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# Maggie Maunye
## Biography

Maggie Margaret Maunye (born 28 November 1947) is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1996 to 2014, serving the Gauteng constituency. She chaired the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs from 2011 to 2014.

## Quotes

* Through the Electoral Amendment Bill, we are sending a clear message to our people that we shall spare no effort in our endeavour to protect their rights to dignity and equality, as entrenched in sections 10 and 19 of the Constitution
* The universality of the franchise is important not only for nationhood and democracy. The vote of each and every citizen is a badge of dignity and of personhood
* It is against this background that I commend clause 6 of the Bill before the House, which substitutes section 33 of the Act, to provide for the commission to allow a person to apply for and cast a special vote prior to the election day*
** Maggie Maunye submission during the Second Reading Debate of the Electoral Amendment Bill
* I will recall with fulfilment that the representatives of the aspirations of our people did not only repeal laws that were inconsistent with our Constitution, but passed laws which not only freed our people from the shackles of apartheid, but also restored the dignity of the downtrodden and empowered the vulnerable
* The dignity of our people has been restored and women released to pursue more fulfilling ventures
* Hon members, I shall never forget how I was part of the team in the history of our people, the team that ensured that South Africa, our beloved country, became much better than it was before 1994
** Maggie Maunye giving her farewell speech
# Ellen Stewart

Ellen Stewart (November 7, 1919 – January 13, 2011, place of birth is either Chicago, Illinois or Alexandria, Louisiana), better known as La MaMa, was an American theatre director, producer and Off Off Broadway Pioneer.

## Quotes

* If a script ‘beeps’ to me, I do it...Audiences may hate these plays, but I believe in them. The only way I can explain my ‘beeps’ is that I’m no intellectual, but my instincts tell me automatically when a playwright has something.
** Quoted in "Ellen Stewart, Off Off Broadway Pioneer, Dies at 91" by Mel Gussow and Bruce Weber, The New York Times, (January 13, 2011).
* Our mission was and is to develop, nurture, support, produce and present new and original performance work by artists of all nations and cultures.
** Quoted in "Remembering Ellen Stewart, Founder of La MaMa Etc." By Ellis Nassour, Theaterlife.com.
* Believe it or not, it’s easier for me nowadays to be outside this country than in this country, because when I go outside I’m in hotels with elevators and services of all kinds, and it’s not such a hardship.
** Quoted in "Ellen Stewart: Still pushing that pushcart" by Jerry Tallmer, The Villager, (November 1 - 7, 2006).

## Quotes about Ellen Stewart

* Eighty percent of what is now considered the American theater originated at La MaMa.
** Harvey Fierstein, American Tony Award-winning and Emmy Award-winning actor, playwright and screenwriter. Said in an interview in Vanity Fair, also quoted on "The New York Times".
* We're going to do it, baby! We're going to do it, darling!' And within a week later we were doing it.
** Sam Shepard, American actor, playwright, author, screenwriter, and director. "Sam Shepard on Ellen Stewart".
* Her vision dreams of a world where a multiplicity of perspectives is essential and where art is a means to bring people together. I am grateful to be a part of this artistic community that she nurtured, and this season again I am energized by its tenacity, passion, bravery, and transformative work.
** Mia Yoo, Artistic director of La MaMa, "La MaMa's 2019–2020 Season to Celebrate Centennial of Founder Ellen Stewart"by Olivia Clement (August 14, 2019).
* I can’t imagine La MaMa without her. There may be a place called La MaMa that somebody brings good avant-garde international theater to, but it will not be La MaMa. La MaMa is her.
** Elizabeth Swados, American writer, composer, musician, and theatre director. Said in an article in the theater journal The Drama Review in 2006, also quoted on "The New York Times".
* Qui celebriamo l'idea di comunità e famiglia artistica… che riunisce diverse generazioni che si incontrano… A Spoleto Ellen ha stabilito, fin da subito, un rapporto immediato con il territorio.
* In Spoleto Ellen established an immediate relationship with the territory and here we celebrate the idea of community and artistic family that brings together several generations.
** Andrea Paciotto, Italian theatre director, professor, and director of CultureHub Europe. Stated on Italian TV channel RAI3 "Chi è di scena 18∕01∕2015 by Moreno Cerquetelli THE QUEEN OF HEARTS"(January 18, 2015).

## External links

Ellen Stewart on Encyclopaedia Britannica
# Mary Antin

Mary Antin (June 13, 1881 – May 15, 1949) was an American author and immigration rights activist.

## Quotes

* All three children carried themselves rather better than the common run of "green" pupils that were brought to Miss Nixon. But the figure that challenged attention to the group was the tall, straight father, with his earnest face and fine forehead, nervous hands eloquent in gesture, and a voice full of feeling. This foreigner, who brought his children to school as if it were an act of consecration, who regarded the teacher of the primer class with reverence, who spoke of visions, like a man inspired, in a common schoolroom, was not like other aliens, who brought their children in dull obedience to the law; was not like the native fathers, who brought their unmanageable boys, glad to be relieved of their care. I think Miss Nixon guessed what my father's best English could not convey. I think she divined that by the simple act of delivering our school certificates to her he took possession of America.
** Making an American.

### The Promised Land (1912)

* Outside America I should hardly be believed if I told how simply, in my experience, Dover Street merged into the Back Bay.
** Ch. 20.
* It is painful to be consciously of two worlds. The Wandering Jew in me seeks forgetfulness. I am not afraid to live on and on, if only I do not have to remember too much. A long past vividly remembered is like a heavy garment that clings to your limbs when you would run.
** Introduction
* A little instruction in the elements of chartography—a little practice in the use of the compass and the spirit level, a topographical map of the town common, an excursion with a road map—would have given me a fat round earth in place of my paper ghost.
** Ch. 10.
* A proper autobiography is a death-bed confession. A true man finds so much work to do that he has no time to contemplate his yesterdays; for to-day and to-morrow are here, with their impatient tasks. The world is so busy, too, that it cannot afford to study any man's unfinished work; for the end may prove it a failure, and the world needs masterpieces.
** Introduction.

## Quotes about Mary Antin

* For Mary Antin and another immigrant Jewish author, Anzia Yezierska, the sacrifices were costly but appeared warranted, the passports to professional success and American identities. Part of a generation bridging Yiddish culture and Yankee experience, Antin and Yezierska passionately described the struggles and changes within the immigrant Jewish family. More than half a century ago, the autobiographical Promised Land and the novel, Bread Givers, anticipated the concerns of such later authors as Tillie Olsen, Grace Paley, Cynthia Ozick, Norma Rosen and Joanne Greenberg.
** Evelyn Avery, "Oh My 'Mishpocha'! Some Jewish Women Writers from Antin to Kaplan View the Family," Studies in American Jewish Literature 5 (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1986), 44-48
* Mary Antin gave one of the brightest accounts of reaching and penetrating the promised land.
** Ruth Wisse The Modern Jewish Canon (2000)

## External links

* Encyclopaedia Britannica's Guide to Women
# Leigh-Ann Mathys
## Biography

Leigh-Ann Mathys is a South African politician from the Economic Freedom Fighters. She was treasurer-general of her party until December 2019, when she was succeeded by Omphile Maotwe. She was elected to the Parliament of South Africa in North West in the 2014 South African general election.

## Quotes

* Ramaphosa’s theatrics were nothing short of a desperate attempt to sidestep the real questions. He did not deny the allegations of being an apartheid spy
* The president had the audacity to question, ‘where were you?’ directed at the EFF. This from a man who has yet to answer where he was during Nelson Mandela’s inauguration. [Also] which side he was on throughout the apartheid era
* Ramaphosa’s decision to collaborate with the white supremacists enemy in a government of national unity further exposes his treachery. Along with the fact that he is the darling of the establishment
** EFF won’t take history lessons from Ramaphosa
* The party has submitted a number of questions on matters that cut across a range of subjects affecting society. Sadly, not all our questions have been replied to, leaving key constituencies in limbo
* One of the mechanisms provided by the National Assembly is the submission of questions for written and oral reply by Members of Parliament, to which ministers are expected to reply within 10 working days in terms of Rule 145 of the rules of the National Assembly
* The EFF takes this dereliction of duty by these members of the executive seriously, and we've since written to the Speaker of the National Assembly to formally take this matter up with the leader of Government Business
** Leigh-Ann Mathys expresses her displeasures with ministers in the execuitive
# Haneefah Adam

Haneefah Adam is a Nigerian visual artist, who is known for making art and designs using food items as her medium. Adams gained prominence in 2015, when she modified Barbie into "Hijarbie", a Barbie doll wearing a hijab. In 2016, she won the #TechMeetArtNG exhibition, which launched her career. Adam's work is inspired by shapes, colours and the histories found in different foods. Adam's skills are sewing, painting and food art. Adam was born to a Nigerian parent, who resides in Kwara State, Nigeria. She holds a master's degree in pharmacology and drug discovery from Coventry University.

## Quotes

* Barbie has created a new phenomenon, celebrating femininity, independence and female power
** move-over-barbie-hijarbie-is-back-to-celebrate-muslim-fashion-and-cultureHaneefah described hijarbie: Theguardian
* The way Barbie dresses is very skimpy and different and there’s nothing wrong with it. I just wanted to give another option for Muslim girls like me
** article/hijarbie-nigeria-student/index.html Haneefah shared the inspiration behind hijarbie :CNN
* It is really important to have a good heart and I try to check my heart all the time just to make sure I am being good and not forget that, as it is really close and tied to my religion
** haneefah-adams-the-multi-dimensional-creative/ Haneefah talked about her religion: Theguardian
* We can say all we want about a woman's place or role in any given society but I really just wish it was something that can be implemented. In Islam, the true place of women comes from a place of strength, respect and a higher status, as I am sure it is for Nigeria and in the arts too—we have so many examples to support this but it is still upsetting when we conveniently forget all these because we do not want to shake the table.
** haneefah-adam-hijarbie-food-art-instagram Haneefah shared view about women's role in the society: OkayAfrica
* I want Hijarbie to inspire the Muslim girl child. It's about having a doll that looks like her, that represents her own cultural and religious background.
** Hijarbie-Barbie-s-latest-makeover- Haneefah Adam's inspiration behind her doll:Dailymail
* But the point of Hijarbie is not only to show how beautiful and trendy modest style can be,it's also about showing girls who may wear a hijab themselves that they are no less beautiful or special than Barbie herself.
** is-hijab-barbie-may-be-the-cutest-style-star-on-instagram? Haneefah spoke about the vision of hijarbie:Mic
* I think the most important thing to have as a Muslim or a non-Muslim is a very good character.The hijab is actually more about modesty than fashion but who says you can’t incorporate both together? Fashion with faith.
** meet-Hijarbie-the-popular Haneefah's view about hijab:Aljazeerah

## External links

https://haneefahAdam.com
# Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga

Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga (3 November 1966) is a Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mbeya.

## Quotes

* Christ loves you and is ready to help carry your luggage if you are committed to him.
** Bishop of Mpanda to the young: "Go and vote in the October elections" (19 June 2015) Fides News Agency
# Nosipho Makamba-Botya

Nosipho Makamba-Botya is a South African politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of South Africa from June 2023 until May 2024, and represented the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). She previously served as an EFF councillor in the City of Cape Town and before that as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. She became an MPP in May 2019 and served as the party's chief whip. Makamba-Botya was also the deputy chairperson of the EFF in the province.

## Quotes

* These workers are always used on an ad hoc basis and, despite their hard work and their need within the sector, they are never awarded permanent posts.
** She said
* These are workers who have dedicated their lives to serve the poor and those who are sick but, at the end of it all, they continue struggling to make ends meet, as they are subjected to poverty that is akin to slavery,”
** She said
# Tasneem Essop

Tasneem Essop, is currently (2009) the executive director of Climate Action Network, the largest global network of over 1,300 civil society organisations, in over 120 countries, fighting the climate crisis. Essop served as a former Provincial Minister of Environment, Planning and Economic Development in the Western Cape and was responsible for the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEADP) and the Department of Economic Development, as well as the Western Cape Investment and Trade Promotion Agency, Wesgro and the Western Cape Nature Conservation Board, CapeNature.

## Quotes

* There is a huge risk that Parties will agree on key issues, such as the legal issue, this involves agreement to a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol and for WWF we also would like to see countries agree on a mandate under the Convention track for negotiations to conclude a legally-binding agreement to be concluded no later than 2015 for all Parties.
** she said
* We need to achieve a balanced package, and these are the critical elements. We need agreement on the future legal form, and we also need to ensure progress on long-term finance. Putting the Green Climate Fund in place is one important element.
** she said
* There is also the need to finalise the modalities of a system to ensure transparency in the mitigation actions parties are undertaking. Finally, we need strong elements of adaptation, the Adaptation Committee, a work programme on loss and damage amongst others.
** she said
* The South African Renewables Initiative’s focus on innovative ways to finance such scaling-up as well as how to ensure that the local economic benefits will be maximised is a good example of how transitioning to a low carbon economy is good for development and job creation in a developing economy.
** she said
# Cina Lawson

Cina Lawson is a Togolese politician, currently serving as Minister of Digital Economy and Digital Transformation, a role she has occupied since 2010.Educated at Sciences Po and Harvard University, Lawson worked in telecommunications before her appointment to the government office, where she spearheaded numerous digitization and ICT initiatives.

## Quotes

* We define our priorities, and then we look for partners with the required expertise and ability to execute, depending on which project we want to push.
* We did not want to only buy the equipment’s and trainings from a partner because delivering the service, is a different skill set that requires practice, understanding the commercial and technical aspects of it, and, most importantly, building trust.
* Deals maybe poorly structured not necessarily because that the people in charge are dishonest but because they may not know how to execute well.
* While other countries and partners may have different business models, we prioritize identifying the specific project structure we need and searching for partners who can offer it.
* in our view, knowledge transfer requires thorough operational training, and we need to consider this in the deals we enter with partners for national projects.
* There is no room for improvisation; a team of people with the right expertise in their fields is essential.
* In Africa, we must specialise in checking the credentials of every person we hire and emphasise structuring a highly skilled execution team. Executing a deal well requires thorough collaboration among many people.
* If we don't function this way and come together with an aligned agenda, decisions that affect us will be made without our input.
# Daffy Duck in Hollywood

Daffy Duck in Hollywood is a 1938 Merrie Melodies animated short starring Daffy Duck (in his similar design from Daffy Duck & Egghead). This was the final Daffy Duck cartoon directed by Tex Avery.

## I. M. Stupendous

* [reacting to Daffy's "film"] Amazing! Marvelous! Stupendous! Colossal! Tremendous! Gigantic! Astounding! Unbelievable! Spectacular! Phenomenal! And it's good, too.

## Dialogue

    I. M. Stupendous: Hello, Miss Morgan, get me director Von Hamburger on the wire. Hello, Von Hamburger?
    Von Hamburger: Yes, sir.
    I. M. Stupendous: That picture you're working on...
    [The camera pans to side revealing Von Hamburger standing right next to I.M., talking on the phone]
    Von Hamburger: Yes, sir?
    I. M. Stupendous: ...it better be good and you better finish it today or else.
    Von Hamburger: Yes, sir. I'll rush it through right away!
    I. M. Stupendous: Goodbye.
    Von Hamburger: Goodbye.

## Voice cast (Uncredited)

* Jim Bannon - Newsreel Narrator
* Sara Berner - Katharine Hepburn Chick, Fat Lady
* Mel Blanc - Daffy Duck, I.M. Stupendous, Sound Engineer, Rooster Actor, Chef, Boxing Announcer, Assistant Directors, Von Hamburger (woo-hooing)
* Rolfe Sedan - Von Hamburger, Daffy Duck (imitating Von Hamburger)
# Mathematical physics

Mathematical physics refers to development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics.

## Quotes

* There are at present fundamental problems in theoretical physics awaiting solution, e.g., the relativistic formulation of quantum mechanics and the nature of atomic nuclei (to be followed by more difficult ones such as the problem of life), the solution of which problems will presumably require a more drastic revision of our fundamental concepts than any that have gone before. Quite likely these changes will be so great that it will be beyond the power of human intelligence to get the necessary new ideas by direct attempts to formulate the experimental data in mathematical terms.
** Paul Dirac, "Quantised Singularities in the Electromagnetic Field" (1931)
* At this point an enigma presents itself which in all ages has agitated inquiring minds. How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of experience, is so admirably appropriate to the objects of reality? Is human reason, then, without experience, merely by taking thought, able to fathom the properties of real things? In my opinion the answer to this question is, briefly, this: as far as the propositions of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
** Albert Einstein, "Geometry and Experience" (1921)
* Mathematicians are only dealing with the structure of reasoning, and they do not really care what they are talking about. They do not even need to know what they are talking about, or, as they themselves say, whether what they say is true. I will explain that. You state the axioms, such-and-such is so, and such-and-such is so. What then? The logic can be carried out without knowing what the such-and-such words mean. If the statements about the axioms are carefully formulated and complete enough, it is not necessary for the man who is doing the reasoning to have any knowledge of the meaning of the words in order to deduce new conclusions in the same language. … But the physicist has meaning to all his phrases. That is a very important thing that a lot of people who come to physics by way of mathematics do not appreciate. Physics is not mathematics, and mathematics is not physics. One helps the other. But in physics you have to have an understanding of the connection of words with the real world.
** Richard Feynman, The Character of Physical Law (1965), Ch. 2 : The Relation of Mathematics to Physics
# Pond

A pond is a body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is usually smaller than a lake.

## Quotes

* ‘Aire? Bah! I cannot say it. Well, our ship stopped in themorning, before it was quite daylight, at a great city—a hugecity, with very dark houses and all smoky; not at all like thepretty clean town I came from; and Mr. Rochester carriedme in his arms over a plank to the land, and Sophie cameafter, and we all got into a coach, which took us to a beautiful large house, larger than this and finer, called an hotel.We stayed there nearly a week: I and Sophie used to walkevery day in a great green place full of trees, called the Park; and there were many children there besides me, and a pondwith beautiful birds in it, that I fed with crumbs.’
** Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
* Meanwhile the indefiniteness remains, and the limits of variation are really much wider than any one would imagine from the sameness of women’s coiffure and the favorite love-stories in prose and verse. Here and there a cygnet is reared uneasily among the ducklings in the brown pond, and never finds the living stream in fellowship with its own oary-footed kind.
** George Elliot, Middlemarch
* Condenses, and the cold environs round, Kindled through agitation to a flame, Which oft, they say, some evil Spirit attends, Hovering and blazing with delusive light, Misleads the amazed night-wanderer from his way To bogs and mires, and oft through pond or pool; There swallowed up and lost, from succour far.
** John Milton, Paradise Lost
* The pond ... had become a magnet for attracting bats. And many other kinds of wildlife as well. Give a wild animal the habitat that it prefers, and you can expect it to show up sooner or later; over the years since digging the pond we had seen it draw in muskrats, snapping turtles, even otters. Fish arrived from somewhere—as eggs on the feet of birds?—and made themselves at home here. Then came a great blue heron to dine on them. Ducks began building nests; Canada geese began stopping by each spring and fall. The pond became a rest stop on their migratory journeys.
** Don Mitchell, Flying Blind: One Man's Adventures Battling Buckthorn, Making Peace with Authority, and Creating a Home for Endangered Bats. White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing. 2013. p. 22.
* Si je désire une eau d’Europe, c’est la flache Noire et froide où vers le crépuscule embaumé Un enfant accroupi plein de tristesses, lâche Un bateau frêle comme un papillon de mai.
** If I want Europe, it’s a dark cold pond Where a small child plunged in sadness crouches One fragrant evening at dusk, and launches A boat, frail as a butterfly in May.
** Arthur Rimbaud, Le Bateau ivre

## See also

* Admiralty law
* Geography
* Navy
* Oceans
* River
* Sea
* Water
* Wind wave