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# Maryam Mirzakhani

Maryam Mirza-Khani (May 3, 1977 – July 15, 2017) was an Iranian-American mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Her research topics include Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry.

## Quotes

* The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more patient followers.
* I don’t think that everyone should become a mathematician, but I do believe that many students don’t give mathematics a real chance.
** Interview with Research Fellow Maryam Mirzakhani | january 2008
* It's not only the question, but the way you try to solve it.
** Interview with Research Fellow Maryam Mirzakhani | january 2008
* I think it's rarely about what you actually learn in class it's mostly about things that you stay motivated to go and continue to do on your own."
** Maryam Mirzakhani press conference after winning Field's Medal | august 2014

## references

* ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/aug/13/interview-maryam-mirzakhani-fields-medal-winner-mathematician
# Scheherazade

Scheherazade, sometimes Scheherazade, Persian transliteration Shahrazad or Shahrzād (Persian: شهرزاد Šahrzād), is a legendary Persian queen and the storyteller of One Thousand and One Nights.

## Quotes

* He entered large halls where the carpets were of silk, the lounges and sofas covered with tapestry from Mecca, and the hangings of the most beautiful Indian stuffs of gold and silver. Then he found himself in a splendid room, with a fountain supported by golden lions. The water out of the lions' mouths turned into diamonds and pearls, and the leaping water almost touched a most beautifully-painted dome. The palace was surrounded on three sides by magnificent gardens, little lakes, and woods. Birds sang in the trees, which were netted over to keep them always there.
** One Thousand and One Nights, as quoted in The Arabian Nights by Andrew Lang, p. 58

## Quotes about Scheherazade

* Scheherazade had perused the books, annals and legends of preceding Kings, and the stories, examples and instances of bygone men and things; indeed it was said that she had collected a thousand books of histories relating to antique races and departed rulers. She had perused the works of the poets and knew them by heart; she had studied philosophy and the sciences, arts and accomplishments; and she was pleasant and polite, wise and witty, well read and well bred.
** Sir Richard Francis Burton's translation of One Thousand and One Nights
* Scheherazade … possessed courage, wit, and penetration, infinitely above her sex. She had read much, and had so admirable a memory, that she never forgot any thing she had read. She had successfully applied herself to philosophy, medicine, history, and the liberal arts; and her poetry excelled the compositions of the best writers of her time. Besides this, she was a perfect beauty, and all her accomplishments were crowned by solid virtue.
** The Arabian Nights Entertainments (1811) as translated by Jonathan Scott, Vol. I, p. 20
* All of us, especially educated Arab women, would say, 'No, do you think I am Scheherazade? A slave sitting and telling you stories so you won't kill me?' This is how we thought about Scheherazade at the beginning. One Thousand and One Nights ... wasn't looked at as ... Arabic literary heritage. People thought it was vulgar; they thought it was very bad literature — it's not literature, it's folk tales and nothing else. But then everything changed.
* I fell in love with her because I thought she was the first feminist. Second, because she was a philosopher, an artist, a writer, and she was trying through literature to humanize the king and men around her.
** Hanan al-Shaykh, in "Scheherazade: From Storytelling 'Slave' To 'First Feminist'" at NPR (9 June 2013).
# Mansueto Bianchi

Mansueto Bianchi (4 November 1949 – 3 August 2016) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Volterra and the Diocese of Pistoia.

## Quotes

* In the Italian church there is a wealth of initiatives, aggregates, experiences whose action is not flashy but is of great value... a sensitivity to be revived and promoted. The ecumenism of charity is what is to be promoted especially in the ecclesial community of our time.
** "Ecumenism Is To Be Revived and Promoted" (2011) La Stampa
# Mahsa Amini

Mahsa Amini (Persian: مهسا امینی) also known as Zhina Amini (Persian: ژینا امینی) was a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died in Tehran, Iran, due to police brutality under suspicious circumstances. She was arrested by government's so-called Guidance Patrol and a short time after, she fell into a coma and suffered brain damage. She later passed away. The beating of Mahsa Amini by the Irshad patrol and her going into a coma has caused public anger in social networks.

## Quotes about Mahsa Amini

* The enmity of the Islamic Republic with women is not hidden from anyone.
** Reza Pahlavi
* The biggest war for women's rights and human rights is happening in Iran. If you live on earth and remain silent, you will never be able to speak about women's rights again.
** Khaby Lame
* After listening to Masih and watching what's happening in the streets of Tehran, and though it pains me to say it, if only Russian men were as brave as Iranian women!
** Garry Kasparov
* I will not allow my daughter’s blood to be trampled on.
** Amjad Amini
# Amina Titi Atiku-Abubakar

Amina Titilayo Atiku-Abubakar (born 6 June 1949) is a Nigerian advocate of women and child rights and one of the wives of former vice president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar. She is the founder of Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF) and the initiator of the private bill that led to the establishment of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).

## Quotes

* We women leaders must rise up to the task of reshaping our country by providing our intuitive ideas to support the developmental ideals of Nigeria.
** Imploring women on reshaping the nation (16 March 2017)
* We must endeavour to raise good children and of course inspire them to do the same to their children. Through this, we shall raise a generation of conscientious leaders who will have the fear of God in them to do all the needful to develop our dear Nation.
** Speaking at the third edition of the Most Valuable Governors’ Wives Award, MVGWA
* ..….let me point out that nothing can be achieved without the following: a clear vision, burning desire, an unquenchable passion and corresponding actions.
** Quoted from her keynote address
* "When I started, so many people did not understand and asked questions like how can human beings be trafficked? Many people were taken aback and not until when the real thing started. The moment I started it, the Italian government were very impressed and they started repatriating our girls back to Nigeria. The first batch of girls that were repatriated were 70 and were accompanied by 140 Policemen because these children were very reluctant, they enjoyed the life out there and didn’t want to go back home and it was something else and since then we brought it to the front burner of the government and work started and that is how WOTCLEF came about."
* "WOTCLEF is my fervent prayer, dream and aspiration to restore human dignity".
* "In WOTCLEF, we have strategies we use to accomplish our mission, through sensitization, we create awareness, and we assist the trafficked victims and the vulnerable persons, and we rehabilitate and we re-integrate them into the society and even with their parents or guardians, we bring them together all to re-integrate them back into society. Apart from advocacy, we do capacity building for these children, we partner with stakeholders, both national and international agencies and the work is very easy for us. Through this WOTCLEF has earned accolades in the United Nations (UN). We have a seat at the UN and if they are having any discussions or forum on women trafficking or child labour, we are invited to come and have a say in whatever they are doing".
* "So amazed, I asked if this is what these people do to these children so it hurt my feelings and I said to my God given self that one day, when I am in position, I will help these young vulnerable children".
# Liam O'Flaherty

Liam O'Flaherty (August 28 1896 – September 8 1984) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer and autobiographer. His novel The Informer was turned into an Oscar-winning film by his cousin John Ford.

## Quotes

== Quotes a

## External links

* Liam O'Flaherty at IMDb
# Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan

Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan (born c. 1978) is a Kenyan lawyer and peace ambassador. She is a recipient of the Stuttgart Peace Prize.

## Quotes

* One step at a time, I believe we can make progress. It starts with a conversation.
** "I Was Born Perfect", essay at globalgiving.org (February 3, 2018)
* Let us have a real conversation now. Each day, we can focus on winning one mother, one sister, one father, one brother. Together, we will save not just one girl, but whole generations to come.
** "I Was Born Perfect", essay at globalgiving.org (February 3, 2018)
** "I had never kicked a ball in my life until the age of 25 and today I am an authority on the use of football for social good."
** "Most people assumed that my life would end up like all the other girls and women from the region. Today, I am holding the hands of many and walking with them through the tough path of life."
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# Judeo-Christian

Judeo-Christian is a term used since the 1950s to encompass the common ethical standards of Christianity and Judaism, such as the Ten Commandments. It has become part of American civil religion and is often used to promote inter-religious cooperation. Efforts in recent years have been made to replace the term Judeo-Christian with "Abrahamic religions", so as to include Islam.

## Quotes

* There is no such thing as “judeo-christianity”. America is not, and never was, a “Judeo-Christian nation”.
** Theodore Beale, When Cucks Cry, Vox Popoli, 4 May 2022
* In the western world our thinking has for many centuries been dominated by the Jewish-Christian concept of man's relation to nature, in which man is regarded as the master of all the earth's inhabitants. Out of this there easily grew the thought that everything on earth-animate or inanimate, animal, vegetable, or mineral-and indeed the earth itself-had been created expressly for man.
** Rachel Carson Speech at Scripps College (June 1962) In Rachel Carson: Silent Spring & Other Writings on the Environment
* Central to America's rise to global leadership is our Judeo-Christian tradition with the vision of the goodness and possibilities of every human life.
** Mitt Romney, CNN.com May 12, 2012
* The early Christians made the enormous mistake of burdening themselves with the Old Testament, which contains, along with much fine poetry and sound morality, the history of the cruelties and treacheries of a Bronze-Age people, fighting for a place in the sun under the protection of its anthropomorphic tribal deity... The Hebrews of the Bronze Age thought that the integrating principle of the universe was a kind of magnified human person, with all the feelings and passions of a human person. He was wrathful, for example, he was jealous, he was vindictive. This being so, there was no reason why his devotees should not be wrathful, jealous and vindictive. Among the Christians this primitive cosmology led to the burning of heretics and witches, the wholesale massacre of Albigensians, Catharists, Protestants, Catholics and a hundred other sects.
** Aldous Huxley, Ends and Means.
* Spiritually we [Christians] are all Semites.
** Also translated as: In a spiritual sense, we (Christians) are all Semites.
** Pope Pius XI, in his encyclical Mit brennender Sorge of 1937.
** Marchione, Margherita (1997), Yours Is a Precious Witness: Memoirs of Jews and Catholics in Wartime Italy, Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, ISBN 978-0-8091-0485-7
* The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence, from Jerusalem, of a lunatic asylum.
** (Attributed) Havelock Ellis, cited in Jonathan Miller. (2005). A Brief History of Disbelief [TV-Series]. BBC Four.

## See also

* Abrahamic religions
* Monotheism
* Christianity and Islam
# Sweetness

Sweetness is one of the five basic tastes and is almost universally regarded as a pleasurable experience. Foods rich in simple carbohydrates such as sugar are those most commonly associated with sweetness, although there are other natural and artificial compounds that are sweet at much lower concentrations, allowing their use as non-caloric sugar substitutes. Other compounds may alter perception of sweetness itself.

## Quotes

* The Greek word euphuia, a finely tempered nature, gives exactly the notion of perfection as culture brings us to perceive it; a harmonious perfection, a perfection in which the characters of beauty and intelligence are both present, which unites "the two noblest of things"—as Swift … most happily calls them in his Battle of the Books, "the two noblest of things, sweetness and light."
** Matthew Arnold, Culture and Anarchy (1869).
* The pursuit of the perfect, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.
** Matthew Arnold, Culture and Anarchy (1869).
* Culture is the passion for sweetness and light, and (what is more) the passion for making them prevail.
** Matthew Arnold, Literature and Dogma (1873), Preface.
* Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.
** Ralph Waldo Emerson, Compensation (1841).
* Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
** Psalms, XIX. 10.
* Sweets to the sweet: farewell.
** William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act V, scene 1, line 268.
* If it is too sweet for him, let him eat salt. If it is not too sweet for him, let him eat licorice.
** Sumerian proverb, Collection III at The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, 3rd millennium BC.
* The sweet mouth gathers sweet herbs.
** Šuruppak, Instructions of Shuruppak (3rd millennium BC).
* Life should be sweet.
** Šuruppak, Instructions of Shuruppak (3rd millennium BC).

### Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations

    Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 774.
* Everye white will have its blacke And everye sweete its soure.
** Sir Carline, 15th century ballad.
* Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.
** Charles Churchill, Gotham, Book II, line 20.
* Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
** Ben Jonson, Poetaster, Act III. 3.
* To pile up honey upon sugar, and sugar upon honey, to an interminable tedious sweetness.
** Charles Lamb, On Ears.
* Instead of dirt and poison, we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax, thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.
** Jonathan Swift, Battle of the Books, fable on the merits of the bee (the ancients) and the spider (the moderns).
* The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door.
** William Wordsworth, Lucy Gray, Stanza 2.

## See also

* Bitterness
# Kazuo Umezu

Kazuo Umezu (September 3, 1936 – October 28, 2024) was an author of Japanese horror and other manga.

## Quotes about Kazuo Umezu

* Kazuo Umezu has been my favorite comic artist for as long as I can remember. His work is very inspiring. When I draw comics I’m influenced by his work without even realizing it, and I believe many other artists are too. His comics leave a lasting impression due to high quality art and compelling storytelling. I don’t think any horror artist can surpass him in Japan.
** Junji Ito, A Conversation with Japanese Horror Maestro Junji Ito (March 2006)
# William Byrd

William Byrd (between 1534 and 1543 – 4 July 1623) was an English composer and poet.

## Quotes

* So long as I was in your sight I was your heart, your soul, your treasure; And evermore you sobb'd and sigh'd Burning in flames beyond all measure: —Three days endured your love to me, And it was lost in other three!
** "The Faithless Shepherdess", st. 2, in Songs of Sundry Natures (1589)
* Sure you have made me passing glad That you your mind so soon removed, Before that I the leisure had To choose you for my best beloved
** "The Faithless Shepherdess", st. 4
# Akua Donkor

Akua Donkor(born February 1952) is a Ghanaian politician, founder and leader of Ghana Freedom Party (GFP).

## Quotes

* If I become president, I will give journalists cars, money, accommodation, and free fuel. You are all more important than Members of Parliament because you disseminate our messages to the public.
** Ghana general elections 2024 campaign promises
* No one will impress the media under my administration.
** Ghana general elections 2024 campaign promises
* Teachers will be properly taken care of.
** Ghana general elections 2024 campaign promises
* Those who speak English insult God because God himself created you a black man, and your native language is Twi, yet you want to speak English.
** Akua Donkor on Cheddar’s sea dredging policy
* He wants us to vote for him and become more powerful than God by providing a sea in Kumasi. You have to know that this is an insult to us. I pity him for insulting the entire country.
** [https://www.modernghana.com/amp/news/1324686/its-an-insult-to-ghanaians-and-god-akua-donko.html Akua Donkor rubbishes Cheddar’s sea
dredging policy]
* If I die, my running mate will take over
** https://www.myjoyonline.com/if-i-die-my-running-mate-will-take-over-akua-donkor-video-surfaces/
* Those who speak English insult God cos God himself created you as a black man,and your native language is Twi,and yet you want to speak English
** https://www.modernghana.com/amp/news/1324686/its-an-insult-to-ghanaians-and-god-akua-donko.html

## External links

* Akua Donkor’s Biography
# Rose Christiane Raponda

Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda (born 30 June 1963) is a Gabonese politician who served as the vice president of Gabon from January to August 2023, making her the country's first female vice president. She previously served as Prime Minister of Gabon from July 2020 to January 2023, she was also the country's first female prime minister. She also served as the mayor of Libreville and later as the country's defense minister from February 2019 to July 2020.

## Quotes

* It was time to strengthen this protection for women by progressively eliminating the discrimination and violence against them.
** "Gabon Wants More Equality Between Men and Women", The Washington Informer (March 31, 2021)
* Any act of domestic violence against a spouse could also lead to divorce. We want to protect the family as a whole.
** "Gabon Wants More Equality Between Men and Women", The Washington Informer (March 31, 2021)
* Today, the husband is the head of the family, the wife must obey the husband and it is the husband who has the choice of residence”
** https://www.washingtoninformer.com/gabon-wants-more-equality-between-men-and-women/
# Candith Mashego-Dlamini

Kwati Candith Mashego-Dlamini (born 1 January 1960) is a South African politician from Mpumalanga. She served as the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation from May 2019 until June 2024, and she also served as Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform from 2014 to 2019.

## Quotes

* It is envisaged that South Africa’s contribution of 79,200 doses of the Covid-19 Johnson & Johnson vaccines shall deepen the mutually beneficial cooperation with Liberia, and enhance our friendship and relations with the people and government of Liberia
** Mashego-Dlamini on South Africa delivering Covid-19 vaccines to Liberia
* One of the biggest security challenges in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) remains the issue of violent extremism, terrorism, and armed conflict through both traditional and non-traditional asymmetrical and non-linear warfare. The rise of violent extremist terrorist groups over the past decade such as ISIS, Boko Haram, Al-shabaab and AQIM, amongst others, has caused great damage to the region and beyond
* BRICS must continue to prioritise regional and continental peace, stability, security and development as the main components towards contributing to a sustainable peaceful and just global order based on international law
* We support the efforts of the United Nations, which is best placed to deal with this threat in all its forms, helping to develop international consensus and promoting international standards for countering terrorism, whilst ensuring global efforts are rooted in respect for human rights, the rule of law, and the peaceful resolution of conflict
* The importance of addressing conflict and security concerns through dialogue and inclusive consultations in a coordinated and cooperative manner is a 'sine qua non' for a peaceful, secure and stable Middle East and North Africa. As the BRICS collective let us reaffirm our commitment to the basic principle of building peace, security and stability in the MENA region
** Mashego-Dlamini comments during the BRICS nations summit
* I want to indicate that as South Africa we stress that peace is built through diplomacy and dialogue within the framework of the institutions of global dialogue, the UN
* It is important for all nations to respect and uphold the principle of international law, including the international humanitarian law and the provision of the UN Charter
* We have presented our position there and we have been supported by many countries on that
** Mashego-Dlamini on South Africa stance on the Ukraine conflict
# Grace Ayensu

Grace Ayensu (September 24, 1914 - February 11, 1975) was a Ghanaian politician. She was a member of parliament representing the Western Region from 1960 to 1965 and the member of parliament for the Gomoa constituency from 1965 to 1966. Ayensu was among the first women to enter the parliament of Ghana in 1960 under the representation of the people (women members) act. She was among the 10 women who were elected unopposed on 27 June 1960 on the ticket Convention People's Party.

## Quotes

* Your life's a result of the choices you make,if you don't like your life ,it's time to start making better choices. You can be a complainer or an achiever,but surely,you can't be both. Live your life with a purpose,focus on your achievements instead of your misfortunes. Always be yourself and never wait for someone's approval your mind's a magnet . If you always think of blessings,you attract more blessings. If you always think of problems,you attract more problems; therefore,always keep good thoughts and always stay positive. God has a purpose for your pain,a reason for your struggle and a reward for your faithfulness. Don't give up . Life's too short to keep worrying.
* If you have a strong purpose in life,you don't have to be pushed . Your passion will drive you there.
* Don't worry-Be Happy.You can't be truely happy till you learn to ignore the gossips,empty charter and unkind words hurled at you. See those talks as normal and bound to happen.
* Remember that empty vessels make loud noises.those who have nothing doing,engage themselves with other people's business and issues.
* Learn to disregard the noise and attach your heart to God and those who care about you . Because whatever you do,no matter how you do it it'll attract talks,either positive or negative.
* Give your full attention and concentration to your vision and purpose in and you'll be in a happy state