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# Quince Duncan

Quince Duncan (born 1940) is considered Costa Rica's first Afro-Caribbean writer in the Spanish language.

## Quotes

* My first birth certificate says that I had been born in Jamaica—that I was Jamaican by birth. I find it humorous when I hear preachers saying, ‘You have to be born again,’ because I was born twice—once in Costa Rica and once in Jamaica on the same day at the same hour.
** On his birth certificate (as quoted in the book Quince Duncan: Writing Afro-Costa Rican and Caribbean Identity)
* Nevertheless, the definite impulse towards literature came from Miss Rob. She was the matron of the village, and ever since I was a child she told me that I would go far. It occurred to her to give me a push and she made me read books of short stories. The demands were very simple: ‘Read a story and when you pass by here, tell it to me.
** On how a neighbor encouraged him to read (as quoted in the book Quince Duncan: Writing Afro-Costa Rican and Caribbean Identity)
* Once of the outstanding take-aways in some of these workshops is that many Ticos do not recognize what racism actually is. They have seen the public markers of racism in South African Apartheid or the Jim Crow Laws of the Southern United States. Signs that separated races were clearly racist. Since these public signposts were not used in Costa Rica, people automatically assumed there was no racism here and so, for instance, they cannot understand why “Cocori” is an offensive book to the Afro-Costa Rican population. These workshops opened up these types of radical, honest discussions.
** On Duncan becoming the Commissioner of the Ministry of Afro-Costa Rican Affairs and his office’s work on the issue of racism in “The elegance of Quince Duncan: a chat with the celebrated writer” in The Tico Times (2016 Aug 29)
# Quiara Alegría Hudes

Quiara Alegría Hudes (born 1977) is an American playwright, lyricist and essayist.

## Quotes

* …with any story there are infinite ways to tell it, infinite character arcs to follow, when you drop the needle into the story, and when you pick the needle up.
** On the structure of her play Daphne’s Dive in “An Interview with Quiara Alegría Hudes” in The Interval (2016 May 17)
* I pretty much live in the details of them, and they teach me while I’m writing. I don’t come to it thinking, “I want this character to serve this function in the play.” I have a very inside out approach as opposed to outside in…
** On character writing in “An Interview with Quiara Alegría Hudes” in The Interval (2016 May 17)
* …As I was visualizing the play, before I even started writing it, I just imagined three characters and their lives happening, their stories happening, on top of each other. It just visually felt like a fugue to me. If you read music, you can picture a Bach fugue. You have one line and the line can come back inverted and they’ll be playing on top of each other and I was like, that’s cool. That feels like something to me. I also was excited about combining this Latin world and this very western music classics world…
** On her play Billy, A Soldier’s Fugue in “Quiara Alegría Hudes: Water by the Spoonful” in Guernica Magazine (2012 Jul 2)
* In Latino culture the idea of the border is very contemporary. It’s very much of our world, its politics are important to us. It’s also a part of our emotional relationship to the rest of our family in Puerto Rico, or wherever, and our own relationship to roots—the land of our roots—and where we are now…
** On the concept of the border in “Quiara Alegría Hudes: Water by the Spoonful” in Guernica Magazine (2012 Jul 2)
# RMS Titanic

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,514 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. She was the largest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage. One of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line, she was built between 1909–11 by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. She carried 2,208 people; 1,496 died in the sinking and 712 were saved.

## Sourced

* I cannot imagine any condition which would cause a [large] ship to founder. . . . Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that.
** The captain of The Titanic. Quoted in The Watchtower magazine, published by Jehovah's Witnesses, April 15, 1988.
* God himself could not sink this ship.
** A crew member of that vessel said to a passenger. Quoted in The Watchtower magazine, published by Jehovah's Witnesses, April 15, 1988.
* The Titanic sank about 2:20 a.m. April 15, 1912, according to the records. I saw it slide down into the ocean to its horrible finish. The moment it sank left a memory of something that haunts me till this day. It was the eerie sound of the people groaning and screaming frantically for help, as they were hurtled into the icy water. Almost all died from the cold water. The sounds lasted for about 45 minutes and then faded away.
** Louis Garrett, Titanic survivor. Quoted in Awake! magazine, October 22, 1981.
* In safety, . . . it was believed, the last word had been uttered in the construction of the ‘Titanic.”’
** New York Times, April 16, 1912.

### During the sinking

* Great God, man! Open the gate and let David klien through!
** A Night to Remember. This quote is sometimes given as:
** For God’s sake man, let the girls past to the boats, at least!
** James "Jim" Farrell to a crew member who was blocking a passageway. Farrell's actions saved the lives of four Irish women by allowing them to reach the lifeboats..
* Not damn likely.
** Second Officer Charles Lightoller after refusing a direct order from Chief Officer Wilde to enter a lifeboat..
* We have lived together for many years. Where you go, I go.
** Said by Ida Straus to her husband Isidor after she refused to board a lifeboat.
* If you will get to hell out of that, I shall be able to do something. Do you want me to lower away quickly? You will have me drown the whole lot of them.
** Fifth Officer Harold Lowe to J. Bruce Ismay, owner of the White Star Line, who had been repeating the order "Lower away!" to the men lowering Lifeboat No. 5. Said at the United States inquiry. Lowe hesitated to repeat his exact words, saying the language was "not very parliamentary". Ismay, who was present, suggested that Lowe write down the offending word and pass it to the chair of the proceedings, Senator William Alden Smith (R-MI), who consented to its being spoken aloud.

## Misattributed

* I asked for ice, but this is ridiculous.
** Said to have been said by Colonel John Jacob Astor, but for various reasons this attribution is spurious.
# R Krishnamurthy

R. Krishnamurthy (18 January 1933 – 4 March 2021) was a former editor of the Tamil daily Dinamalar and also a renowned Tamil script epigraphist and numismatist in India. The second son of Dinamalar founder, T. V. Ramasubbaiyer, he became editor of Dinamalar in 1977. In later years, he took a keen interest in studying various Tamil inscriptions of different periods, especially the ‘Vatteluttu' script. His interest in Tamil script epigraphy led him to numismatics.

## Quotes

* Quite a few coins clearly show a yagnakunda. That is mostly the case with the Pandyas’ coins, some of which also portray a yubastambha to which a horse is tied as part of the ashvamedha sacrifice. As the numismatist R. Krishnamurthy puts it, “The importance of Pandya coins of Vedic sacrifice series lies in the fact that these coins corroborate what we know from Sangam literature about the performance of Vedic sacrifices by a Pandya king of this age.”
** R. Krishnamurthy, Sangam Age Tamil Coins, p. 26.
** quoted in VEDIC ROOTS OF EARLY TAMIL CULTURE Michel Danino Written in 2001 and published in Saundaryashri: Studies of Indian History, Archaeology, Literature and Philosophy (Festschrift to Professor Anantha Adiga Sundara), P. Chenna Reddy, (ed.), Sharada Publishing House, New Delhi, 2009, pp. 19–30.
# RNA

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule. It is implicated in various biological roles in coding, decoding, regulation, and expression of genes. DNA and RNA are nucleic acids, and, along with proteins and carbohydrates, constitute the three major macromolecules essential for all known forms of life. Like DNA, RNA is assembled as a chain of nucleotides, but unlike DNA it is more often found in nature as a single-strand folded unto itself, rather than a paired double-strand. Cellular organisms use messenger RNA (mRNA) to convey genetic information (using the letters G, A, U, and C to denote the nitrogenous bases guanine, adenine, uracil and cytosine) that directs synthesis of specific proteins. Many viruses encode their genetic information using an RNA genome.

## Quotes

* A healthy, mature human being of normal intelligence may have upwards of 20 million RNA molecules [thought to serve as a ‘filing system’ for memory] in each neuron. . . . An RNA molecule made up of merely 25 links could have any one of a million billion different combinations, . . . In fact, every RNA molecule contains many hundreds of units—not merely 25.
** Isaac Asimov, The New York Times Magazine, October 9, 1966. Cited in Awake! magazine, in the article: Designed to Last Forever, 10/8 1970.
* There is no question, then, that RNA presents a filing system perfectly capable of handling any load of learning and memory which the human being is likely to put upon it—and a billion times more than that quantity, too.
** Isaac Asimov, The New York Times Magazine, October 9, 1966.

## See also

* DNA
# RSS

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* RSS (web feed)
* Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
# Ra

Ra may refer to:
* Carla Rueckert, American author
* Ra, Ancient Egyptian Sun god
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# RZA

Robert Fitzgerald Diggs (born July 5, 1969), better known by his stage name RZA, is an American rapper, record producer, musician, actor, filmmaker and author. A prominent figure in hip hop, RZA is the de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan. He has produced almost all of Wu-Tang Clan's albums as well as many Wu-Tang solo and affiliate projects. He has also released solo albums under the alter-ego Bobby Digital, along with executive producing credits for side projects.

## Quotes

* I tell you one thing I did used to like: the fish and chips. But I stopped eating fish this year. One day I just felt the death in it.
** "One of these men is God" by Roy Wilkinson, in Select, July 1997, p. 60.
* When you think about a better tomorrow, you think about veganism in the world. I don’t need a dead animal or dead piece of flesh to go into my live body. There’s nothing on this planet that doesn’t want to live. I had animals as friends, they were happy to see me in their own animal way. I’m quite sure they did not want to be on my plate. I think hip-hop has become more conscious about diet… You are what you eat, so if this cow who is stressed, dumbfounded, sick becomes your meal, when you eat it, you are eating that stress and sickness. You are eating that fear. My peers and people that are related to me appreciate the vegan lifestyle, it’s really spreading.
** From a PETA video (24 November 2014). Quoted in "Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA says he refuses to put ‘dead animals’ in his ‘live body’ in PETA advert", in NME.com (24 November 2014).
# Jemila Abdulai

Jemila Abdulai is a Ghanaian blogger, writer and digital marketer.

## Quotes

* Traditional media in Ghana has a reputation for being politicized, particularly during elections. That’s why social media initiatives like Ghana Decides are important. They offer a good balance for Ghanaians at home and abroad: non-partisan, factual, and issue based information, with none of the ‘politricks’.
** Mistrust elections? There’s an app for that, Loren Treisman (December 7, 2016)
# Jen Beattie

Jennifer Patricia Beattie MBE (born 13 May 1991) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Arsenal of the FA WSL and formerly the Scotland national team. Beattie is a tall, strong, right-footed player. Although typically a defender or midfielder, she is also an accomplished goalscorer. She is the daughter of former Scotland and British Lions rugby union player, John Beattie, and also joins Rachel Yankey and Izzy Christiansen to run a podcast on Sky Sports Football YouTube channel, 3 Players and A Podcast.

## Quotes

* I’ve always tried to eventually adopt a short-term memory. As athletes, you could do 100 things right in the game, but you’ll remember the one ball you gave away or the tackle you missed or the opportunity you didn’t see.
* You’re always going to remember the negative, but I think that’s what pushes you and that’s what gets you to the level you want to be at.
* It’s what happens next and how you react to it that matters more than the actual mistake.
* Playing in boys’ teams can be really difficult. It’s a test of your character. You have to push yourself out of comfort zones and try and view it as a challenge if it’s something that you really want to do.
* Performance ultimately doesn’t matter, it’s the human that comes first.
* I’m a big believer that if someone’s happy off the pitch, or has the least amount of stress in their life off of it, then that will help performance.
* Don’t go home and sit in the flat, go and get an education.
** Arsenal’s Jen Beattie: ‘The way the club stepped up and heard us was unreal’ by Suzanne Wrack. October 14, 2023. Retrieved 2023/11/28.
* I think self-doubt is probably what keeps me going, keeps me pushing myself, because I never think I’m at the right level. The minute I think I’m at that level, I’ll probably not get the job done. The way my head works is I always think I’m not as good and have to work harder.
** Arsenal’s Jen Beattie: ‘Getting an MBE threw up the most mixed emotions’ by Suzanne Wrack. June 30, 2023. Retrieved 2023/11/28.
* There’s no reset button quite like cancer.
* No matter how high or low you get, nothing is going to stay the same forever, so just ride it out and don’t get carried away.
* Everyone goes through hard stuff, but it’s important to check yourself, and reset if you can.
* And remember, no matter how bad you feel, nothing lasts forever.
** This Too Shall Pass by The Players’ Tribune. March 8, 2022. Retrieved 2023/11/28.
* I feel like it’s moments like these or times like these where you realise why you play sport. It really is like being part of a family away from family.
** Jen Beattie opens up on breast cancer diagnosis by Tim Stillman. December 12, 2020. Retrieved 2023/11/28.
# Jen Wang

Jen Wang is an Asian American cartoonist, writer and illustrator.

## Quotes

* I wrote this book for my teenage self, so it’s all about themes that were important to my young self: questioning your identity and gender, but also your creative aspirations and the person you want to be.
** On her graphic novel The Prince and the Dressmaker in “Exclusive Interview & Graphic Novel Excerpt: Jen Wang’s The Prince and the Dressmaker” in Bookish (2018 Feb 8)
* Frances and Sebastian accept each other right from the get go, and the world the characters live in is one that is willing to change. I think you buy it because it’s wrapped in this fairy tale theme and playing off these Disney Princess movie tropes. It would be a lot harder if I went for a strict historical theme.
** On how gender identity and other themes are addressed in The Prince and the Dressmaker in “INTERVIEW WITH JEN WANG, AUTHOR AND ARTIST OF THE PRINCE AND THE DRESSMAKER” in BookRiot (2018 Feb 6)
* I come up with a concept and might doodle a little bit to get some ideas flowing, but I mostly write and take notes. I write an outline. In a way, I feel like I can make the art fit the story that needs to be told, so I start with the story first.
** On her creation process in “Q & A with Jen Wang” in Publishers Weekly (2019 Sep 12)
* By the time I get to coloring it’s usually the last step and I’m a little creatively tapped out. So I don’t spend a ton of time building a concept for the coloring, but I do love seeing things take final form. A lot of it is thinking about the scene, what the mood is, and how to light it. By that point I’ve spent enough time with the book I already know what I want to achieve when I get to it.
** On putting the final touches to her images in “The Prince and the Dressmaker’s Jen Wang Talks High-School Habits, Sensitive Storytelling & Her Favorite Princesses” in Paste Magazine (2018 Feb 13)
# Jena Powell

Jena Powell (December 25, 1993 –) is an American politician who has served in the Ohio House of Representatives from the 80th district.

## Quotes

* When I first started running there were some comments regarding my age, but at the end of the day what I always tell people is, this is what I believe, this is where I stand and this is what I’ll do to fight for you.
** One of the youngest serving Republicans on her 'fight for the American dream' (7 June 2019)
* As a woman legislator in our state, I believe it is crucial that we move forward on pro-life issues. I’m very, very passionate; I’m actually one of seven children. I’ve grown up in a household that protects life, and understands that abortion is wrong. And so for me, being in the legislature, it was exciting to start working on crucial pieces of legislation.
** New Ohio ‘2363 Act’ will protect preborn children from abortion at fertilization (2 November 2021)
# Jemima Osunde

Jemima Osunde (born 30 April 1996) is a Nigerian actress, model, and presenter. She gained exposure after playing Leila in the television series Shuga. Osunde was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 15th Africa Movie Academy Awards for her performance in The Delivery Boy (2018).

## Quotes

* I am a Woman. I have dreams and ambitions. I have goals and aspirations. I have a PLAN for my life and the only thing that can stop me 2019/03/29
# Obaro Ikime

Prof. Obaro Ikime (30 December 1936 – 25 April 2023) was a Nigerian historian. He was a published author. Obaro served as a president of the Historical Society of Nigeria. He also served as a priest at the Anglican Church in Nigeria.

## Quotes
### Can Anything Good Come Out of History? (2018)

* The title of this book tells the reader the reason for publishing it…. The aim is, as it were, to prepare the reader to seek to answer the question which constitutes the main title of the book
** Page 1
* I was taught that Mungo Park discovered River Niger; that it was the Lander Brothers who discovered what is today the Niger Delta….But the River Niger existed long before Mungo Park saw it!!! How then could he have discovered what already existed? Mungo Park did not discover the River Niger! He was the first European to see what he described as the Majestic Niger to write about it. And because he wrote about it, it became part of human history. The River Niger acquired an identity which it did not have before
** Page 11
* there are ministers who have never read any history of the country over whose affairs they now preside
** Page 95
* Nigeria has not, thus far, evolved a national political culture. There really is nothing which the holder of political office is forbidden to do! A minister forced to resign from office for corruption can win a landslide victory at a subsequent election. He can, when he dies, receive a state funeral! A military officer found to have abused his office as a governor and consequently stripped of his rank, can contest and win elections as a civilian governor and subsequently becomes an appointee of a Federal Military Government. An executive President can be removed from office by the military because of the corruption of his regime; and yet be absolved of all blame for the corruption of that regime. Hail Nigeria, Africa’s giant!
** Page 156
* Indeed our people expect that if their son is a minister, he should steal enough to distribute to them! If he is caught, they know that nothing will happen to him any way – so are they all thieves
** Page 157
* The point that has to be made is that nowhere in the world has democracy been installed as a way of life and a system of government without some people, some groups, paying a price for it. Ask Beko Ransome-Kuti. Ask Gani Fawehinmi. Ask the members of the Committee for Democracy (CD). Democracy will not become a way of life in Nigeria until more and more people are ready to pay a price
** Page 207
* Nigeria is [a] multi-ethnic nation – a common wealth of separate nations almost
** Chapter 5
# Obafemi Martins

Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins (born October 28, 1984) is a Nigerian soccer player who plays as a striker for the Nigerian national team, and for the MLS club Seattle Sounders FC.

## Quotes

* Things have taken time to get used to, the weather's not great and people seem to drink beer all the time, but there’s nowhere I’d rather be playing.
** Martins on settling in Newcastle. Obafemi is a real shooting star. The Sun (August 8, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-18.
* I am happy at Newcastle. I love the city and the people. Our fans are the best in the world. Even if we are losing or not playing well there are still 52,000 backing us and I respect that.
** On life at Newcastle. Martins: Best is yet to come. Sky Sports (April 22, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-04-22.
also he grew up in orile, lagos Nigeria

## About Obafemi Martins

* When you look at Obafemi Martins, in my eyes he is one of the best strikers at the moment in this league and maybe Europe as well. He is flexible, he is fast, he can shoot with both feet and he is a good header of the ball.
** Louis van Gaal, the Dutch football manager. Van Gaal Rates Martins. Sporting Life (March 8, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
# Obafemi Awolowo

Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo (Yoruba: Ọbafẹ́mi Oyèníyì Awólọ́wọ̀; 6 March 1909 – 9 May 1987) was a Nigerian nationalist and statesman who played a key role in Nigeria's independence movement, the First and Second Republics and the Civil War. The son of a Yoruba farmer, he was one of the truly self-made men among his contemporaries in Nigeria.

## Quotes

* Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression. There are no 'Nigerians' in the same sense as there are 'English,' 'Welsh,' or 'French'. The word 'Nigerian' is merely a distinctive appellation to distinguish those who live within the boundaries of Nigeria and those who do not.
** Path to Nigerian Freedom (1947), as quoted by Martin Meredith, The State of Africa: A History of the Continent Since Independence (2011).
* If the Eastern Region is allowed by acts of omission or commission to secede from or opt out of Nigeria, then the Western Region and Lagos must also stay out of the Federation.
** Chief Awolowo's Speech to Western leaders of thought In Ibadan, May 1 1967, as quoted by Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo, ' (1967).

## External links

Encyclopedic article on Obafemi Awolowo on Wikipedia
# Obfuscation

Obfuscation is the obscuring of intended meaning in communication, making a message confusing, willfully ambiguous, or harder to understand.

## Quotes

* That the sacred name of religion which sounds nothing but sanctity, peace and integrity should be so universally abused to patronize ambition, impiety and contention! And that what is our highest interest perfectly to understand, should (for reasons afterward to be laid open) both be maintained to be obscure, and very industriously made so!
** John Toland, Christianity not Mysterious (1696)

## See also

* Clarity