue to build on PBS’s mission to develop and distribute content that meets the needs of audiences from diverse backgrounds.
** Bugg welcome Adaora to PBS Real Screen
# Adaptation

          For the 2002 Film, see Adaptation (film)
In biology, an adaptation, also called an adaptive trait, is a trait with a current functional role in the life of an organism that is maintained and evolved by means of natural selection.

## Quotes

* People think that they have no right to judge a fact — all they have to do is to accept it. Thus from the moment that technics, the State, or production, are facts, we must worship them as facts, and we must try to adapt ourselves to them. This is the very heart of modern religion, the religion of the established fact, the religion on which depend the lesser religions of the dollar, race, or the proletariat, which are only expressions of the great modern divinity, the Moloch of fact.
** Jacques Ellul, The Presence of the Kingdom (1948), p. 37

## See also

* Adaptation (film)
* Adjustment (psychology)
* Complex adaptive systems
# Adapter

An adapter is a device that converts attributes of one device or system to those of an otherwise incompatible device or system. Some modify power or signal attributes, while others merely adapt the physical form of one connector to another.

## Quotes

* Adapt to this, but you need no adapter, this is just the first chapter.
** Eric D. Collins, "High Powered" (1992), The Chronic, Death Row Records

## External links

* Encyclopedic article on Adapter on Wikipedia
# Adarsh Rathor

"Embrace each day with an open heart and a determined mind, for within every challenge lies an opportunity for growth and greatness." ~ Adarsh Rathor
# Adda Djorup

Adda Djørup (born August 18, 1972) is a Danish poet, novelist and short story writer.

## Quotes

* And perhaps, I think to myself now, there are no real stories at all with beginnings, middles and ends, perhaps there simply is what there is, and what happens, and the lines we draw between those points are just nonsense and dreams, and the figure that arises from those lines could just as well have been something else completely.
** Birds from Best European Fiction 2015 (Translated by Martin Aitken)
* Perhaps I am finally the person I have really always been.
** Birds from Best European Fiction 2015 (Translated by Martin Aitken)
# Associates

This page is for quotes about people in voluntary association.

## Quotes

* He that walketh with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
** Proverbs 13:20.
* Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
** 1 Corinthians 15:20.

## Anonymous

* If you always live with those who are lame, you will yourself learn to limp.
** Latin proverb
# Assimi Goïta

Assimi Goïta (born 1983) is a Malian politician, serving since 24 May 2021 as the interim President of Mali.

## Quotes

* Everything is fine, there is no problem (after a stabbing attempt on him during prayers at a mosque in the capital Bamako). It's part of being a leader. There are always people who are unhappy. There are people who will try to destabilize (the government).
** Assimi Goïta (2021) cited in: "Mali leader says he was unharmed in 'isolated action' knife attack" in Reuters, 21 July 2021.
# Assembly (film)

Assembly is a 2007 Chinese war drama depicting a communist army captain upholding the honour of his company during the Chinese Civil War.
    Directed by Feng Xiaogang and starring Zhang Hanyu.

## Gu Zidi

* [Persuading GMT forces to surrender] Brothers of the Chiang Army's 168 Division, greetings from the Captain of the Central Plain army's Independent 2nd division's 139th regiment's 3rd battalion for the whole 9th company. You have been surrounded, fighting on like this will do no good to either side, we have two treats for you. One is bullets, one is dumplings. We will keep them coming if you want fo fight on, and when you had enough, come and trade your rifles for a pair of chopsticks, the 9th company will sit down with the brothers, we can all eat dumplings!
* [To Wang Jinchun, who is solely frightened in the final battle] If you are afraid, Shout! It works and fights off the fear!
* We don't know [Korean], but the Americans don't goddamned know, either.
* He stepped on a landmine-simida! [made-to-believe Korean phrase, which is really Mandarin, in order to trick the American tank crew]
* [Taking the landmine for Zhao] The Bugle call rings in my ears, it never stops playing. All my men heard it, but I didn't, I might as well be dead, so I can see my 47 brothers again.
* [Enraged of the truth about their defeat] You were afraid of being bitten to death!? What about us!? our Ninth Company?

## Others

* If you didn't hear the bugle call, even if you are the last man left. You must keep fighting. [Liu to Gu Zidi]
* Wow, that sucks for you. [The American tank crew, after seeing Zhao stepping on the landmine]
# Assertion

In logic, an assertion is a statement that asserts that a certain proposition is true.

## Quotes

* In any remembering, thinking or imagining, although the object of my intending is some state of affairs or other, I am also potentially aware as I intend that what I am doing is an act of remembering, thinking, or imagining. My asserting that S is P is not an assertion of mine unless I am implicitly aware as I assert that I am asserting, not entertaining the possibility that, S is P.
** Robert Pippin, Hegel's Idealism: The Satisfactions of Self-Consciousness (Cambridge University Press: 1989), p. 21
* No sincere assertion of fact is essentially unaccompanied by feelings of intellectual satisfaction or of a persuasive desire and a sense of personal responsibility.
** Michael Polanyi, Personal Knowledge (1958), p. 27
# Boy Scouts of America

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with 2.7 million youth members and over 1 million adult volunteers. Since its founding in 1910 as part of the international Scout Movement, more than 110 million Americans have been members of the BSA.

## Quotes

* I would like to state at this time that I am not now and have never been... a member of the Boy Scouts of America. Their motto is, as you know, "Be Prepared!" and that is the name of this song.
** Introduction to "Be Prepared" -Tom Lehrer
* "A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be different, because I was important in the life of a boy.
** Forest Witcraft, Page 2 of the October 1950 issue of Scouting.
* The only problem with Boy Scouts is, there aren't enough of them.
** Will Rogers
* The scouting movement celebrated the frontier, but it was actually a movement for boys in the metropole. Here it took its place in a long series of attempts to foster particular forms of masculinity among boys. Other moments in this history include the nineteenth-century reform of the British elite public school, in the period after Dr Arnold; the Church of England Boys' Brigade directed at working-class youth; the German youth movement at the turn of the century; the Hitler Youth, turned into a mass institution when the Nazis came to power in Germany; and widespread attempts at military training of secondary school boys through army cadet corps, still operating in Australia when I was in high school in 1960.
** Raewyn Connell
* I was the all-American boy, the Eagle Scout. I remember I was at my girlfriend's apartment, and there were these strange publications like The Nation and The New Republic. I started looking at them and thought, "Gee, this is weird; people saying things against America?" It was an awakening. On the East Coast, I'd never even heard of conscientious objectors.
** Lawrence Ferlinghetti, San Francisco Chronicle, September 24, 2012
# Boycott

A boycott is an act of nonviolent, voluntary abstention from a product, person, organization, or country as an expression of protest. It is usually for moral, social, political, or environmental reasons. The purpose of a boycott is to inflict some economic loss on the target, or to indicate a moral outrage, to try to compel the target to alter an objectionable behavior.

## Quotes

* The boycott, as Gandhi taught, is the most nearly perfect instrument for nonviolent change, allowing masses of people to participate actively in a cause.
** Cesar Chavez 1982 speech, anthologized in An Organizer’s Tale (2008)
* Economic power has to precede political power. Gandhi understood this when, in 1930, he and his followers resolved to defy the British government's salt monopoly by making their own salt from the sea; this boycott was one of the crucial steps in the Indian fight for independence.
** Cesar Chavez "Sharing the Wealth" 1970 essay for Playboy, anthologized in An Organizer’s Tale (2008)
# Boyd K. Packer

Boyd Kenneth Packer (September 10, 1924 – July 3, 2015) was an American religious leader and former educator, and was the president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

## Quotes

* Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
** Washed Clean Boyd K. Packer, General Conference, April 1997
* Our lives are made up of thousands of everyday choices. Over the years these little choices will be bundled together and show clearly what we value.
** 50 Years of Boyd K. Packer and Church History Boyd K. Packer, 50 Years Church History, 30 September 2011
* No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.
** Guided by Inspiration Boyd K. Packer, Guided by Inspiration, LDS.org
* Fear is the opposite of faith.
** Do Not Fear Boyd K. Packer, April 2004
* Unwinding a habit that you have allowed to entangle you can be difficult. But the power is in you. Do not despair.
** How to Survive in Enemy Territory Boyd K. Packer, 22 January 2012
* No matter what our transgressions have been, no matter how much our actions may have hurt others, that guilt can all be wiped out. To me, perhaps the most beautiful phrase in all scripture is when the Lord said, “Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.”
** The Atonement Boyd K. Packer, General Conference, Oct 2012
* There’s an old saying that “no matter how tall your grandpa is, you’ve got to do your own growing,” and that’s the pattern in the Church. We can teach this truth to someone, and they will say, “Well, that’s too fanciful,” and we then say to them: “Do what Joseph Smith did. Go find out for yourself.”
** The Mormons, PBS Interview, 20 July 2007

## External links

* Boyd K. Packer, Boyd K. Packer - Official Profile.
* Boyd K. Packer, Mormon Newsroom Leader Biographies.
* Boyd K. Packer, LDS Church News, Boyd K. Packer feed.
# David Wright (baseball)

David Allen Wright (born December 20, 1982) is a Major League Baseball player. He is currently third basemen for the New York Mets.

## Quotes

* I want to be a Met my whole career.
** Kernan, Kevin (2006-01-08). "At Home With Mr. Wright". New York Post. Retrieved on 2006-09-22.
* When I first got to the majors in 2004, female fans held up signs asking me to marry them. Those girls today were what, 13, 14? I'm 23, but that's a little young even for me.
** Lidz, Franz (2006-05-22). "Prince of the City". Sports Illustrated.
* As soon as baseball becomes a job, as soon as I stop caring, as soon as the smile goes away, I'll hang up my spikes and do something else.
** Lidz, Franz (2006-05-22). "Prince of the City". Sports Illustrated.
* "I think I still have something to give. There is still that passion, that fire in me that says, ‘Let’s feel sorry for yourself for a day or so and let’s get back at it. Let’s get back on the horse.' "
** quoted by the New York Post
* Throughout this entire rehab process, I have been driven to get back on the field as quickly as I can. That's why I had the shoulder surgery and that's why I underwent back surgery to reduce the risk of further issues going forward. With these two surgeries behind me, I hope to be able to put on a Mets uniform again as soon as possible. My desire to play is as strong as ever.
** quoted by MLB.com columnist Lindsay Berra on The Official Website of The New York Mets.
# David Zayas

David Zayas (born August 15, 1962) is a Puerto Rican actor.

## Quotes

* I went to an acting school while I was a cop still…The moment I was involved in that world, it electrified me and I realized that it was something that I wanted to do
** On attending acting school while serving as a police officer in “‘For 'Dexter' Star David Zayas, Acting Was A Long Shot Away” in NPR (2015 Mar 29)
* He looked at me like I was thinking outside of the reality of where we were at…And I respected my father. He was a good man, he was a good father, so I kind of like, really just put it in the back of my head. I really didn't pursue it much.
** On being initially discouraged to pursue acting because of his father in “‘For 'Dexter' Star David Zayas, Acting Was A Long Shot Away” in NPR (2015 Mar 29)
* I don’t have a dream role. Every role I get is my dream role. Whatever the role… I have to commit to every time.
** On being open to any acting role in “David Zayas Talks 'Shut Eye' and Acting Career” in CINEMOVIE (2016 Dec 8)
* The thing is that there aren’t many stories told that are being shown to everybody from this, so any opportunity that I have to see a project that we could just release that to people that they could see a slice of life that they may not recognize or they may not know. It’s about family, it’s about being good people, it’s about culture, whether it’s music, theater, arts. And the opportunity to show that in a neighborhood and in a culture that I grew up in is very important to me.
** On his film Shine in “INTERVIEW: David Zayas Talks To Me about ‘SHINE’” in Rama’s Screen (2018 Oct 1)