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# Ali Sistani

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani (born 1930 in Iran) is an Islamic cleric and the spiritual leader of Iraq's 24 million Shiite Muslims.
Sistani has abstained from personally delivering public addresses and shunned media contacts. As a result, quotations pertaining to him are from secondary sources which were made available through interlocutors, aides, and so forth.

## Quotes
### Asceticism

* People are not finding potable water and you're bringing me juice? No.
** What Sistani Wants February 2006.

### Fatwa against Israeli goods

* It is not permissible for a Muslim to buy products of the countries that are in a state of war with Islam and Muslims, for example, Israel.
** Ayatullah as-Sayyid Ali as-Seestani (Iraq).

### Former Baathists

* Sistani's office refuses the replacement of the law [which excludes former Baath Party members from returning to public life] because it is not an Iraqi demand but it is a political demand to please some sides.
** "Top Iraqi Shi'ite cleric rejects Baathist law". 2 April 2007.

### New Iraqi constitution

* Mr. Bremer, you are an American and I am an Iranian. I suggest we leave it up to the Iraqis to devise their constitution.
** http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/16/opinion/oe-cockburn16.
* The council that will write the constitution should be elected, not hand-picked ... The constitution will be illegal if it is written by a council, whether that is chosen by the Americans or by what is called the Governing Council or by anyone else.

## Quotes about Sistani

* Iraq — the country identified in American minds with chaos and endless warfare — is a democracy. Citizens vote, and leaders must respond to their demands; otherwise, they won’t be reelected. It’s a deeply flawed democracy, to be sure, as Salih is the first to note. Yet its institutions, created after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, have endured. Iraqis routinely take to the streets to demonstrate. The country’s top religious leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, who acts as an unofficial political arbiter, has persistently supported democratic institutions, as well as serving as a locus of Iraqi nationalism... We can let Iraq succumb entirely to Iranian influence — or we can reengage with the country, showing Iraqis that we stand with them and take their democratic aspirations seriously. There is an opportunity here that we shouldn’t miss.
** Christian Caryl, "Iraq’s president explains why the U.S. must reengage with Baghdad" (20 March 2019), The Washington Post
* I was sleeping in a village near Basra that night ... I saw the villagers grabbing their guns and preparing to rush to Najaf, hundreds of miles away. 'Sistani is under attack,' they told me. That was all they needed to know. The same thing happened all over Iraq.
** One of Sistani's advisors, reported in Andrew M. Cockburn, "U.S. Ignores This Ayatollah in Iraq at Its Own Peril" (November 16, 2003).

## See also

* Islamic Laws.

## External links

* Grand Ayatullah as-Sayyid Ali al-Hussaini as-Seestani
* Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani
* The Sadr-Sistani Relationship
# Ali Sparkes

Ali Sparkes (born 1966) is a British children's author.

## Quotes

* ...A really good book is one that never leaves me once I’ve read it; a story and characters and scenes which haunt me forever after...
** Interview with Ali Sparkes
* ...I found the stories that I loved best were about ordinary people, to whom something extraordinary had happened...
* ...The best thing is vanishing into other worlds, particularly when the world is in crisis!...
* ...If I’m not occasionally laughing out loud, welling up, or getting an increased heart rate while I’m writing, I’m not doing it right...
* ...Write anything at all – even a shopping list – when you’re daunted by a blank screen. Just to get your brain and fingers limbered up...
** Interview With Author Ali Sparkes
# Ali Younesi

Hojatoleslam Ali Younesi was the director of the Ministry of Intelligence of Iran and a member of the Supreme National Security Council during the presidency of Mohammad Khatami (2003–2005) in Iran.

## Quotes

* Today, the security of Muslim countries in the region is being threatened by a blind terrorism scourge, Israel and America.
** DR. STRANGELOVE IN IRAN 23 November 2004.

## See also

* Hojjatol-Islam Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejeie
# Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deavere Smith (born September 18, 1950) is an American actress, playwright, and professor.

## Quotes

* My life's work has been to go around America with a tape recorder trying to become America word for word. And I've met a lot of people who I disagree with. I've met a lot of people who you would think I would disagree with. But I have to say it's enriched my sense of being an American to reach out to people who are very, very different from me…
** On connecting with people with opposing viewpoints in “Anna Deavere Smith Brings One-Woman Play 'Notes From The Field' To HBO” in NPR (2018 Mar 4)
* I do believe that character is a process, that truth is a process, and I am not interested in winning and losing…
** On character building in “Wearing the Words: An Interview with Anna Deavere Smith” in the Buddhist Review (Fall 1994)
* …White racism is about people who don’t feel so bad about fixed things. But white racism is a fixed thing, and it is perpetuated because of fixedness. Anything that we can do that causes people to desire movement more than fixedness is going to disrupt racism…
** On racism and the concept of fixedness in “Wearing the Words: An Interview with Anna Deavere Smith” in the Buddhist Review (Fall 1994)
* The words are verbatim. The words are exactly what the people said. When I was a girl, my grandfather said, “If you say a word often enough, it becomes you,” and that’s really my technique. I really believe that if I learn exactly what somebody said, that I will find myself, as an actor, in a similar state of mind as them. I’ll never know what they’re really thinking, but I’ll have some of their feelings…
** On trying to capture the words of her interviewees to produce an accurate play in “The Power of Words: A Conversation with Anna Deavere Smith” in LA Screenwriter
# Anna Jantar

Anna Jantar-Kukulska (born Anna Maria Szmeterling; 10 June 1950 – 14 March 1980) was a Polish singer. She is considered an icon of Polish pop music, and also one of the popular and famous Polish singers of the 1970s. Jantar died in the crash of LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 on 14 March 1980.

## Song lyrics

* Tyle słońca w całym mieście Nie widziałeś tego jeszcze Popatrz o popatrz! Szerokimi ulicami Niosą szczęście zakochani Popatrz o popatrz! Wiatr porywa ich spojrzenia Biegnie światłem w smugę cienia Popatrz o popatrz!
** Translation: So much sun in the whole town You haven't seen it yet Have a look, oh have a look! On broad streets People in love are carrying luck Have a look, oh have a look!
*** "Tyle słońca w całym mieście" ("So much sun in the whole town") (1974)
* Przetańczyć z tobą chcę całą noc Niech na nas gapią się, no i co? Już każdy o tym wie, że ty też kochasz mnie Więc wszystkim na złość przetańczmy tę noc Bo życie tak krótkie jest Ja za tę noc chętnie oddam pięć najpiękniejszych lat Nie liczy dni, kto szczęście swe śnił11 Stąd taki gest dzisiaj mam
** Translation: With you, I want to dance away the night Let them stare at us, so what? Everyone already knows anyway, that you also love me So to spite everyone, lets dance this night away 'Cause life is so short For this one night, I'll easily give five of my best years He who dreamt his own happiness, does not count the days This kind of feeling, I have today
*** "Moje jedyne marzenie" ("My Only Dream") (1979)
* Zawsze gdzieś czeka ktoś, tak już jest, tak musi być Czy w pogodne, czy w deszczowe dni Zawsze gdzieś czeka ktoś i, by miłość mogła wejść Trzyma dla niej wciąż otwarte drzwi
** Translation: Someone is always waiting somewhere, it's like this, it must be like this Whether on fine days or on rainy ones Someone is always waiting somewhere and in order that love could enter He keeps on holding the door open for her
*** "Zawsze gdzieś czeka ktoś" ("Someone is always waiting somewhere") (1977)
* Tak mało trzeba nam i dużo tak Żeby szczęśliwym być, drugiemu szczęście dać Wystarczy ciepło rąk, muśnięcie warg Wystarczy, żeby ktoś pokochał nas Żeby szczęśliwym być i szczęście dać Tak mało trzeba nam i dużo tak
** Translation: We need so very little, we need so much To give the happiness to every single one The warmth of hands, lips touch is just enough So that somebody falls in love with us To give the happiness to each of us We need so very little, we need so much
** "Żeby szczęśliwym być" ("To give the happiness") (1974)

## External links

* Encyclopedic article on Anna Jantar on Wikipedia
* Media related to Anna Jantar on Wikimedia Commons
# Anna Hazare

Kisan Baburao Hazare (Marathi: किसन बाबुराव हजारे) (born 15 January 1940), popularly known as Anna Hazare (Marathi: अण्णा हजारे), is an Indian social activist who is especially recognised for his contribution to the development of Ralegan Siddhi, a village in Parner taluka of Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India and his efforts for establishing it as a model village, for which he was awarded the Padma Bhushan—the third-highest civilian award—by the government of India in 1992. He is also notable for his demonstration against corruption in India during 2011 India against corruption movement.

## Quotes

* How can the government stop anyone from protesting? The land is not their 'father's property'. The citizens are the masters of this country and the ministers are their servants.
** "Action against Ramdev: Anna Hazare supporters to observe countrywide hunger strike", Daily News & Analysis (Mumbai), 5 June 2011
# Anna Bravo

Anna Bravo (1938 – 8 December 2019) was an Italian social historian and feminist.
She was an associate professor of social history at the University of Turin, and a member of the Italian Society of Female Historians. She listed her research interests as holocaust and genocide Studies, cosmology (anthropology), and philology.
She was associated with the Alexander Langer Foundation, as a member of its Scientific Board of the Institute for the study of the Resistance Movement and of Contemporary Society.

## Quote

Nel 1970 Joreen scrive the Bitch Manifesto, ironico, cattivo, allegro e limpido...: le Puttane ben riuscite sono quelle che hanno una relazione con una persona o un'organizzazione, ma non sposano niente e nessuno-veri soggetti nomadi ante-litteram.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1486200.Anna_Bravo
# Anna Comnena

Anna Comnena (December 1, 1083 – 1153) was a Byzantine princess and writer of the Alexiad, an account of the life and reign of her father, Emperor Alexios I.

## Quotes
### The Alexiad
#### Preface

* The stream of Time, irresistible, ever moving, carries off and bears away all things that come to birth and plunges them into utter darkness, both deeds of no account and deeds which are mighty and worthy of commemoration; as the playwright [Sophocles] says, it 'brings to light that which was unseen and shrouds from us that which was manifest.' Nevertheless, the science of History is a great bulwark against this stream of Time; in a way it checks this irresistible flood, it holds in a tight grasp whatever it can seize floating on the surface and will not allow it to slip away into the depths of Oblivion.
* I, having realized the effects wrought by Time, desire now by means of my writings to give an account of my father's deeds, which do not deserve to be consigned to Forgetfulness nor to be swept away on the flood of Time into an ocean of Non-Remembrance; I wish to recall everything...
* It is extraordinary that nobody nowadays under the stress of great troubles is turned into stone or a bird or a tree or some inanimate object; they used to undergo such metamorphoses in ancient times (or so they say), though whether that is myth or a true story I know not. Maybe it would be better to change one's nature into something that lacks all feeling, rather than be so sensitive to evil. Had that been possible, these calamities would in all probability have turned me to stone.
* Even now I cannot believe that I am still alive and writing this account of the emperor's death. I put my hands to my eyes, wondering if what I am relating here is not all a dream - or maybe it is not a dream: perhaps it is a delusion and I am mad, the victim of some extraordinary and monstrous hallucination. How comes it that when he is dead I am still numbered among the living?

#### Book 1

* One such was that braggart Robert, notorious for his power-lust, born in Normandy, but nursed and nourished by manifold Evil.
** Of the Norman adventurer Robert Guiscard
* Constantine was Nature's masterpiece, a triumph, as it were, of God's handiwork. One look at him would convince anyone that here was a descendant of the mythical Golden Age of the Greeks, so infinite was his charm.
** Of Constantine Doukas
* While the abominable pope with his spiritual peace and evangelic peace, this despot, marched to make war on his own kindred with might and main - the man of peace, too, and disciple of the Man of Peace!
** Of Pope Gregory VII
* Father and son you might liken to caterpillars and locusts, for what was left by Robert, his son fed on and devoured.
** Of Robert Guiscard and his son Bohemund
# Bremen proverbs

Bremen is a Low Saxon dialect spoken in the city of Bremen in north-west Germany.

## A

* Achttein Handwarken, negentein Unglükken.
** English equivalent: Jack of all trades and master of none.
** von Düringsfield, Ida; von Düringsfield, Otto (1875). "684, Handwerk" (in German). Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend. I. p. 355.

## D

* De Appel fallt nich wit vunn Stamm .
** English equivalent: The apple does not fall far from the tree.
** von Düringsfield, Ida; von Düringsfield, Otto (1875). "105, Apfel" (in German). Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen. I. p. 51.
* De Beren sünt sur, sä de Voss.
** English equivalent: The fox, when he cannot reach the grapes, says they are not ripe.
** von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Ida; von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Otto (1875). "473, Trauben" (in German). Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen. II. pp. 262–263.
* De sik vör n Hund verhürt mutt Knaken freten.
** English equivalent: He that makes himself an ass must not take it ill if men ride him.
** von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Ida; von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Otto (1875). "69". Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen. pp. 38–.

## H

* Hebbn is wiss, krign is miss.
** English equivalent: He that leaves certainty and sticks to chance, When fools pipe, he may dance.
** von Düringsfield, Ida; von Düringsfield, Otto (1875). "665, habe". Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend. I. p. 346.

## K

* Kummt Tid, kummt Rath.
** von Düringsfield, Ida; von Düringsfield, Otto (1875). "233, Rath" (in German). Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen vergleichend zusammengestellt von Ida von Duringsfeld und Otto Freihern von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld. II. p. 129.

## M

* Man kann de Utze so lange peddn, bet se quakket.
** von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Ida; von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Otto (1875). "477, tritt" (in German). Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen. II. p. 266.

## W

* Wenn ' t Bri regent , sunt mine Schöttels umkehrt.
** von Düringsfeld, Ida; von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Otto (1875). "253, regnet" (in German). Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend. II. p. 141.

## See Also

* Altmark proverbs
* Eifel and Hunsrück proverbs
* German proverbs
* Hannover Göttingen and Grubenhagen proverbs
* Jever proverbs
* Luxembourgish proverbs
* Old Bavarian proverbs
* Old German proverbs
* Old Swizz German proverbs
* Silesian proverbs
* Swabian proverbs
* Upper German proverbs
* Württemberg proverbs
# Brendan Brazier

Brendan Brazier (born 1 March 1975) is a Canadian former Ironman triathlete, author, and advocate of a vegan diet.

## Quotes
### The Thrive Diet

    The Thrive Diet, 10th Anniversary Edition: The Plant-Based Whole Foods Way to Staying Healthy for Life, Penguin, 2017.
* My belief in how plant-based nutrition could boost athletic performance while also reducing the strain on the environment was, at the time, considered fringe at best. … Ten years later, it's now common for people to speak of their “plant-based diet.” Even “vegan” is a familiar word, seen on the most conventional restaurants' menus. The importance of avoiding animal products in our diet, whether for heath, physical and mental performance, environmental, ethical, or a combination of these reasons, is now well understood and widely accepted.
** Preface to the 10th Anniversary Edition
* Knowing that training is little more than breaking down muscle, I figured that what rebuilds that same muscle must be a major factor for recovery and therefore quicker improvement. If I was able to recover from each workout faster, I would be able to schedule them closer together and therefore train more than my competition. I would improve faster. As I suspected, food was the answer—high-quality, nutrient-dense, alkaline-forming, easily digestible food in proper proportions … Nutrition has a dramatic effect on recovery—that was unmistakable. … The result was astounding. Not only did my recovery time plummet but my energy level, strength-to-weight ratio, and endurance shot up. … On the cellular level, this diet was able to speed the renewal of muscle tissue. That meant that following this diet would actually help the body regenerate more frequently, suggesting that it could help reduce biological age.
** Introduction
* Stress is like fire: When controlled and used for a purpose, it serves us well. Left unbridled, it can consume us. In amounts that our body is capable of adapting to, certain stresses are beneficial. Exercise, for example, is a stress.
** Ch. 1
* When more nutrient-rich foods are present in the diet, the body does not have to eat as much as it would with less nutrient-rich foods. In addition, when the body is fed the nutrients it needs, the brain turns off the hunger signal. And so, the need to continually consume, a state many people who subsist on a refined-food diet experience, ceases, and not as much needs to be eaten and digested.
** Ch. 2

## Quotes about Brazier

* Some of the greatest athletes in the world are vegetarians … There's a well-known triathlete name Brendan Brazier who is also vegan and quite successful. His sport is much more demanding than hockey so I knew if he can do it, I could also.
** Georges Laraque, “A Vegan Life”, in georgeslaraque.com (August 2009).
# Breech birth

A breech birth is when a baby is born bottom first instead of head first, as is normal. Around 3–5% of pregnant women at term (37–40 weeks pregnant) have a breech baby. Due to their higher than average rate of possible complications for the baby, breech births are generally considered higher risk. Breech births also occur in many other mammals such as dogs and horses, see veterinary obstetrics.

## Quotes

* Those at whose birth the feet appeared first, instead of the head, which is considered the most difficult and dangerous form of parturition, are called Agrippae, a word formed from aegritudo, or "difficulty," and pedes (feet). But Varro says that the position of children in the womb is with the head lowest and the feet raised up, not according to the nature of a man, but of a tree. For he likens the branches of a tree to the feet and legs, and the stock and trunk to the head. "Accordingly," says he, "when they chanced to be turned upon their feet in an unnatural position, since their arms are usually extended they are wont to be held back, and then women give birth with greater difficulty. For the purpose of averting this danger altars were set up at Rome to the two Carmentes, of whom one was called Postverta, the other Prorsa, named from natural and unnatural births, and their power over them."
** Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights, XVI, xvi. That the name Agrippa was given to those whose birth was difficult and unnatural; and of the goddesses called Prorsa and Postverta.
** John C. Rolfe, ed. The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius, vol. 3 (1928), p. 185
*** Varro] Ant. Rer. Div. xiv, frag. 17$^b$, Agahd.
*** Carmentes] Carmenta was a birth-goddess, whose festival, the Carmentalia (or Karmentalia) occurred on 11 and 15 January. The Carmentes may originally have been wise women who assisted at births and were later deified (Fowler, Roman Festivals, pp 290 ff.).
*** Postverta] That is, head foremost.
*** Prorsa] That is, feet foremost.
# Brenda Asnicar

Brenda Asnicar (born 17 October 1991) is an Argentine actress, singer, model and dancer who gained international popularity for her debut role as Antonella Lamas Bernardi in the Disney Channel television series Patito Feo.

## Quotes

* When I'm with someone, I try to hide a little and keep a low profile because I really don't like people to know. “I am very well alone, but I have been alone in Europe for four months and the truth is I would love to share this moment of my life with someone ,”
* I haven't even been with someone for four months. “I would like to have a partner ,” the actress began in dialogue with Catalina Dlugi in her radio series broadcast by La Once Diez
* If there is a faithful boyfriend, who is listening to the radio at this moment, I am looking for a partner ."
* Sometimes it hurts me a little when, for example, they are surprised because I was with Carlos Tévez, as if it were difficult . And the truth is that I have beautiful memories of him, of all my ex-boyfriends. "They were all good people,"
* Sometimes you are with new friends, or with people who... Yes, of course ,"
** Brenda Asnicar is looking for a boyfriend: what are the fun requirements she asks for? Revista Gente (October 7, 2023)
# Brec Bassinger

Brec Bassinger (May 25, 1999–) is an American actress.

## Quotes

* I feel I was very blessed to be diagnosed at eight years old. I was old enough to understand what was going on, for the most part, but young enough to adapt quickly. I first managed my diabetes using insulin syringes but quickly switched to the pen. My advice to someone who is diagnosed around that age is to embrace it. Going back to school can be extremely challenging at first. But most people will not know much about diabetes and will be eager to learn. So don’t be afraid to talk about it and don’t hide it. It is now a part of you and you can celebrate that thing that makes you different.
** Actress Brec Bassinger on Type 1 Diabetes (November 12, 2018)
* If there’s one thing that I will take away from this quarantine and the pandemic, it’s how relationships are important. Just simply by being there for someone, hugging someone, I was never a hugger ever. But the fact that I can’t hug- when my Mom comes to town, I won’t be able to hug her. Also, it’s about being kind to the people in your life, because you never know when you are going to see them or talk to them again. Don’t take anyone for granted, be there for them.
** Interview: DC Stargirl’s Brec Bassinger (May 18, 2020)
# Evacuations related to the COVID-19 pandemic

Quotes about evacuations related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Quotes

* We are working on a number of fronts (against COVID-19), firstly to make sure that there is support for those Australians and we are also working on, as are other countries, to try to secure their ability to return to Australia.
** Greg Hunt (2020) cited in: "Wuhan virus: Australia confirms fifth coronavirus case from last flight out of Wuhan" in The Straits Times, 27 January 2020.

## See also

* Coronavirus disease 2019
* Coronavirus recession
* COVID-19 pandemic
* COVID-19 pandemic deaths
* COVID-19 testing
* COVID-19 vaccine
* Disease X
* Hydroxychloroquine
* Management of COVID-19
* SARS-CoV-2
* Shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic
* Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic