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# Ernst Roets

Ernst Roets is a political activist, writer and filmmaker in South Africa. He is Deputy CEO of the civil rights organisation Afriforum and the CEO of the film production company Forum Films.

## Quotes

* There is also much frustration about the supposed severe levels of white supremacy at this university. Yet, we are having this discussion on the campus of a university with a black vice-rector and a black rector and a black chancellor, in a municipal ward that has a black councillor, in a city with a black mayor in a province with a black premier, in a country with a black deputy-president and a black president. Despite this, we are somehow discussing how white people control everything.
** Speech by Ernst Roets, Deputy CEO of AfriForum on 26 August 2016 at the Racism Dialogue, facilitated by the South African Human Rights Commission, in the Equitas Auditorium, University of the Free State. Published on the 31st of August 2016 by AfriForum (Title: Racism is not our biggest problem)
* There is a very clear upward variance in farm attacks and farm murders after high-profile incidents of hate speech
* Our analysis of five incidents of hate speech from high political leaders against farmers indicated that farm murders in the months following these incidents increased by an average of 74.8%
** Article by IOL (Title: Afriforum's Ernst Roets says kill the Boer song increased farm murders) Published on the 29th of June 2018
* The biggest historic fallacy of our time is that white people stole the land
** Article by ENCA (Title: Land was not stolen, says Afriforum's Roets) Published on the 6th of September 2018
* Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth, because they don't want their illusions destroyed
** Article by Daily Maverick (Title: The age of rich, entitled assholes) Published on the 10th of September 2018
* Two decades after the destruction of the Anglo Boer War, the Afrikaners didn't blame the past for all their troubles. They baked and sold koeksisters, they started companies, they organized fundraisers to build schools and universities... Entitlement ideology increases poverty.
** Article by The Citizen Newspaper (Title: Stop being entitled and bake koeksisters, says Ernst Roets) Published on the 12th February 2019
* Its just plain racist to say the colour of your skin determines if you are a legitimate owner of land
* Our leaders should stop singing about murdering people
* There is a climate in which violence towards farmers is being romanticized by politicians
* We believe there are important reasons why the US should take a stance on what is happening in South Africa
** Article by The Citizen Newspaper (Title: Violence against farmers is romanticized by SA politicians, Roets tells Israeli TV) Published on the 18th of April 2019
# Ernst Thälmann

Ernst Thälmann or Thaelmann (16 April 1886 – 18 August 1944) was a German politician, the leader of the Communist Party of Germany KPD during much of the Weimar Republic. He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1933 and held in solitary confinement for eleven years, before being shot in Buchenwald on Adolf Hitler's orders in 1944.

## Quotes

* There were sometimes in our own ranks comrades who thought themselves cleverer and more capable of judging various questions than was done in the definite decisions of our World Party. Here I stress with the greatest emphasis: our relations with the Comintern, this close, indestructible, firm confidence between the C.P.G. and the C.I. and its Executive—this is one of our Party, the inner-political struggles and disputes in the past and of the higher political maturity of our Party generally.
** Ernst Thälmann in address to the KPD Party on the October Conference, 1932; as cited in: Wilhelm Pieck. "Ernst Thaelmann, Fifty Years Old," The Communist Review, Vol. 3, No. 7, July 1936, pp. 12-17.

### Disputed

* Nach Hitler kommen Wir.
** Translated After Hitler, our turn.
*** Ernst Thälmann (1931), cited in: Michelle Goldberg. "After Trump, Our Turn!" at slate.com, March 29, 2016.
*** Quote is about Thälmann's refusal to oppose the Nazis in the 1932 German election helped bring them to power. It was quoted by Goldberg (2016) as historical precedent for leftists refusing to oppose Donald Trump as US President.
*** The English quote is mentioned in over 30 publications, mostly as a communist slogan around 1930, yet only 4 publications actually attributed the quote to Ernst Thälmann. The original quote is mentioned in numerous publications.
*** The phrase was used - after Hitler's appointment as Chancellor on January 30, 1933 - by SPD members Karl Hoeltermann on February 18, 1933 with reference to the idea that the SPD would have to 'clean up the mess' of the Nazis, and Kurt Schumacher prior to the March 5, 1933 election when professing his belief that the SPD would win the elections and replace Hitler.

## Quotes about Ernst Thälmann

* Ernest Thalmann was a devoted revolutionary, a good orator with a fine instinct for the worker's temper, he was an excellent medium for expounding theories and ideas laid down by others. He was a poor thinker, and not given to abstract study, even lacking enough self-discipline to reach the cultural and theoretical level of an average Party member.
** Rose Levine-Meyer, Inside German Communism (1977), as cited in: Ernst Thälmann at spartacus-educational.com, 2017

## External links

* James, C. L. R. (1937). "Chapter 12 – "AFTER HITLER, OUR TURN" – THE INTERNATIONAL PURGED". World Revolution 1917-1936: The Rise and Fall of the Communist International. Somerset, England: Purnell and Sons.
# Kim Bora

Kim Bora (born November 30, 1981) is a South Korean film director. Her 2018 film House of Hummingbird won numerous accolades at prestigious international film festivals.

## Quotes

* Growing up as a woman in Korea was tough, but was also a gift at the same time. If I were a Korean man, or a white male in the States, I would not have been able to make this film. You got to experience complex human emotions because you were going through a lot of things.
** As quoted in "Coming of Age in Korea: Kim Bora Discusses "House of Hummingbird"" in Mubi (27 April 2019)
* When you create something, it becomes a fictional story, but in the beginning, I was very true to the emotions that I went through in middle school. It’s a creation in the end, but I also wanted to bring the emotions I went through and my growing pains and what it was like to grow up there. I wanted to bring my own memories to the film, so that people could bring their own memories while watching.
** As quoted in "Interview: Kim Bora and Kim Sae-byuk Talk House of Hummingbird" in Film Doo (16 October 2019)
* From my understanding, there is already quite a lot of independent films with adolescent girls as protagonists. Women have been telling such stories all this time. Couldn’t it be that this period has become more visible as our society is changing? Most of the film markets all over the world are dominated by white men’s stories, and after them come white women, and then Asian men, in this order. Still, I think the reason other female directors are now getting noticed, like with House of Hummingbird, is that Korean society is finally ready to embrace women’s narratives. It might also be that it has finally come to people’s attention not for the particular narratives, but because we are at a special moment.
** As quoted in "House of Hummingbird Director Kim Bora" in Korean Film (17 September 2019)
* Cinema takes me to another world. That world is authentic, real, and welcoming. Cinema doesn’t belong to the winner but to the loser/loner. The blissful loser. I like that world.
** As quoted in "Tribeca 2019 Women Directors: Meet Bora Kim – “House of Hummingbird”" in Women and Hollywood (25 April 2019)
* I wanted to produce something that would resonate strongly with the audience. When we showed it to the Korean audience, they said it was a good mix of both the personal and political aspects of that era.
** As quoted in "Exclusive Interview with Kim Bora – Director of House of Hummingbird" in New Gravite (19 September 2019)
* After House of Hummingbird got released, the ticket sales were amazing. It was very overwhelming to see its success. Whenever I had Q&As with the audience, a lot of the audience – they raised their hand and while they were asking questions, they started to cry. It wasn’t just once. So many people – they couldn’t even finish their sentence because they were so emotional. I also cried. My actors cried. Because it was so touching and it was a very deep, human connection between the filmmakers and the audience.
** As quoted in "Director Bora Kim Takes Flight With Immersive Coming-of-Age Tale ‘House of Hummingbird’" in Deepest Dream (28 June 2020)
# Kim Cheol-woong

Kim Cheol-woong (1974–) is a North Korean pianist who defected to South Korea.

## Quotes

* When I was in Moscow many people made severe criticisms about North Korea but you feel a more patriotic man when you're abroad. I thought, 'Whatever they say, I will not be concerned, I will do my best, be loyal, and serve my country with my musical ability. I began to realise I would have to sacrifice many things to live as a pianist in North Korea, and I felt disillusioned
** Interrogated for playing the wrong tune (8 July 2015)
# Irene Paredes

Irene Paredes Hernández (born 4 July 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga F club Barcelona and the Spain national team.

## Quotes

* When a child is that young, you need him, but he also needs you
* Everything around us has an influence too. Knowing your loved ones are OK has an impact on your play. Having them here with me is hugely beneficial, and I hope it shows on the pitch.
** Paredes: Having my family with me is hugely beneficial by FIFA.com. Retrieved 17/11/2023.
* When you’ve experienced this before, you’re less likely to let things faze you. It gives you a certain peace of mind when you go out and compete.
* Being a mother changes your life.
* That aside, my experience is that of any mother or father - it’s about organising your life and relishing the time you spend with him. Bringing him up the best you can.
* To perform to your best, you obviously need to train well, but you also need a whole load of things beyond that: you need to rest properly, eat the right food, enjoy your free time… I need to be with my son, and he needs to be with me. Until now, it’s not something that had been considered, maybe because the situation hadn’t arisen. But I’m thankful for it.
** Irene Paredes interview: Spain defender talks to AS ahead of Women’s World Cup by Amalia Fra & William Allen. July 16, 2023. Retrieved 17/11/2023
# Irene Uwoya

Irene Pancras Uwoya (born December 18, 1988), is a Tanzanian actress, producer and entrepreneur she is best known for her career name Irene Uwoya and for her movie role Oprah. Beginning her professional career in 2007 along with others bongo movie actors such as Vincent Kigosi, Steven Kanumba and many more.

## Quotes

* I can’t sleep or eat because I am always thinking about my husband. I miss him very much and in fact I want to go stay with him in Kigali.
** Irene Uwoya Pancras said, (The New Times Rwanda, May 12,2012)
# Ireti Osayemi

Ireti Osayemi(14 January 1982) is a Nigerian Yoruba-language film actress.

## Quotes

* There are times in life you find yourself falling in love with something else entirely other than what you studied in school. I am a very creative person, not only in arts but also when it comes to making people look beautiful. I love creativity. I fell in love with acting right from when I was a child. I remember when I was growing up, I used to go for beauty pageants and I enjoyed being in the limelight.
* My mother is a typical Yoruba woman who frowned on the kind of exposure kids got from such pageants. She would ask why I would want to be half naked in front of strangers. She was not too keen about it and as a teenager, I looked up to my parents. When you love something very much and you are not being supported, then you have the tendency of looking away.
* I love shoes, especially shoes with high heels. I feel more comfortable putting on shoes with high heels. When I was younger, my mother would say, ‘the higher your heels, the higher your confidence.’ She used to believe that when you put on shoes with high heels, it gives you some confidence and you can walk with your head high up.
# Irene Sabatini

Irene Sabatini is a Zimbabwean fiction writer who won an Orange award for new writers in 2010.

## Quotes

* How my imagination soared — the moon seemed so close that I felt I could reach out and touch it. And then my mind wandered: what are those noises outside?
** National Geographic
* The writing seemed to just spiral out of me, and if I had to pick a time when I really started this journey it would be that wonderful quiet morning on a verandah so many years ago in the Colombian countryside...
** Irene Sabatini Website
* I think that literature, when it’s good, as opposed to journalism, gives you the freedom to be the characters, to enter into their lives, their psyche and so their experiences become, in a way, yours.
** What these works of fiction have allowed me to do is to enter the pain and despair, the hope, to share in the struggles of certain characters that I have identified with (because of the artistry of the writers in making these individuals come alive).
*** Institute of Education Alumni Life Issue 33 Summer 2010
*** That’s what’s fun about writing fiction - you start from a certain point of reality and then, you fly away.https://afreadaarchive.wordpress.com/category/quote/
* But that’s what’s great about books- they carry you up, out and away, lifting you away from the mundane to the extra ordinary.
* Allow this book to take you on a journey that will capture both your head and your heart.

## Quotes about Irene Sabatini

* ...Irene Sabatini created two unforgettable fictional characters who leapt off the page.—Bernardine Evaristo

## References

* ↑ 'Peace and Conflict by Irene Sabatini review – a heart-warming coming-of-age tale' by Bernardine Evaristo. The Guardian, 29 November 2014.
# Irfaan Ali

Irfaan Ali (born 25 April 1980) is a Guyanese politician who currently serves as the 10th and current President of Guyana since 2 August 2020.

## Quotes

* He (Imam Shaheed Mohamed) was instrumental in building the (Queenstown) mosque. He took from his pocket and asked the Muslim community to donate so that the mosque could have been completed. The Muslim community, matter in fact, the community at large is poorer without him.
** Irfaan Ali (2021) cited in: "Queenstown Masjid Imam passes on" in Guyana Times, 18 September 2021.
* I want to create new educational and work opportunities for young professionals in our country. I want them to gain experience and to become educated and trained to be owners and managers of all sectors of our society. While, at this time, we must rely on foreign know-how in the oil and gas sectors, the ground must be readied now for young Guyanese to assume those positions, regardless of their race, color or creed.
** Irfaan Ali (2022) cited in: "President pledges more oil and gas scholarships" in Stabroek News, 1 January 2022.
* Our little children who are differently abled, they too must enjoy a good life, they too must enjoy a prosperous life, they too must be able to experience the joys of life in a comfortable environment, in an environment in which they are safe, protected, their parents can find comfort in having their children there. We are showing that in the world, we have a common commitment to ensure equity in access so notwithstanding the schools that were already budgeted for this year, we now can expand the program with this gift of love from the UAE (United Arab Emirates).
** Irfaan Ali (2023) cited in: "‘An act of love’ – Sod turned for $100M Disability Facility at Region Three" in News Room, 12 June 2023.
* Our first line of defense is diplomacy. But we are also preparing for the worst case scenario ... We are preparing with our allies, with our friends, to ensure that we are in a position to defend what is ours.
** Irfaan Ali (2023) cited in: "Guyana is preparing to defend borders as Venezuela tries to claim oil-rich disputed region, president says" in CBS News, 6 December 2023.
* I have made it very clear that on the issue of the border controversy (with Venezuela), Guyana's position is non-negotiable.
** Irfaan Ali (2023) cited in: "Guyana Agrees to Talks With Venezuela Over Territorial Dispute" in VOA, 10 December 2023.
* We are on the right side of international law, on the right side of ethics and on the right side of history.
** Irfaan Ali (2023) cited in: "Essequibo crisis: Guyana says oil producers moving ahead despite Venezuela's threats" in SCMP, 12 December 2023.
* I have already made it clear that the ICJ (International Court of Justice) will determine the controversy surrounding the borders of Guyana and Venezuela. We are firm on this matter and it will not be open for discussion.
** Irfaan Ali (2023) cited in: "Guyana Prez Irfaan Ali Says He Will Discuss Anything with Maduro but Not Border" in News 18, 13 December 2023.
# Irene Staunton

Irene Staunton is a Zimbabwean publisher, editor, researcher and writer, who has worked in literature and the arts since the 1970s, both in the UK and Zimbabwe. She is co-founder and publisher of Weaver Press in Harare, having previously co-founded Baobab Books.

## Quotes

* I think if you’re a white Zimbabwean, you have an extra responsibility to give back if you can. My hope as a publisher for more than 30 years is that I have enabled a corpus of work proffering many different stories and points of view.
** We rise by lifting others':outstanding women of Zimbabwe - in pictures,(December 17,2020)

### "An interview with Irene Staunton" (2011)

    "An interview with Irene Staunton", (February 28, 2011)
* Books open up new worlds for us emotionally, geographically, culturally; by encouraging understanding, they help us to develop more compassionate, rational, tolerant societies, giving rise to a more broad-minded world.
* For me, literature is an incredibly important way of telling the truth.
* A good writer has a sense of integrity that is hard to compromise.
* Editors are a bit like stage-hands: the play can’t go on without them, and yet their role is necessarily in the shadows. It is, however, interesting to see how many writers acknowledge their editors – the third eye is of value.
# Irene Peslikis

Irene Peslikis (October 7, 1943 – November 28, 2002) was a Greek American feminist artist, activist, and educator. She was one of the early founders and organizers in the women's art movement, especially on the east coast.

## Quotes

* Thinking that only institutions oppress women as opposed to other people. This implies that you have not identified your enemy, for institutions are only a tool of the oppressor. When the oppressor is stopped he can no longer maintain his tools and they are rendered useless. Present institutions and our feelings about them should be analyzed in order to understand what it is we want or don't want to use in the new society.
** "Resistences to consciousness" (1969)
* Education does not bring on revolutions; but consciousness of our own oppression and struggle might. Unfortunately formal education and political consciousness do not usually coincide. Even formal education in Marxism-Leninism tends to make people think that they know more than they really know. When we think of what it is that politicizes people it is not so much books or ideas but experience.
** "Resistences to consciousness" (1969)

## Quotes about Irene Peslikis

* The cultural-political perspectives of Jewish feminists interacted with the ideas of many other pioneering women's liberationists in the city, Jewish and non-Jewish, including Kathie Sarachild, Carol Hanisch, Irene Peslikis, Peggy Dobbins, Anne Koedt, Pat Mainardi, Robin Morgan, Ann Snitow, and Vivian Gornick. Acting within a communal context, innovative theory and practice emerged from group interaction.
** Joyce Antler Jewish Radical Feminism: Voices from the Women’s Liberation Movement (2020)
* Redstockings staged a public hearing at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village, where a dozen women told a crowd of several hundred about their own abortions. The effect was electric, sending shock waves through the community and the nation and helping to lead a groundswell of action against illegal abortion, one that culminated a few years later in Roe v. Wade. This first speak-out, organized by Shulamith Firestone, Irene Peslikis, and others, inspired similar events elsewhere, including in France, where a number of prominent women, including Simone de Beauvoir (Ellen Willis's heroine as well as Firestone's), risked imprisonment by publicly declaring, "I have had an abortion."
** Joyce Antler Jewish Radical Feminism: Voices from the Women’s Liberation Movement (2020)
# Irene Y. H. Ng

Irene Yue Hoong Ng is Associate Professor of Social Work and Director of the Social Service Research Centre at the National University of Singapore.

## Quotes

* Singapore has become a stratified society. Years of unevenly distributed growth in a neoliberal growth regime has led to emergence of a class of working and non-working poor who face insurmountable challenges in uplifting themselves from a cycle of poverty.
** (August 2015)"Being Poor in a Rich “Nanny State”: Developments in Singapore Social Welfare". The Singapore Economic Review 60 (03): 1550038. DOI:10.1142/S0217590815500381. Republished in Lim, Linda Y. C., ed. Singapore's Economic Development: Retrospection And Reflections. World Scientific. p. 279. ISBN 978-981-4723-48-0.
* We accept some inequality in order that we can have the kind of economic prosperity that has brought us this far.
** As quoted in How famously uptight Singapore became a playground for Asia's 'crazy rich' (September 3, 2018) by Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times

## External links

* Irene Y. H. Ng's profile at the National University of Singapore
* Irene Y. H. Ng at ResearchGate
* Authority control: ORCID: 0000-0001-7289-8727 | WorldCat search
# Iretiola Doyle

Iretiola Olusola Doyle (5 May 1967) is a Nigerian actress, entertainer, TV presenter, writer and a public speaker.

## Quotes

* That veil of secrecy has been removed and the more we talk about it, the more we blow the whistle against the offenders.
** Iretiola take on Rape
* Acting requires you to connect with real emotions. If that character is sad or depressed, you tend to feel these things.
** Iretiola in an interview
* There is no such thing as being too principled. You are either principled or you are not.
** in an interview with premiumtimes
* Fame and Fortune are just a bonus, an added plus. It doesn’t define who I am.
** In an interview with Citypeople
* When we are navigating, we navigate as Nigerians. We are not ashamed of our Nigerianness. Our Nigerianess holds in our stories.
** in an interview with premium times