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# John Edward Williams

John Edward Williams (August 29, 1922 - March 3, 1994) was an American author, editor and professor.

## Quotes

* A necessary strategy of literary criticism is to propose problems, and a necessary illusion is that those problems can be solved. But the problems and solutions are more often than not celebrations of the literature they address and gestures that would bring us closer to a past that is forever receding from us. The force of literature is at last magical, and the mysteries that we try to solve are the validations of its power.
** Williams, John, ed (1 January 1990). "Preface to the Second Edition". English Renaissance Poetry: A Collection of Shorter Poems from Skelton to Jonson. University of Arkansas Press. p. x. ISBN 978-1-55728-114-2.

### The Broken Landscape: Poems (1949)

* Do not tempt us with the poet's twisted pride. Here is the double fact that we must grasp— The sea is lonely and the land is wide.
** p. 28

### Stoner (1965)

* The class had read two plays by Shakespeare and was ending the week with a study of the sonnets. The students were edgy and puzzled, half frightened at the tension growing between themselves and the slouching figure that regarded them from behind the lectern. Sloane had read aloud to them the seventy-third sonnet; his eyes roved about the room and his lips tightened into a humorless smile. ... ... Someone coughed. Sloane turned his dark bright eyes upon Stoner. "Mr. Stoner, what does the sonnet mean?" ... In a moment of silence, someone cleared his throat. Sloane repeated the lines ... Sloane's eyes came back to William Stoner, and he said dryly, "Mr. Shakespeare speaks to you across three hundred years, Mr. Stoner, do you hear him?" ... Stoner's eyes lifted slowly and reluctantly. "It means," he said, and with a small movement raised his hands up toward the air; he felt his eyes glaze over as they sought the figure of Archer Sloane. "It means," he said again, and could not finish what he had begun to say.
** pp. 11–13 Excerpt: Stoner, NPR
* Sometimes he stood in the center of the quad, looking at the five huge columns in front of Jesse Hall that thrust upward into the night out of the cool grass. ... Grayish silver in the moonlight, bare and pure, they seemed to him to represent the way of life he had embraced, as a temple represents a god.
** p. 15
* ... he could not bring himself to hate the Germans. But the Germans were there to be hated.
** p. 34
* He went out of the office into the darkness of the long corridor and walked heavily into the sunlight, into the open world that was like a prison wherever he turned.
** p. 231
# John Edwin

John Edwin (August 10, 1749 – October 31, 1790), English actor, was born in London, the son of a watchmaker.

## Quotes

* A man's ingress into the world is naked and bare, His progress through the world is trouble and care; And lastly, his egress out of the world, is nobody knows where. If we do well here, we shall do well there: I can tell you no more if I preach a whole year.
** The Eccentricities of John Edwin (second edition, 1791), vol. i. p. 74. These lines Edwin offers as heads of a "sermon". Longfellow places them in the mouth of "The Cobbler of Hagenau," as a "familiar tune". See "The Wayside Inn, part ii. The Student's Tale".
# John E. Sununu

John Edward Sununu (born September 10, 1964) is a former Republican United States Senator from New Hampshire.

## Sourced

* I do not support raising the minimum wage, and the reason is as follows: When the minimum wage is raised, workers are priced out of the market. That is the economic reality that seems, at least so far, to be missing from this discussion."
** A Minimum of Effort. The American Prospect. (March 10, 2005)
* This may be the most bizarre recommendation, but I am sincere. I'm not saying it's not an issue or it's not important, but proportionally speaking, stop complaining about health care...if there was something that we could do about it that were quick or easy, it would be done...There is no solution.
** Sununu: No quick fix for health costs, Concord Monitor (December 3, 2006)
* In all cases [of previous technological advancements in the US], we didn't need to step in with a significant statutory government-regulated mandate on technology that consumers use to enjoy this material,
* I don't know of a case where we were discussing such a dramatic step where the federal government will legislatively mandate a specific type of technology to be incorporated in all of this material. Maybe the sky really is falling this time, but I think it is worth suggesting a little bit of skepticism, it's worth offering up a little doubt before we not just entertain this, but jump ahead to what exemptions were required.
* The very technologies that some seem to be afraid of are driving innovation, and driving creativity as we sit here today. In fact, we have an unprecedented wave of creativity and product development and content development... I think the history of government mandates... is that it always, always restricts innovation. Why would we think this one special time... it will actually encourage innovation?

## External links

* United States Senator John E. Sununu official U.S. Senate website
# John Earle Sullivan

John Earle Sullivan (born 1995 in Utah), also known as Jayden X or Activist John, is a political activist and photojournalist from Sandy, a suburb of Salt Lake City is a political activist and photojournalist. He is the founder of "Insurgence USA" and one of the rioters who invaded the US Capital on 6 January 2021.

## Quotes

* We gotta ... rip Trump right out of that office right there We ain't about .. waiting until the next election. It's time for revolution.
** August 2020
* An armed revolution is the only way to bring about change effectively. I can tell you that the dynamics completely shifted when shots can be fired back. In this photo, I was met by 50 armed police officers at the Utah State capital. #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #Fuck12 #Acab
** 28 December 2020
* Fuck The System - Time To Burn It All Down. #blm #antifa #burn #fuckthesystem #abolishcapitalism #abolishthepolice #acab #fucktrump
** 2 January 2021
* There was a crowd of about, I would say, more than 50,000 people just at the Capitol base trying to get in
** Utahn inside US Capitol describes chaotic scene January 6, 2020
* Come on. Let’s go! We’re all part of this (expletive) history 2021! (expletive) This is insanity. I am shook. What is this? What is this painting, you know? King (expletive) bro (expletive)! Is this not going to be the best film you’ve ever made in your life? This is surreal. This is real life, though. This seems like a movie. This is a revolution. You guys treasure this moment. This is history.
** 6 January 2021
* When you’re in a massive crowd like that, you have to blend in. As far as them storming the Capitol, I knew that was going to happen I’m on chats that are underground that are sending out flyers that are just like, ‘Storm all Capitols on the 6th.’ It wasn’t anything that was secret. It was something that was out there ... and they did it. I have video of it, I am hesitant to post it. It’s something I have to take in. I hope that people get a grasp of that situation. Whoever shot her, maybe should be held accountable. I guess that’s up to the law to decide.
** 7 January 2021

## About

* He has admitted that he has no press credentials and the investigation has not revealed any connection between SULLIVAN and any journalistic organizations.
** 13 January 2021 affidavit by FBI agent Matthew B. Foulger

## See also

* 2021 storming of the United States Capitol

## External links

John Earle Sullivan at Wikiquote's sister projects: :
* Article at Wikipedia
* Database entry #Q104826038 on Wikidata
# John Quinlan (wrestler)

John Quinlan (born October 30, 1974, in Winchester, Massachusetts) is a former American bodybuilder, professional wrestler and fitness model from Boston, Massachusetts.

## Sourced

* As you get old you have to train smarter. Every young guy goes through it; every young guy says I'm invincible, it will never happen to me. The body is like a car or machine, you work it so often that eventually it's going to break down.
** John Quinlan Muscle & Strength Audio Podcast Interview by Steve Shaw, Bodybuilder And Wrestler John Quinlan Talks About His Passion For Lifting (2010)
# John Pratt

Sir John Pratt (1657 – 1725) was an English judge and politician. He was Lord Chief Justice of England from May 15, 1718 until March 2, 1725. He was appointed as an interim Chancellor of the Exchequer on February 2, 1721, until April 3, 1721. He was the father of Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden.

## Quotes

* It is the glory and happiness of our excellent constitution, that to prevent any injustice no man is to be concluded by the first judgment; but that if he apprehends himself to be aggrieved, he has another Court to which he can resort for relief; for this purpose the law furnishes him with appeals, with writs of error and false judgment.
** King v. Chancellor, &c, of the University of Cambridge (1720), 1 Str. Rep. 564.
* Is ill-language a justification for blows?
** Case of Hugh Reason and another (1722), 16 How. St. Tr. 44; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 147.
* I do not see to what purpose we exercise a superintendency over all inferior jurisdictions, unless it be to inspect their proceedings, and see whether they are regular or not. I have often heard it said that nothing shall be presumed one way or the other in an inferior jurisdiction.
** Rex v. Cleg (1722), 1 Stra. 476.

### Layer's Case (1722)

* Certainly the opinion of all the Judges of later times, must have more weight than the extra-judicial opinion of a single Judge at any former time.
** 16 How. St. Tr. 112.
* It is dangerous to make a precedent, an innovation.
** 16 How. St. Tr. 132.
* You have a right to discourse with your counsel, but you must do it in such a manner as the jury may not hear.
** 16 How. St. Tr. 177.
* What is introductory goes for nothing, but it is in order to explain the evidence.
** 16 How. St. Tr. 181.
* Consider a little how you treat the Court; the objection hath been solemnly taken in this Court, argued and adjudged by this Court, and now you come to arraign that judgment that was then given.
** 16 How. St. Tr. 313.
# John Pudney

John Pudney (19 January 1909 – 10 November 1977) was a British journalist and writer. He was known for short stories, poetry, non-fiction and children's fiction (including the Hartwarp books).

## Quotes

* Do not despair For Johnny-head-in-air; He sleeps as sound As Johnny underground.
** For Johnny.
# John Powell

Sir John Powell (1645 - 14 June 1713) was an English politician, lawyer and later judge. He was the Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Gloucester from 1685 to 1689.

## Quotes

* Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason.
** Coggs vs. Bernard, Lord Raymond, 911, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason... The law, which is perfection of reason", Edward Coke, First Institute of the Lawes of England (1628).
* We can judge the intent of the parties only by their words.
** Idle v. Cooke (1704), 2 Raym. 1149.
# John Prebble

John Edward Curtis Prebble (23 June 1915 – 30 January 2001) was an English journalist, novelist, documentarian and popular historian. He is best known for his studies of Scottish history.

## Quotes

* Architects and engineers are among the most fortunate of men since they build their own monuments with public consent, public approval and often public money.
** John Prebble, in Disaster at Dundee, 1956. p. 16.
# Lexiphanicism

Lexiphanicism is the pretentious or bombastic use of long or obscure words or phrases.

## Quotes

* I may be incurably lexiphanic—but lexiphanicism for its own sake is not my style.
** U.S. Circuit Judge Bruce M. Selya, Bashman, Howard (March 8, 2004). How Appealing's 20 questions. How Appealing. Retrieved on December 6, 2016.

## See also

* Verbosity
# Leyland Kirby

Leyland James Kirby is a British ambient musical artist. Most famous for his project Everywhere at the End of Time.

## Quotes

* "We were just talking about this and I don't think we did, it's just natural that something works or it doesn't, you know? I would look at Ivan's paintings, or he would listen to a sound and change something, and it's not something that's overthought."
** From IVAN SEAL / THE CARETAKER - Everywhere, an empty bliss

### BBC Radio 6 Interview

* "I was on before this experimental guy, Morton Subotnick- This old, 80 year-old classic experimental guy. The venue's beautiful. Huge big cinema screen, and I'm like 'What the hell can I do to, you know, wake this audience up from the slumber?', so I decided to throw myself down this staircase to begin the show, which went very well."
* "I just like working you know? So I guess what gets released is just the tip of the iceberg."
* "It's so beautiful, because you don't really notice the soundtrack which is what I was aiming for."
** Referring to Patience (After Sebald)
* "I would expect the unexpected, I think that's always the best thing to expect these days. That's always the motivation, 'expect the unexpected'"

### Présences Électronique 2018 Show

* "In terms of working with dementia-as a concept-I don't know, it just fascinates me, you know, memory going wrong. There's nothing really to add. I think I'm really fascinated by memory and things going wrong."
* "But always, I've got to make it sound like it's organic, so it's not being done digitally, you know? I am always trying to do something where you can't really hear the process, but you can imagine "this is going wrong, this is crumbling down'."
* "The process is often before the show."
# Li-Meng Yan

Li-Meng Yan is a Chinese ophthalmologist and virologist.

## Quotes

* I am waiting to tell all the things I know, provide all the evidence to the U.S. Government, and I want them to understand, and I also want the U.S. people to understand how terrible this is. It is not what you have seen ... This is something very different. We have to chase the true evidence and get the real evidence because this is a key part to stop this pandemic. We don't have much time.
** Hong Kong virologist claiming coronavirus cover-up tells 'Bill Hemmer Reports': 'We don't have much time' (July 13, 2020)
# Li Bin

Li Bin (李斌; Lǐ Bīn; born October 1954) is a politician in the People's Republic of China (PRC). She served as the Minister in charge of the National Health and Family Planning Commission from March 2013 to March 2018.

## Quotes

* Only when the political basis that reflects the 'One-China' principle has been confirmed (by Taiwan) can the regular exchanges across the strait be sustained.
** Li Bin (2017) cited in "China warns Taiwan of continued lockout from WHO assembly" on Arab News, 22 May 2017.
# Li Chia-wei

Li Chia-wei (李家維; Lǐ Jiāwéi; born 17 September 1953) is a Taiwanese professor at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of National Tsing Hua University.

## Quotes

* A new drug takes some 10 to 20 years and around US$1 billion to US$2 billion to develop.
** Li Chia-wei (2020) cited in "WUHAN VIRUS/Use of HIV medication to be investigated as coronavirus treatment" on Focus Taiwan, 5 February 2020.
# Leymah Gbowee

Leymah Roberta Gbowee (born 1 February 1972) is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women's peace movement that helped bring an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003 that led to the election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Liberia, the first African nation with a female president. In 2011, she was one of three women awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

## Quotes

* Women are the ones that bear the greatest burden. We are also the ones who nurture societies.
** Interview for Women's E News, 21 Leaders for the 21st Century (2008)
* Regardless of whom you pray to, during war our experiences as a community and as mothers are the same.
** Gruber Foundation, Women's Rights Prize (2009)
* If any changes were to be made in society it had to be by the mothers.
** Gruber Foundation, Women's Rights Prize (2009)
* We are all responsible. We are all complicit. White T-shirts catch the light. What matters is what we then do with that light. (The peace activists wore white t-shirts during their protests.)
** Interview for The Daily Beast (April 5, 2010)
* We have a saying: “A single straw of a broom can be broken easily, but the straws together are not easily broken.” So here are three things African women can do to support their sisters and daughters:
    1. Join the support network even if your own community is not plagued with conflict or violence. Most women only take action ::when their own communities are threatened. This must stop if we are to tackle the ills that are plaguing our African ::society. We must ignite the spirit of “Ubuntu”—“I am what I am because of who we all are.”
    2. Develop a solid and consistent leadership base. The leadership of most African women’s initiatives functions very well ::during times of crisis, but tends to disintegrate after a huge success is scored. Movement leaders, even myself, made our ::own plans for self-advancement. It is time that the leadership of African women’s initiatives plans for succession.
    3. Reach out to the un-converted. My final point comes from my 12-year-old daughter. For her, the feminist message is not ::filtering very well to potential victims, perpetrators, and government leaders. She believes—and I agree—that we speak ::loudest at women’s conferences and other spaces already filled with the converted. But we must speak to everyone, ::everywhere, about the struggles of African women.
** Interview for The Daily Beast (April 5, 2010)
# Lexicography

Lexicography is the study of lexicons, the art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.

## Quotes

* I am not yet so lost in lexicography, as to forget that words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the sons of heaven.
** Samuel Johnson, Preface to his Dictionary. Sir William Jones quotes the saying as proverbial in India ("deeds" for "sons"). Same used by Sir Thomas Bodley—Letter to his Librarian. (1604).
* In a certain sense lexicography may be considered a superior discipline to lexicology, for results are more important than intentions and the value of theoretical principles must be estimated according to results.
** Witold Doroszewski, Elements of lexicology and semiotics. Vol. 46. Mouton, 1973. p. 36-37
* "Editing a dictionary isn’t like editing any other book or magazine," the professor pointed out. "It’s a peculiar world. You need extreme patience, a capacity for endless minutiae, a love of words bordering on obsession, and a broad enough outlook to stay sane. What makes you think there are any young people like that nowadays?"
** Shion Miura, The Great Passage. AmazonCrossing, 2017. p. 7

## See also

* Words
* Linguistics
# John Davies

John Davies may refer to:
* John Davies (poet)
* John P. Davies
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# John DeWitt

John DeWitt was the pseudonym used in the authoring of several key Anti-Federalist Papers published during the ratification process of the US Constitution.

## Quotes

* It is asserted by the most respectable writers upon Government, that a well regulated militia, composed of the yeomanry of the country have ever been considered as the bulwark of a free people; and, says the celebrated Mr. Hume, "without it, it is folly to think any free government will have stability or security. When the sword is introduced, as in our constitution (speaking of the British) the person entrusted will always neglect to discipline the militia, in order to have a pretext for keeping up a standing army; and it is evident this is a mortal distemper in the British parliament, of which it must finally inevitably perish."
** Antifederalist Papers John DeWitt IV (1787)
* No free government under Heaven, with a well disciplined militia was ever yet subdued by mercenary troups.
** Antifederalist Papers John DeWitt IV (1787)
* A people, entering into society, surrender such a part of their natural rights, as shall be necessary for the existence of that society. They are so precious in themselves, that they would never be parted with, did not the preservation of the remainder require it. They are entrusted in the hands of those, who are very willing to receive them, who are naturally fond of exercising of them, and whose passions are always striving to make a bad use of them. They are conveyed by a written compact, expressing those which are given up, and the mode in which those reserved shall be secured.
** On the need for a Bill of Rights, Antifederalist Papers John DeWitt II (1787)
# John Dankworth

Sir John Phillip William Dankworth, CBE (20 September 1927 – 6 February 2010) was an English jazz composer, saxophonist and clarinetist.

## Quotes

* It is not governed by the senseless world of current style that pervades and pollutes popular music, nor is it part of an established hierarchy, so that it is cloistered and protected.
** Of jazz. Jazz in Revolution (1998).
* Jazz today can be spiritual, cerebral, motivating or moving. It can evoke tension, relaxation, laughter, tears. Surely jazz is truly the music of the era, combining stature, dignity and emotion with the highest musical ideals.
** Jazz in Revolution (1998), concluding words.
* Forget the word youth – this is one of the best bands you'll ever hear.
** Of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra The Guardian obituary (18 February 2010)
* The hardest thing to do is to swing quietly, with control and restraint. Lots of bands swing loudly. I refuse to let my band play loudly in order to try to swing when it isn’t swinging softly. I think that the best jazz in the long run is the jazz that is controlled and will swing on its own terms.
** Times obituary (8 February 2010)
* I have never looked like being in that incredible virtuoso class like, say, Stan Getz. I think people made a mistake and put me in that embryonic class when I was very young and thought that I was going to branch out to be a big instrumentalist in some way or another. But I always find that I very, very seldom get anywhere near what I consider a satisfactory standard. I would much rather be judged for my writing because writing is a thing that you can have second thoughts about and, if it isn’t right, you can’t blame somebody else but yourself.
** Times obituary (8 February 2010)

## About Dankworth

* Couth, kempt and shevelled.
** Kitty Grime Quoted in The Daily Telegraph (7 February 2010)