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# Arjuna Ranatunga

Deshamanya Arjuna Ranatunga (Sinhalese: අර්ජුන රණතුංග; born 1 December 1963) is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer and cricket administrator, who (during his time) captained the Sri Lankan national cricket team in the 1990s, and led the team to a victory in the 1996 Cricket World Cup. He failed captaincy in 1999 after Sri Lanka's poor performance at the World Cup at England. He retired from cricket in 2001, and now he is a politician.

## Quotes

* There is a group within the SLFP who abuse that freedom and democracy. They go on instigating people and rousing racism. Many of those who held leading positions of the SLFP sometime back are supporting that campaign. Disciplinary action should be taken immediately against them.
** Ports and Shipping Minister Arjuna Ranatunga has demanded that SLFP members who attended the recent Joint Opposition rally at Hyde Park in Colombo be sacked from the party, quoted on island.lk, "Arjuna wants SLFP rebels sacked over Hyde Park rally", March 26, 2016.
* Sports officials must work with more responsibility to develop sports. Even under the good governance government some Sports Ministry officials don't carry out their duties properly as they are influenced by money and power. It is always sports clubs, institutions and sports personnel who pay the price for all misconducts of officials. To change this trend sports authority must take the necessary steps.
** Daily News, "Sports Ministry must act with more responsibility - Arjuna Ranatunga", February 18, 2016.
* It does not matter if they come from Singapore, China, Japan or Ethiopia.
** Agreements with foreign investors will not affect national security: Arjuna, a meeting in the Trincomalee district, March 5, 2016.
* You get him out and half the battle is won.
** Arjuna Ranatunga on Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, Sachin Tendulkar: Quotable quotes on the batting legend.
* If Kumble was born in Australia or England, he would have got much more prominence in world cricket considering his superb record in both forms of the game. Kumble is definitely the best role model for any youngster entering the game.
** Ranatunga on cricketer Anil Kumble, in "Kumble Calls it a Day: Quotes... For and By Kumble..."

## About

* Arjuna made us believe in ourselves. He did it for two decades. We owe a lot to him. He helped us become a force in world cricket. He is definitely the most influential cricketer Sri Lanka ever produced.
** Muttiah Muralitharan, quoted on sports.ndtv, "Kumar Sangakkara Not Sri Lanka's Most Influential Cricketer, it's Arjuna Ranatunga: Muralitharan", August 25, 2015.
* I don't like him and I'm not in a club of one.
** Shane Warne
** "Warne rapped for Ranatunga row". British Broadcasting Corporation. 1999-05-15. Retrieved on 2007-12-27.

## External Links

Encyclopedic article on Arjuna Ranatunga on Wikipedia
# Arkady Martine

AnnaLinden Weller is an American historian and city planner. Under the name of Arkady Martine, she is also an author of science fiction.

## Quotes

* Urban planning is a long history of cities (and their planners) seeing, and deliberately not seeing, the people who live in them. Working in city planning makes me consider the city as an organism, as a machine for living in…
** On how being a city planner affects her writing in “Questions For Arkady Martine, Author Of 'A Memory Called Empire'” in NPR (2019 Apr 7)
* I hope the first set we meet are kind and smart and savvy, and also mammals who breathe oxygen and have hierarchical structure, because otherwise we’re going to not be able to figure out how to say anything useful and understandable, and if they’re not kind, they may decide they’re better off without us…
** On her hope if humans should ever encounter extraterrestrials in “Interviews: Arkady Martine” in BookPage (2019 Mar 26)
* I feel as if empire is something that is either taken for granted in space opera—uninterrogated, simply present as a fact of worldbuilding—or it is rendered so evil as to be incomprehensibly bad…
** On how her writings wrestle with the concept of colonialism in “AN INTERVIEW WITH ARKADY MARTINE” in Stage Horizons (2019 Feb 25)
* Fanfiction lets you share the kind of story you like with other people who take delight in it, too, and lets you participate in making that sort of story for those people…
** On how fanfiction has affected her life in “AN INTERVIEW WITH ARKADY MARTINE” in Stage Horizons (2019 Feb 25)
# Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)

Arjun Singh (5 November 1930 – 4 March 2011) was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party, who served two terms as the 12th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in the 1980s. He later became Union Minister of Human Resource Development in the Manmohan Singh cabinet from 2004 to 2009.

## Quotes

* The ban on communal organizations should be enforced the way it was done during the Emergency.
** Arjun Singh, The Week, 21-2-1993, and in Elst, K. (2010). The saffron swastika: The notion of "Hindu fascism". p 716

### The Accidental Prime Minister (2014)

    Baru, Sanjaya (2014). The accidental Prime Minister. Penguin India
* In his own inclinations, Arjun Singh was no leftist. His political career, so far, had not reflected any such ideological leanings. He had worked his way up the political food chain in Madhya Pradesh politics, becoming the state’s chief minister. Leaving behind a string of allegations of corruption and the mismanagement of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak tragedy, he moved to Delhi and positioned himself as a rebel, opposing Narasimha Rao’s economic policies and ingratiating himself to representatives of the Muslim community by demanding Rao’s resignation over the handling of the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992. This was a political ploy—his secularism was as deep as that of the average Congressman. With respect to Dr Singh, too, Arjun Singh’s game was no different from that of the prime minister’s other political rivals, namely to appear more pro-Left than the PM in the hope of ousting Dr Singh with Left support.
* While political analysts in the media focused more attention on Pranab Mukherjee’s desire to be PM, his links with the Left and his political moves, Arjun Singh was far more active than Pranab ever was in seeking to undermine the PM. Among the four senior ministers in the Union Cabinet (the other two were Natwar Singh and A.K. Antony), Arjun Singh took the longest time to adjust to Dr Singh’s elevation.
* Arjun Singh used his perch at the HRD ministry to reinforce his image as a ‘left-wing secular’ politician, favouring and funding scholars and activities that helped him project this image. Whenever a journalist asked Dr Singh what he thought of Arjun Singh’s political games at the HRD ministry, the PM’s stock reply would be that India needed an educational system that promoted excellence and merit rather than any particular ideology. By favouring pro-Left and Muslim academics in various ways, he created a constituency of support among those who tended to be critical of the PM for following a foreign policy aimed, as they saw it, at ‘cosying up’ to the US—a country at odds with the Muslim world. Such was the sycophancy he encouraged that the Jamia Millia University even named a street on its campus after Arjun Singh when he was still in office.
# Arkady Volozh

Arkady Yuryevich Volozh (Russian: Аркадий Юрьевич Волож; born 11 February 1964) is a Russian billionaire and businessman, serial technology entrepreneur, computer scientist, investor and philanthropist. He pioneered the development of search and navigation technology as well as intelligent products and services powered by machine learning. Volozh co-founded several IT enterprises, including CompTek, Arkadia, InfiNet and Yandex.

## Quotes

* I am known as one of the founders of Yandex. In our minds, when we founded it, we weren’t only creating a technology company. We were helping to create a new Russia – open, progressive, integrated into the global economy, and able to bring value to the world beyond natural resources.
* Since the start of the war, I have been focused on trying to support the talented Russian engineers who took a decision to leave the country. It has been an extraordinarily complex process, helping these engineers to start a new life.
* Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is barbaric, and I am categorically against it. I am horrified about the fate of people in Ukraine – many of them my personal friends and relatives – whose houses are being bombed every day.
** "‘I have to take my share of responsibility’: Billionaire tech executive and Yandex co-founder Arkady Volozh clarifies his political position", Meduza, 10 August 2023
# Amina Oyiza Bello

Amina Oyiza Bello (born 2 April 1978) is a lawyer, philanthropist, and the first wife of Yahaya Bello, Kogi state governor.She is the CEO of Fairplus International, founder of Hayat Foundation, businesswoman, and a humanitarian.

## Quotes

* Every child comes into this world for a purpose; they should not wallow in self-pity, and should not hold out against people that stigmatised them because they don’t know any better.
** Her opinion in an interview
* Parents that are ashamed of their wards must understand that they are just children, just humans,it doesn’t mean that you should not care for them.
** Her opinion in an interview
# Amina Temitope Ajayi

Chief Temitope Ajayi (aka Mama Diaspora) is a US-based Nigerian business consultant who is an accountant by training, a social entrepreneur and an ardent community activist. Temitope Ajayi was the former President of All Nigerian American Congress (ANAC).Her efforts and continued advocacy on the Nigerian Diaspora issues have earned her in the media the moniker "Mama Diaspora".

## Quotes

* According to her, President Tinubu encouraged investors and diasporans to invest in Nigeria and assured them of the commitment of his administration to provide a good environment for investment growth and profitability.
Ajayi said she played prominent in the conception and approval of the Diaspora Commission. She said that the commission should be a veritable channel to galvanise diasporans, ensure their welfare and growth, and attract investments to Nigeria.
She stated that diasporans are strategic to the development of their countries of origin, as according to them, the encouragement of development through their financial remittances to their countries.
** Ajayi: On an Unending Quest to Drive Foreign Investment to Nigeria
* To be a hero, you constantly have to face your fears head on. Don't give up, someone has to save the day, why not you?
** Temitope Ajayi quote on fear.
# Amina Mohamed

Amina Chawahir Mohamed Jibril (Somali: Aamina Maxamed Jibriil; Arabic: أمينة محمد جبريل), born 5 October 1961, is a former Kenyan cabinet secretary, lawyer and a diplomat of Somali descent. She is the immediate former Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Heritage and Culture in Kenya. She previously served as chairwoman of the International Organization for Migration and the World Trade Organization's General Council, as well as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme. She served as the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Kenya from May 2013 to February 2018, when President Uhuru Kenyatta, after re-election, moved her to the Education docket. In March 2019, she was moved to the Sports Ministry replacing Rashid Echesa. The KNEC Director, George Magoha replaced her in the Education docket .

## Quotes

* I laud the commitment of all Zimbabweans to ensuring that Election Day proceeded largely peacefully and urge all political parties and their supporters to honour this pledge in the coming days and to use available legal means for conflict resolution.
** Amina Mohamed said. (The Commonwealth, August 26, 2023)
* “My job description is simple: to build a world where every girl & boy has the tools & support to make their dreams a reality.”
* “We must design a future that is shaped by women and girls that realizes their rights and aspirations to a world where equality is a reality.”
* “Strive for peace among people and nations in the face of adversity.”
* “Don’t let anyone question your right to pursue justice for people and planet.”
* “We need to use our words for love, peace, and dialogue, creating a world of respect and dignity.”
* “You need a different skill set that looks at taking advantage of opportunities that are much more of an entrepreneurial skill that you can add as you address many of the market opportunities.”
# Amina Wadud

Amina Wadud (born September 25, 1952) is an American Muslim philosopher.

## Quotes

* The process of establishing Gender justice in Muslim society is neither simple nor straightforward. There is not one strategy, one method or one process. What works today may be unsuccessful tomorrow.
** Inside the Gender Jihad: Women's Reform in Islam. Simon and Schuster. 2013. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-78074-451-3. Quoted in Hidayatullah, Aysha A. (2014). Feminist Edges of the Qur'an. Oxford University Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-19-935958-5.

## External links

* Amina Wadud, California Institute of Integral Studies
* Amina Wadud interview, "Muslims" episode of Frontline
* Amina Wadud interview, Halal Monk
* A’ishah’s legacy by Amina Wadud in New Internationalist magazine (Issue 345, May 2002)
* Authority control: WorldCat search
# Amina Sijuwade

Amina Sijuwade (née Dyeris) is a lawyer, administrator, and member of the Sijuwade Royal Family. She is a two-time commissioner – first the Attorney-General & Commissioner for Justice and then the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, both for Kaduna State.

## Quotes

* The Ministry of Justice has already designated a gender desk officer who will prepare all legal documents for legal action for victims. Also, all the officials that will work at the centre have already been trained with support from the Department For International Development (DFID).
This initiative will greatly help in curbing the alarming rate of violence and sexual assault against minors in the state.
** Amina spoke about ministry of justice Vanguard
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# Boris Cyrulnik

Boris Cyrulnik (born 26 July 1937) is a French ethologist, neurologist, and psychiatrist.

## Quotes

* [About the trauma of the cows when they are separated from their calves] By proceeding in this manner, you empty the world of both the mother and the very young animal; you provoke extremely intense suffering, true despair. These are not nociceptive pathways that are stimulated here, but mental representations that are affected. Both cow and calf have been deprived of what made sense for them.
** Les animaux aussi ont des droits (2013); as quoted in A Plea for the Animals by Matthieu Ricard, trans. Sherab Chödzin Kohn (Shambhala Publications, 2016), p. 106.
# Borderline personality disorder

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition characterized by a persistent pattern of emotional instability, unstable relationships, impulsive behavior, and a wavering sense of self-image. People with BPD often experience intense emotions, which can lead to frequent mood swings, and a fear of abandonment or rejection.

## Quotes

* What we experience as a 3 on the difficulty scale of 1-10, they likely experience as an 11. They might be smart and capable, which leads loved ones scratching their heads when something seemingly simple knocks them down. It can look like drama and folks with BPD are often labeled as being dramatic, but the pain is typically real for them.
** Hilary Moses, LCSW
* Yet I also recognize this: Even if everyone in the world were to accept me and my illness and validate my pain, unless I can abide myself and be compassionate toward my own distress, I will probably always feel alone and neglected by others.
** Kiera Van Gelder in The Buddha and the Borderline
* I don’t know what living a balanced life feels like. When I am sad I don’t cry, I pour. When I am happy I don’t smile, I glow. When I am angry I don’t yell, I burn. The good thing about feeling in extremes is when I love I give them wings but perhaps that isn’t such a good thing, cause they always tend to leave and you should see me when my heart is broken I don’t grieve, I shatter.
** Rupi Kaur in I Don’t Know What Living a Balanced Life Feels Like
* The reality is that BPD is treatable and research shows that people can recover from BPD with various therapy approaches including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and psychodynamic therapy, though DBT is considered the gold standard treatment for BPD. What breaks my heart is that BPD is maligned and pathologized. In reality, it is something that occurs when someone is highly sensitive and has been exposed to an invalidating or abusive environment. The sensitivity that people with BPD feel can also be a gift that allows them to feel love and joy more deeply than others.
** Linnea Butler, LMFT
* People with BPD are like people with third degree burns over 90% of their bodies. Lacking emotional skin, they feel agony at the slightest touch or movement.
** Marsha M. Linehan
* Certainly, it’s important to acknowledge and identify the effects of BPD on your life. It’s equally important to realize that it neither dictates who you are nor fixes your destiny.
** Kimberlee Roth in Surviving a Borderline Parent
* I don’t know what it’s like to not have deep emotions, even when I feel nothing, I feel it completely.
** A. R. Asher
* My skin is so thin that the innocent words of others burn holes right through me.
** Unknown

## See Also

* Personality
* Depression
* Anxiety
* Mental health
* Therapy

## External links

* Quotes About Borderline Personality Disorder
# Boriana Åberg

Boriana Åberg (born 18 November 1968) is a Swedish politician who currently serves as the member of Riksdag since 6 October 2006.

## Quotes

* Taiwan's democracy is an example for the "1 billion people on the other side of the Strait," and it is important for democracies worldwide to unite and help Taiwan defend its values.
** Boriana Åberg (2022) cited in "Taiwan a model for PRC: Swedish MP" on Taipei Times, 13 April 2022.
# Boris Epshteyn

Boris Epshteyn (born August 14, 1982) is a Republican political strategist, investment banker, attorney, and senior advisor to Donald Trump's 2016 campaign for President of the United States. He had previously worked on the McCain-Palin campaign.

## Quotes

* We all know why the Democrats had him there, it’s to obscure the fact that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have failed at keeping this country safe.
** About Khizr Khan’s speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. (October 13, 2016)
* Barack Obama may have won in 2008 in North Carolina due to illegal voting.
** On CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper. (18 October 2016)

## Quotes about Epshteyn

* He sees every night as combat and he goes in as very combative.
* Boris is abrasive, that is who he is both on the air and off.
** Joy-Ann Reid. (October 13, 2016)
* He is everything you want in a surrogate because he believes in his candidate.
** Nicolle Wallace. (October 13, 2016)
# Bores

Bores are people who inspire boredom, usually through a lack of social skills and an inability to understand that their topics of conversation are of no interest to their listeners.

## Quotes

* BORE, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
** Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic's Dictionary (1906); republished as The Devil's Dictionary (1911).
* Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored.
** Lord Byron, Don Juan (1818-24), Canto XIII, Stanza 95.
* The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrational bipeds who hurt only themselves.
** Maria Edgeworth, Thoughts on Bores (1833).
* …had that worst bump developed that can adorn the head of a bore—viz., long-story-tellativeness.
** Letitia Elizabeth Landon, A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed, The New Monthly Magazine (1836)
* Got the ill name of augurs, because they were bores.
** James Russell Lowell, A Fable for Critics (1848), line 55.
* L'ennui naquit un jour de l'uniformité.
** One day ennui was born from uniformity.
** Antoine Houdar de la Motte, Les Amis trop d'accord, Fables (1719); quotes and translation reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 81.
* That old hereditary bore, The steward.
** Samuel Rogers Italy (1822), A Character, line 13.
* Again I hear that creaking step!— He's rapping at the door! Too well I know the boding sound That ushers in a bore.
** John Godfrey Saxe, My Familiar (1849).
* He says a thousand pleasant things,— But never says "Adieu."
** John Godfrey Saxe My Familiar (1849).
* O, he's as tedious As is a tir'd horse, a railing wife; Worse than a smoky house; I had rather live With cheese and garlic in a windmill, far, Than feed on cates, and have him talk to me, In any summer-house in Christendom.
** William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I (c. 1597), Act III, scene I, line 159.