OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates or the UAE, is a country located in the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south, as well as sharing sea borders with Qatar and Iran. In 2013, the UAE's total population was 9.2 million, of which 1.4 million are Emirati citizens and 7.8 million are expatriates. The UAE's oil reserves are the fourth-largest in the world.
Established in December 1971, the country is a federation of seven emirates. The constituent emirates are Abu Dhabi (which serves as the capital), Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain. Each emirate is governed by an absolute monarch who jointly form the Federal Supreme Council. One of the monarchs is selected as the President of the United Arab Emirates. Islam is the official religion of the UAE, and Arabic is the official language, although English is widely used.
Arranged alphabetically by author or source: A · B · C · D · E · F · G · H · I · J · K · L · M · N · O · P · Q · R · S · T · U · V · W · X · Y · Z · See also · External links

## Quotes
### B

* This country has gotten its wealth from the ground...It's a modern society that's using its wealth not only to educate its people, but to stay on the leading edge of technological change....I don't think most Americans understand the UAE. And I don't think most Americans understand that your education systems are modern and that you're thinking about the future in constructive ways.
** George W. Bush, President Bush Views Renewable Technologies at Masdar Exhibit. The White House (14 January 2008).

### U

* Our position remains unchanged and we do not anticipate discussions regarding the F-35 being reopened for the foreseeable future, irrespective of the outcome of the upcoming US elections
** senior UAE official in a statement to Reuters according to UAE does not plan to re-open F-35 fighter jet talks with US (September 14, 2024)

## See also

* Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum
# Paywall

A paywall is a system that prevents Internet users from accessing webpage content without a paid subscription.

## Quotes
### B

* On the one hand information wants to be expensive, because it's so valuable. The right information in the right place just changes your life. On the other hand, information wants to be free, because the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower all the time. So you have these two fighting against each other.
** Stewart Brand, Hackers Conference in Marin County, California, 1984, as cited by Cory Doctorow in "Saying information wants to be free does more harm than good" The Guardian (18 May, 2010)

### L

* The brief history of the internet is dominated by wishful thinking about turning internet traffic into revenue; companies that have managed to do it are vastly outnumbered by those who have learned the cruel new information era twist on ‘if you build it, they will come.’ The modern form of that now runs: ‘if you build it, they may well come, but only as long as it’s free.’
** John Lanchester "Let Us Pay" London Review of Books (16 December 2010)
* The internet is the most effective means of giving stuff away for free that humanity has ever devised. Actually making money from it is not just hard, it may be fundamentally opposed to the character and momentum of the net. And yet this is where the newspaper business now is.
** John Lanchester "Let Us Pay" London Review of Books (16 December 2010)

### R

* Professionals need direct access to industry knowledge, data and insights from expert sources, and Reuters is pleased to offer our trusted, impartial and accurate news coverage through a premium offering
** Josh London, Chief Marketing Officer, Reuters In an emailed statement according to Reuters website goes behind paywall in new strategy (April 15, 2021)

## See also

* Internet file sharing
# Katy Tur

Katy Tur (born in Los Angeles on 26 October 1983) is an American television presenter for MSNBC.

## Quotes

* Is this fair, to go after Donald Trump like this in this environment?
** MSNBC’s Katy Tur Questions Trump Case: ‘Is This Fair to Go After Donald Trump Like This?' (Feb 16th, 2024)
** MSNBC host Katy Tur demands: ‘Is this fair’ after judge fines Trump, bans him from business in New York (February 17, 2024)
*** See also: Trump Organization
# Felix the Cat

Felix the Cat is a cartoon character from the silent-film era. His black body, white eyes, and giant grin, coupled with the surrealism of the situations in which his cartoons place him, combined to make Felix one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world

## Sourced

* Ha! Ha!
** Typical response to many situations in the film shorts.
* I'll buzz this guy for a job catching mice for him.
** First lines of the second comic-strip appearance of Felix (1923).
* "Alrightio!" or some variation of this spelling was uttered by Felix whenever he was in violent agreement with someone.
** Throughout the television version of Felix' cartoons.
* Felix the Cat, The wonderful, wonderful cat! Whenever he gets in a fix He reaches into his bag of tricks!
** Theme song (1958) by Winston Sharples
* I mean who is this duke of zill anyway? He's the one that's gotten me into this pickle. "ZILL PICKLE!" Get it?
** Felix the Cat: The Movie (1988/1991)

## Dialogue
### Felix Saves the Day (1922)

Felix is up and down a tail in the ball.
    Felix: I wonder what the score is?
( gasps )
    Felix: Get to the polo grounds as quick as you can!
Felix is look up around and roll the eyes.

### Felix All Puzzled (1924)

    Felix: How about my milk?
Felix shakes his head and he is angry point the finger.
    Felix: All I found in Russia was trouble!

### Bold King Cole (1936)

( thunder claps )
    Felix: Let me go! Take your hands off me! Stop it!
( light blub off )
( door taps, thunder rumbling, door slams and piano plays )
    Felix: Hooray! We win!
( axe clicks )
( music ends )
The End

### The Goose that Laid The Golden Egg (1936) Rainbow Parade Cartoon

    Felix: Don't thanks me. Thank you goes to lays the golden eggs. Look out! It's Captain Kidd!
( goose quacks )
( door closes )
    Felix: Quick, Goldie! Run for your life!
    Captain Kidd: Sure! I'm Captain Kidd and I want that goose!
    Felix: Open the door, let me in! Open the door!
( door wind slides )
    Felix What do I do?
    Captain Kidd: Come on, dozen eight.
    Goldie: Eight?
    Captain Kidd: You better hurry with those eggs!
    Golie: No eggs.
    Captain Kidd: All right, then! I'll help, myself!
    Goldie: Sword?!? ( goose quacks )
( light cracks )
( Felix gasps and water splashing )
    Captain Kidd: Okay, go, get him, man!
( sword snaps and no audio )
( black ball snaps )
The End of a Rainbow Parade Cartoon

### Neptune Nonsense (1936)
## External links

* The Official Felix the Cat Website
* Research on the origins of Felix
* David Gerstein's Classic Felix the Cat Page
* Toon Tracker's Felix the Cat Page
* Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Felix the Cat
* Felix: The Black and White Catalogue
* Review of Bosko Video's "Presenting Felix the Cat" DVD by Brian Cruz
* Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2004, "Rewind: Felix the Cat" Concerns the dispute over who created the character.
* Felix the Cat: The Movie
# Gifty Twum-Ampofo

Gifty Twum-Ampofo (born 11 June 1967) is a Ghanaian politician and a Member of Parliament of the New Patriotic Party

## Quotes

* there are 19,000 people who have benefited from this project since its introduction in 2017.
* they have been able to do this with the support of the government of Ghana and the German government.
** https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/local/education/202312/496317.php
* So, for our instructors, for our lecturers here, we see that once you have that responsibility and you get so much committed [to it], then you are sure that the gross tertiary enrolment ratio will definitely increase, and once that increases, the GDP of the country will increase .
** https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/local/blame-teachers-for-ghanas-bad-economy-and-not-ken-ofori-atta-deputy-education/ery5lx6
* We are in trouble
* The said publication from Excellence Series was taken through the standard protocols, established all the approval process of the Council and therefore comes to us as a surprise. This is because the content as published by the media is not the true reflection of what NaCCA approved .
** https://m.peacefmonline.com/pages/local/education/202305/488209.php
* It is never true that TVET is only done by unintelligent people because when you see some of the machines and equipment they use, you’ll have to be very smart to learn to operate them .
** https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/positive-attitude-towards-tvet-key-to-industrialisation-dep-education-minister.html
* It is time for all possible things to be done, for women to increase our numbers.
** Gifty Twum-Ampofo speaking on more women participation in politics

## References

Biography of Gifty Twum-Ampofo
# Ninon de L'Enclos

Anne "Ninon" de l'Enclose (10 November 1620 – 17 October 1705) was a French author, courtesan, and patron of the arts.

## Sourced

* Que l'on était bien à plaindre quand on avait besoin du secours de la religion pour se conduire , et que c'était la marque d'un esprit bien borné, ou d'un cœur bien corrompu.
** Translation ("A Lady", 1761): They are either to be pitied or condemned who are obliged to have recourse to religion for the conduct of their lives. 'Tis a sign they have either a narrow soul, or a corrupt heart.
** Translation (Anon., 1904). Those who need religion to help them to behave as they should, are much to be pitied. It is a sure sign of a limited intellect or of a corrupt heart.
* Le beau billet qu'a La Châtre!
** Translation (Harbottle and Dalbiac, 1901). What a fine position for La Châtre!
** Voltaire, Lettre à la Comtesse de Lutzelbourg, 14 September 1753

## Attributed

* That which is striking and beautiful is not always good; but that which is good is always beautiful.
** Attributed in Lewis Copeland, Best Quotations for All Occasions (1965), p. 19

## External links

* Works by Ninon de l'Enclos at Project Gutenberg
* Thomas Benfield Harbottle; Philip Hugh Dalbiac, Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd.; New York: The Macmillan Co., 1901), p. 121
# Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (film)

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile is a 2022 live-action/animated musical comedy film based on the childrens' book of the same name and The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Waber. In the movie, when the Primm family moves to New York City, their young son, Josh, struggles to adapt to his new school and friends. All of that changes when he discovers Lyle, a singing crocodile that loves baths, caviar and great music. The two become fast friends, but when evil neighbor Mr. Grumps threatens Lyle's existence, the Primms must band together to show the world that family can come from the most unexpected places.
    Directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon. Written by Willaim Davies.

## Josh Primm

* That was totally awesome!
* Okay, yes, crocodiles can bite through bone and, yes, they have a taste for human flesh, but he's not like that. He wears a scarf and he can sing.

## Hector P. Valenti

* You must be the new tenants. I see that you've met my crocodile. He's an extraordinary talent. His name is Lyle.
* [as Lyle is licking him] I miss you, too!
* Who wants to be safe? No-no-no safe is a repellent little word, exponge it from your mind! We are here to live, yes? And living is a dangerous business, my friend!
* Nothing could be of less importance than what other people think. Let people stare! For once in their dreary lives, they have something wonderful to look at; Look! Look!

## Cast

* Winslow Fegley — Josh*
* Javier Bardem — Hector
* Shawn Mendes — Lyle
* Constance Wu — Mrs. Primm
* Scoot McNairy — Mr. Primm
* Brett Gelman — Grumps
* Ego Nwodim — Carol
* Lyric Hurd — Trudy
* Jason Kravits — Cy

## Taglines

* He knows every scale.
* It's a jungle out there.

## External links

* Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile quotes at the Internet Movie Database
# Self-defense

Self-defense is a countermeasure that involves defending the health and well-being of oneself from harm.

## Quotes

* He knew from experience that “self-defense” could mean whatever a person or group wanted it to mean.
** Philip José Farmer, The Dark Design (1977), Chapter 19
* Self-defense is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason - the lawyers didn't make it.
** Douglas William Jerrold, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
# Virgil Abloh

Virgil Abloh (September 30, 1980 – November 28, 2021) was an American fashion designer and entrepreneur.

## Quotes

* Fashion is one of the greatest vehicles to merge music, art, architecture, design, typography... It’s a wide enough canvas, or a big enough sandbox, to touch all the different things that I’m into.
** Women's Wear Daily, 2016
* You know my style of clothing is basically a discourse between me and the kids. That’s what the premise of the brand is... We’re talking straight to the market. But I believe in the romantic interchange between intellectuals about fashion.
** Women's Wear Daily, 2016
# Georges de Scudéry

Georges de Scudéry (22 August 1601 – 14 May 1667), the elder brother of Madeleine de Scudéry, was a French novelist, dramatist and poet.

## Quotes

* La victoire me suit, et tout suit la victoire.
** Victory follows me, and all things follow victory.
** L'Amour Tyrannique (1640), act 1, sc. 2 (Tiridate) — Tr. Harbottle and Dalbiac (1901)
* Et vaincre sans péril serait vaincre sans gloire.
** Who without danger triumphs earns no fame.
** Arminius (1642), act 1, sc. 3 (Germanicus) — Tr. Harbottle and Dalbiac (1901)

## External links

* Thomas Benfield Harbottle; Philip Hugh Dalbiac, Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd.; New York: The Macmillan Co., 1901), pp. 3, 120
# Madeleine de Scudéry

Madeleine de Scudéry (15 November 1607 – 2 June 1701), often known simply as Mademoiselle de Scudéry, was a French writer. She was the younger sister of Georges de Scudéry.

## Quotes

* Love is a capricious creature which desires everything and can be contented with almost nothing.
** Reported in David Newnham, "Love: Books", The Guardian (10 February 2002), online

## External links

* Artamenes, or, The Grand Cyrus, translated by F. G., Gent., 5 vols. (London: Printed for H. Moseley and T. Dring, 1653–5)
# Aisha Buhari

Aisha Halilu Buhari (born 17 February 1971) was the First Lady of Nigeria and wife of the former President Muhammadu Buhari, who assumed office on 29 May 2015. Aisha Buhari is a cosmetologist and beauty therapist.

## Quote

* “The president does not know 45 out of 50, for example, of the people he appointed and I don’t know them either, despite being his wife of 27 years”.
** Aisha Buhari speaking on her husband Muhammedu Buhari appointing an unvetted candidate to lead areas of his government
* “We must say the truth”.
** Aisha Buhari statement she frequently utters fearlessly in her passionate goals to save Nigeria.
* “It is disheartening to note that some aspirants used their hard-earned money to purchase nomination forms, got screened, cleared, and campaigned vigorously yet found their names omitted on Election Day, these forms were bought at exorbitant prices”.
** Aisha Buhari's response to APC party’s mishandling of 2019 elections part primaries
* “It is commendable that state governors have closed down schools; however, this could be counterproductive if parents are still going to work. We should not isolate students and expose their parents. Let us remember that they will meet at home”.
** Aisha Buhari speaking on coronavirus
* “The establishment of the Future Assured College in Maiduguri, Borno State recently is to provide for the education of young girls affected by the insurgency”.
** Aisha Buhari said this when she received members of the Nigerian Association of Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists (NAPPSA) from the U.S., who paid her a visit in Abuja.
* “This intervention provides a lead way of what we can do together to support these young brains to attain a brighter future because of the challenges facing girl-child education”.
** Aisha Buhari said this when she received members of the Nigerian Association of Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists (NAPPSA) from the U.S., who paid her a visit in Abuja.
* “Prospect of promoting quality health and education of girl-child both at school and at home are seriously challenged”.
** Aisha Buhari said this when she received members of the Nigerian Association of Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists (NAPPSA) from the U.S., who paid her a visit in Abuja.
* “I am optimistic that our common interest in promoting girl-child education can expand beyond its present scope”.
** Aisha Buhari said this when she received members of the Nigerian Association of Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists (NAPPSA) from the U.S., who paid her a visit to Abuja
* "The regime might not have been a perfect one, but I want to seize this opportunity to seek forgiveness from the Ulamas and Nigerians in general. We all need to work together to achieve a better Nigeria.”
** Aisha Buhari apologises to Nigerians over economic hardship (30 September 2022)
# Rachel Appoh

Rachel Florence Appoh (born 6 October 1980) is a Ghanaian politician and former National Democratic Congress (NDC) member of Parliament for Gomoa Central Constituency, Central Region of Ghana. She was also the former Deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, she was succeeded by Naana Ayiah Quansah in the 2016 parliamentary elections

## Quotes

* It has become necessary for us to rescue the country from the bad governance of Nana Akufo-Addo and Bamuwia. The NDC is going to win power from the NPP and return Ghana to the path of development.
* If all governments destroyed the country like the NPP , no one would be proud to call himself a Ghanian.
* We believe in the NDC; we believe in President Mahama, we believe in Kwame Deen Yawson.
** Rachel Appoh campaigning in Gomoa Central NDC PC
* I get into an accident every time I’m ready for an election.
** Rachel Appoh expressing her concern
* Since the Gomoa Central seat was taken up by another person, the youth there have been struggling to find work. I know because they tell me.
** Rachel Appoh on her attempt to seek re-election
* I am returning, for a number of great reasons, but particularly to continue my vocational skills training for the youth in the area. If I become the MP again, I plan to set up the youth with tools and money immediately they complete their apprenticeship and vocational training.
** Rachel Appoh speaking on what she will do if re-elected
# Patricia Etteh

Patricia Etteh (born 17 August 1953) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as the 10th speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from June to October 2007.

## Quotes
### "I would love to practise as a lawyer – Patricia Etteh" (2016)

    "I would love to practise as a lawyer – Patricia Etteh", Punch (April 2, 2016)
* If I want God to answer me, I have to forgive and let go of so many things.
* You cannot be the judge in your own case but the records are there.
* Someone must be bold enough to challenge the status quo.
* If God says this is the place I am taking you to, people may try; people may do whatever they feel they can, if they succeed in doing anything, you cannot blame them.
* In life, you can never choose for God; you can’t say that this is what I am going to be.
* You cannot stop people from saying whatever they want to say; everybody is entitled to their own opinion.
* There is no way you can quickly say bye bye to politics, most especially if you are born into politics.
# Nkechi Akashili

Nkechi Akashili (born 22 February 1990) is a Nigerian basketball player for First Bank B.C. and the Nigerian national team.

## Quotes

* The road to the top is not smooth but with prayers, everything will go well.
** We’ll return with Afrobasket title –D’Tigress’ Akashili, Punch (Nigeria), 26 August 2017.
* I have since realised that in sports it’s either you make the team or you’re out of it. And in a game like basketball what you take at the end of the day is a win or a loss.
** FIBA WOQT omission has helped me – Akashili
Punch (Nigeria), 30 November 2016
* I can only get better if I leave yesterday behind and focus on the present and the future.
** FIBA WOQT omission has helped me – Akashili
Punch (Nigeria), 30 November 2016
# Mary lazarus

Mary Lazarus (born 5 May) is a Nigerian actress and movie producer who won the City People Movie Award for Most Promising Actress of the Year (English) at the City People Entertainment Awards in 2018 and was nominated for Best Actress in a leading role in the same year at the Best of Nollywood Awards.

## Quotes

* Cultivate the habit of saving/ investing. Years will pass by and you will be shocked at what you used your money to do.
** joined Nollywood for money, not fame – Mary Lazarus. 9 October 2021, Punch Newspaper.
* I am of the opinion that no matter your situation in life, you are not the first to go through such and neither would you be the last.
** Modelling prevented me from making a first-class degree — Mary Lazarus. 2 July 2021, Punch Newspaper.
# Mary Lazarus

Mary Lazarus (born 5 May) is a Nigerian actress and movie producer who won the City People Movie Award for Most Promising Actress of the Year (English) at the City People Entertainment Awards in 2018 and was nominated for Best Actress in a leading role in the same year at the Best of Nollywood Awards.

## Quotes

* Cultivate the habit of saving/ investing. Years will pass by and you will be shocked at what you used your money to do.
** joined Nollywood for money, not fame – Mary Lazarus. 9 October 2021, Punch Newspaper.
* I am of the opinion that no matter your situation in life, you are not the first to go through such and neither would you be the last.
** Modelling prevented me from making a first-class degree — Mary Lazarus. 2 July 2021, Punch Newspaper.