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# Leila Ben Ali

Leïla Ben Ali (born 24 October 1956) is the wife of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

## Sourced

* I don't involve myself in politics, my daily life is devoted to charity and social work. Apart from that I help my loved ones to live better, that's true. I never wanted to harm anyone. I deplore the fact that people have forgotten that for 23 years their lives improved greatly … and Tunisia became a modern country. I hope that my compatriots will render me justice by remembering the journey we undertook together. I hope that in the twilight of my life I will retain my honour.
** 1 July, 2012.
* We were certainly aware that our country was going through a difficult time.
* Dogs howled, sensing the drama. Without Seriati(General), the president would never have left the country, it was a coup d’état … helped by secret outside influences.
** 23 June, 2012. Ben Ali’s wife blames general for Tunisia ‘coup d’état’

## Quotes about Leila Ben Ali

* Corruption in Tunisia is getting worse. Whether it's cash, services, land, property, or yes, even your yacht, President Ben Ali's family is rumored to covet it and reportedly gets what it wants.
** Wikileaks, May 2011. What WikiLeaks revealed about Leila Ben Ali's excesses in Tunisia
* The Moroccan state needs to have skin in the game to de-risk their investments in Morocco and the region.
* We need to make sure that we inject more investment into the grid, so that while we are pushing one major project, we are simultaneously pushing and strengthening the rest of the network.
* The world has been living through multiple energy transitions and in the 21stcentury these transitions are shorter in time.
* We want to ensure that this value-added proposition of being the only corridor between West Africa, the Atlantic Basin, Asia and the European market is strengthened.
# Lariba Abudu

Lariba Zuweira Abudu (born 12 May 1966) is a Ghanaian politician, and the deputy chief executive officer of the Northern Development Authority since 2018.

## Quotes

* Daily, we hear and read about these abuses, however, only a few come to light through reporting to the appropriate quarters either because they do not know where to go and what services are available for them .
** https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/gender-minister-urges-women-girls-to-speak-up-on-gender-based-violence.html
* I’m not aware. Do you normally believe all those stories? I’m dealing with 30,860 caterers. How do I know their party affiliations? I sit here, and some ladies come to me with problems, and I know they are known National Democratic Congress members. It’s not true. This programme was advertised. You apply, we shortlist you, we make you go through medicals, and then we hire you and give you a contract of two years.
** https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/local/all-the-school-feeding-caterers-are-not-npp-members-gender-minister/klww4qe
* We have also increased the feeding rate per pupil and continually working with key stakeholders to ensure effective service delivery.
** https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/ghana-news-govt-committed-to-strengthening-social-protection-gender-ministry.html
* We are happy that the Bill has transcended from cabinet to parliament and I thank everyone who has made it possible
** https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/ghana-news-affirmative-action-bill-submitted-to-parliament-again.html
* You know, we need to embrace Peace. Seven months down the lane, we have been traumatized [by] the consequences. So, it’s better at least. We give it a chance.”
* I had the opportunity to represent them and if somebody is coming or I’m going again and there are issues, at least, I’m very mature. I should know where when and why I’m doing this. So, I’ve decided that I won’t go again.”
* don’t say that. Stepping down means you don’t have a good relationship with somebody?”
# Kemi Adeosun

Kemi Adeosun (born 9 March 1957) is the former finance minister of Nigeria who was in office between 11 November 2015 to 14 September 2018. She is also the former chairman of the Board of African Export-mport Bank.

## Quotes

* Investing in infrastructure is key. If we can create a revenue base outside oil, we will be less exposed to the volatility of crude prices.
** Kemi Adeosun interview with oxford business group.
* The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is doing a great job in this regard already. It is all about data and bringing people and companies into the formal sector. Firms that operate under the radar can easily avoid tax. The government is doing basic things to expedite this process, such as scanning all business cards we receive and sending them to FIRS. If a company comes looking for payment from the government to implement a project, we check them before any money is released. At the beginning of the administration’s term, we found that some firms, such as fuel marketers, were receiving subsidies from the government but were not registered for tax. By increasing the flow of information and following up on such cases, we will quickly expand the tax base.
** Kemi Adeosun interview with oxford business group.
* "There are two solutions to unemployment, one is a job and the other is entrepreneurship...We need to increase 'made in Nigeria'. Even me. We all need to buy 'made in Nigeria'! Eat 'made in Nigeria'! Drink 'made in Nigeria'!"
** Speaking on unemployment challenges in Nigeria.
* "If you keep on working and you don't tell people what you are doing, they lose confidence."
** Kemi explains how the government needs to report to its people and let them know what they are doing.
* "If we just feed ourselves rather than import foods, we will create jobs! We will create wealth!"
** Kemi speaking on diversifying Nigeria's economy.
* Public service is hard work, not about seeking glory.
* when you add the enabling infrastructure, the work being done on ease of doing business with the natural talent and entrepreneurism of our people, it is easy to become very optimistic about our long term future.
* There is no theory of economics that suggests that an economy can grow doing what we have been doing.
* When there are no limits and boundaries on the application of public funds, an economy cannot grow.
* When you allow people to steal brazenly, there is no text book theory needed to tell you there is a need to enhance controls and reporting or you will have problems.
* I think every country has to work out its own model because the old global consensus is over.
# Halima Hassan Tukur

Halima Hassan Tukur is a Nigerian politician.

## Quotes

* Women have shown commitments and have the capacity to deliver dividends of democracy to the people but they have not taken their rightful places in politics and governance but with support of their husbands and mentors, they would be able to attain their aspirations.
** Former Reps Member, Halima Tukur Urges Women To Be Resilient, Focused, This Day, 2021.
* believe that when you put yourself a hundred percent to something and you commit to it the universe is going to serve you.
* I want to tell them to start with what they have and where they are.
* I want to be an employer of labour and control my resources and destiny rather than depend on anyone for my progress.
# Beni Lar

Beni Lar (born August 12, 1967) is a politician of the People's Democratic Party from Plateau State, Nigeria. She's a member of the Nigeria Federal House of Representatives from Langtang North, Langtang South federal Constituency of Plateau State. She was first elected to the house in 2007 and in 2019 she was re-elected to a fourth term in the house.

## Quotes

* Nigerians need to have the spirit of nationhood that our fathers and forefathers had. Whether you are Ibo, Hausa, Yoruba, Tiv, Ijaw, Igala or Berom we have to be tolerant of one another.
** Her opinion in an interview
* Let our women join the league of women from other parts of the world.Let us give our women a voice; let’s empower our women politically and economically.
** Her opinion in an interview
* The several quantum leaps in the advancement of science and technology are leaning towards renewable and more climate-friendly energy sources should alarm leaders in the Nigerian project particularly the ECN as the future of fossil fuel looks very bleak.
** Her opinion in an interview
* The impact you make in your constituency affects the lives of voters.
* I want to say that whenever people call you to run for any position, you should first listen to the voice of God and your inner voice.
# Nadia Zakhary

Nadia Zakhary was the Egyptian minister of scientific research between August 2012 and 2013. She was part of the Qandil Cabinet and one of the independent ministers in the cabinet. She was the only member in the cabinet who is a member of the Coptic Christian group, representing about 10% of the population.

## Quotes

* Egyptian people are much more successful than Israelis with doing scientific research and using their intelligences, however, we are not as lucky as Israelis in terms of financial circumstances.
* The budget will be reduced next year, after the majority of this year’s was returned unspent.
* To take advantage of scientific research in order to safeguard health and the environment in the slums, in addition to using sociological research to promote principles and ethics.
* The projects falling under the scope of the initiative will include collecting used cooking oil and converting it to diesel fuel, as well as helping to select technologies that produce products that can be easily marketed locally or exported. This can be achieved while preserving the environment and water resources, and entrenching new concepts about rationalizing the consumption of water and energy in its various forms.
* The initiative took advantage of social funds to provide financial support and services to support the development and growth in these areas, as well as helping to complete the required paperwork to carry out these activities.
* The first topic of focus for the initiative is women’s issues, namely working to educate women and spread awareness on health issues such as prevention and early detection of cancerous tumors — including breast cancer — in addition to treatment methods.
* That the initiative will address garbage, including the management of solid waste and how to protect humans, animals and the surrounding environment. It will also provide job opportunities for youths, and will coordinate with the Ministry of Scientific Research to develop ideas.
# Khadija Abba Ibrahim

Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim (born 6 January 1967) is a Nigerian politician and was All Progressives Congress member of the House of Representatives for Damaturu, Gujba, Gulani, and Tarmuwa (in Yobe State). In 2016, she was appointed as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs by President Muhammadu Buhari.

## Quotes

* My name is Khadija Waziri Bukar Ibrahim, I represent Damaturu, Tarmuwa, Gujiba, Gulani federal constituency from Yobe State. Mr Speaker, honorable colleagues, this indeed is an indispensible budget. I want to first and foremost commend the enthusiam of Mr. President, for representing the renewed hope. A budget which will go further like ever before in cementing micro economic stability, reducing deficitä, increasing capital spending and allocation to reflect the eight priority areas of the administration...
** Hon Bukar Abba Ibrahim: 2024 Budget consideration 7th December 2023 (Youtube).
* we can take male chauvinism out of our minds, a lot of things will work out positively for women in this country.
* We must not be taken as enemies of progress. We should be taken as friends of progress…whatever the situation, we must be seen to also have the guts and will power to see that we try and contest for such leadership elections.
* It will make our women folk proud that indeed a woman tried – a woman participated in the process of choosing leaders of both houses.
* We must ensure there is no crack where lizards and other reptiles can enter and spoil our relationship between the different factions, religions, parties and cultures and so on.
* We should consider our country first because it is hugely diverse in culture, religion and any aspect of society you are thinking about.
* We should not allow people to take advantage of the crack in the wall.
# Mario Aurelio Poli

Mario Aurelio Poli (29 November 1947–) is an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Santa Rosa and as the archbishop of Buenos Aires.

## Quotes

* Make your hearts tender so that the grace the God of life abundantly grants us will drench you, and you will experience his salvation. Make your hearts tender so that you will not be indifferent to the pain or suffering of anyone.
** Cardinal calls on faithful to have tender hearts during Lent (5 March 2014)
# Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!

See also: Devo at Wikiquote.
# Kevin Cramer

Kevin John Cramer (born January 21, 1961) is an American politician who has served as the junior United States senator for North Dakota since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he represented North Dakota's at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019.

## Quotes

* Doug has done more for Indian relations in North Dakota than any governor in my lifetime, for sure, and maybe ever.
** North Dakota tribal leaders view Burgum as an ally in Interior, energy role(MARY STEURER ND Monitor 10 hrs ago)
# Al-Hariri of Basra

Abū Muhammad al-Qāsim ibn Alī ibn Muhammad ibn Uthmān al-Harīrī (1054– 9 September 1122) was an Arab poet, scholar of the Arabic language and a high government official of the Seljuk Empire.

## Quotes
### Poetry
#### Serugium

My native soil's Serugium, Where flows the stream of happiness. The produce there of high esteem: The mart of plenty justly nam'd. The waters exquisitely sweet: Like those that spring from paradise. The deserts to the eye appear, Like verdant meadows beautiful. Th'inhabitants and houses shine, Like stars and starry mansions bright. The air they breath delicious smells: The prospect pleasing, large and wide. The highest hills are strew'd with flow'rs, When once the sun dissolves the snow. Visit Serugium - you'll see The feat of this world's paradise.
       Maqamat of al-Hariri, translated by Leonard Chappelow, p. 17

#### Response to a stranger's request

* Thou'rt not the first night-wand'rer, Deceive'd by treach'rous moon-light: Nor the first starv'd Purveyor, Pleas'd with the spacious surface Of dunghill's outward verdure, The greedy eye attracting: When all within is nauseous. In choosing a companion, Thy choice, I find, directs thee To one of diff'rent aspect; For I am like old Moaid, Deform'd in ev'ry member. Hear then what I shall dictate; But let thine eye not see me; For prejudice will frustrate The wisest, best instructions.
** Maqamat of al-Hariri, translated by Leonard Chappelow

## External links

* Leonard Chappelow: Six Assemblies, English translation of Maqamat of al-Hariri, Cambridge, 1767
# Linda Goodman

Linda Goodman (April 9, 1925 – March 21, 1995) was an astrologer and author.

## Quotes
### Linda Goodman's Sun Signs (1968)

    All page numbers from the edition published by Taplinger in New York in 1968, 12th printing
* It's important to mention here the still unseen planet Vulcan, the true ruler of Virgo, since its discovery is said to be imminent.
** How to recognize Virgo (pp. 231–232)
* Many astrologers feel that Vulcan, the planet of thunder, will become visible through telescopes within a few years.
** How to recognize Virgo (p. 232)
* Alone among the sciences, astrology has spanned the centuries, and made the journey intact. We shouldn't be suurprised that it remains by us, unchanged by time—because astrology is truth—and truth is eternal.
** Afterword (p. 539)
# Catherine M. Abate

Catherine M. Abate (December 8, 1947 – May 17, 2014) was a New York State Senator. She was also a former commissioner of New York City's Correction Department.

## Quotes

* I don’t want to believe them, I just don’t want to believe them
* These are still allegations, I can’t prove or disprove them. I’ll never know the truth. The allegations don’t describe the father I knew.
* I’m flattered that people are thinking about me in that position [borough president], but I like what I’m doing
* What’s strange is I never told anyone I was interested in the job. In the last six months not a week goes by without someone asking me if I’m running. I ask them, ‘Where did you hear this?’
* There are a lot of very good people running for this position,
* I’m not throwing my hat into that ring.
* If Robert Morganthau ever decided not to run again, that is something I would look at
* I’m not considering running against him. Only if there’s a vacancy. I think he’s saying he’s running — so we could be talking 2009.
# Sidney Drell

Sidney David Drell (September 13, 1926 – December 21, 2016) was an American theoretical physicist and arms control expert. He is a professor emeritus at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) and a fellow at the Hoover Institution. Drell is a noted contributor in the field of quantum electrodynamics and particle physics.

## Quotes

* Science knows no boundaries, and efforts to create barriers – whether to keep new ideas within or to prevent new ones from entering from the outside – have universally proved harmful to progress.
** in a tribute to Andrei Sakharov, Address at the National Academy of Science, November 13, 1988
# Jacob Lawrence

Jacob Armstead Lawrence (September 7, 1917–June 9, 2000) was an African-American painter.

## Quotes

* I try to point out to them there's less chance of your becoming just illustrative when you become involved with the plastic elements of painting. So in short this is how I try to adapt it to teaching. You don't see a head as a head, but you see it as a form and as a shape. And you can work as realistically as you care to. But if you just see these things for what they are the chances are you will become more illustrative and you will never develop from this, you know; move out from this…
** On how he defines “illustrative” artwork in “Oral history interview with Jacob Lawrence, 1968 October 26” (Smithsonian Archive of American Art)
* …My early beginnings, as most Negroes in the United States, has been the Negro experience. This is all I knew at one time was the Negro experience. My whole background, Negro family, Negro community, everything was Negro. So I think it was natural that I would use this symbol for my expression, you see…
** On using Black subject matters in “Oral history interview with Jacob Lawrence, 1968 October 26” (Smithsonian Archive of American Art)
* ‘The migrants kept coming’ is a refrain of triumph over adversity. If it rings true for you today, then it must still strike a chord in our American experience.
** On the Great Migration of African Americans in “Jacob Lawrence on How to be an Artist” in Artsy (2019 Jul 24)
* When the subject is strong, simplicity is the only way to treat it.
** On his philosophy regarding art subjects in “Jacob Lawrence on How to be an Artist” in Artsy (2019 Jul 24)

## External links

* "Jacob Lawrence", Queens Museum of Art website; includes reproductions of several prints from the John Brown series.
* The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation website, works at Phillips Collection
* Interactive website about Jacob Lawrence's life and work.
* Jacob Lawrence, Interior Scene (click on picture for larger image), Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
* Jacob Lawrence Information and Artwork at Woodside Braseth Gallery, Seattle
# Dawn Richard

Dawn Angeliqué Richard, known professionally as Dawn Richard or D∆WN (born August 5, 1983), is an American singer-songwriter, actress and animator.

## Quotes

* I've been vegan for about a year now … It’s more than just food, it’s a lifestyle, and so my whole life has changed, I get up earlier, I wanna exercise, I feel better, my skin feels better. And these are things I didn’t even know coming from the South, coming from New Orleans — a girl who needs crawfish and gumbo, you know, you never would think that you would need avocados instead, and now I'm kind of an avocado junkie. … People are forgetting that it starts with the animals and we have misused them as if they are not like us.
** “Body by Vegan—The Stunning D△wn,” video interview with PETA (22 July 2015).
* Animals don’t have the ability to say how much pain they’re in or tell you not to rip their skin off for your ability to wear something. … Really get into the process of seeing what you’re putting not only inside your body, but outside, too.
** “D△WN Poses Naked in Graphic Anti-Leather Ad,” video interview with PETA (27 September 2017).
# Eddie See Yew Lee

Eddie See Yew Lee (Traditional and simplified Chinese: 徐有利, 23 November 1965 - ), also known as Eddie See or See Yew Lee, is a Malaysian Chinese comic artist from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

## Quotes
### Gemeilia: Kokko & May

* "Many people ask me what it takes to become a successful comic artist. I don’t want to go into a lengthy discussion here, so I will simply list three answers: talent, learning, and persistence."
** Yew Lee's Notes from Kokko & May: Tsunami.
* "Let me answer this question. You wanna run away from home at such a young age? That's so dangerous! Such a silliest act! Everyone should never have such a stupid idea!"
** Bridge of Family from Kokko & May: Hungry Ghost Festival.
* "First of all, it is a fact that this is just a comic book, not a personal diary. A diary records and displays a person's growth and changes in life, whereas a comic book is just a recreational reading material, and also the characters are merely fictional."
* "It's not easy for a children's comic series to last for 20 years! I'm very satisfied with it. My current mindset is having a relaxed life, crafting creations freely, and do whatever I like."
* "The most frightening thing is lacking of inspiration! It feels painful and suffering to experience an artblock!"
** Comic story from Kokko & May: The 200th.

## References

* ↑ See, Eddie (2005) (in Chinese). Kokko & May: Tsunami. Malaysia. ISBN 9832564352.
* ↑ See, Eddie (2007) (in Chinese). Kokko & May: Hungry Ghost Festival. Malaysia. ISBN 9771823458002 Invalid ISBN.
* ↑ See, Eddie (2023) (in Chinese). Kokko & May: The 200th. Malaysia. ISBN 9789670039237.
# Ewaldus Martinus Sedu

Ewaldus Martinus Sedu (30 July 1963 –) is an Indonesian prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Maumere.

## Quotes

* I can't believe I've been appointed a bishop. This is a major responsibility for me.
** Vatican appoints two new bishops for Indonesia (16 July 2018) Union of Asian Catholic News
* Our local Church today is a missionary Church. We have over 500 priests and religious sent as missionaries to Indonesia and the world. We are a Church blessed by the Lord with many vocations to priestly and consecrated life. But the cradle of these vocations is the family: our Catholic families live faith with devotion and profoundness, they approach the Sacraments, they practice charity. This is the environment where the seed of God's call can sprout.
** The Bishop in Flores: "The boom in vocations arises from faith lived in the family" (13 June 2019) Fides News Agency