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"Many people love to offer advice and change many things about their life, but for me I’d just say, “stay the course”. I’d not change anything because every setback you experience always serves a purpose. I honestly don’t feel that had I started the sport earlier or maybe gone to a different university is something I desire. I love the path I walked down, so I would tell myself to hang in there and stay the course"

"Of course, when I was younger I made mistakes. We all do. As guys we are slow to mature and I did some stupid things. At Howard University I performed well as a hurdler. I won races and conference championships but at homecoming time I decided to hang out with friends and I missed two practises in my sophomore year. My coach was furious and kicked me off the team only for a colleague to talk him out of it and give me a two-meet suspension instead"

"The suspension actually ran from October through to January because I was waiting to serve the two-meet ban. I was sat on the bus in street clothes fetching snacks for the team. It was embarrassing. To me, this was a huge wake-up call and made me realise how close I’d been to letting everything slip and returning back to Denver to live in my mom’s basement. It was a reminder of how fleeting your career can be and as my coach reminded me - Howard University was here way before me and would be here way after me – and I have only the interim period to leave a legacy"

"I would also say I have no regrets or advice to give because if you have never been through setbacks, how does that teach resilience? Going through challenges teaches you coping strategies fo the future"

"4. infos.cd, Speech by Christelle Vuanga Mukongo, January 16, 2025, infos.cd"

"Nor can the violation of the Great Church be listened to with equanimity. For the sacred altar, formed of all kinds of precious materials and admired by the whole world, was broken into bits and distributed among the soldiers, as was all the other sacred wealth of so great and infinite splendor. [...] Nay more, a certain harlot, a sharer in their guilt, a minister of the furies, a servant of the demons, a worker of incantations and poisonings, insulting Christ, sat in the patriarch's seat, singing an obscene song and dancing frequently."

"No one was without a share in the grief. In the alleys, in the streets, in the temples, complaints, weeping, lamentations, grief, the groaning of men, the shrieks of women, wounds, rape, captivity, the separation of those most closely united. Nobles wandered about ignominiously, those of venerable age in tears, the rich in poverty. Thus it was in the streets, on the corners, in the temple, in the dens, for no place remained unassailed or defended the suppliants. All places everywhere were filled full of all kinds of crime. Oh, immortal God, how great the afflictions of the men, how great the distress!"

"Τὸ δὲ τὴν πόλιν σοὶ δοῦναι οὔτ' ἐμὸν ἐστίν οὔτ' ἄλλου τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν ταύτῃ• κοινῇ γὰρ γνώμῃ πάντες αὐτοπροαιρέτως άποθανοῦμεν καὶ οὐ φεισόμεθα τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν."

"God forbid that I should live an Emperor without an Empire. As my city falls, I will fall with it."

"Whoever wishes to escape, let him save himself if he can; and whoever is ready to face death, let him follow me!"

"The city is fallen and I am still alive."

"Ја кажем и молим Господа да буде хришћанима помоћник, а ја нека будем први међу мртвима у овом рату."

"Commoners shall have no council. If anybody is found participating in council, let his ears be cut off, and let the leaders be singed."

"Any poor woman Unable to litigate Or defend herself Shall choose an attorney Who shall speak on her behalf.The poorest hemp-spinstress Shall be as free as a priest."

"Articles like the ones just cited [Article 158] are also valuable sources on Serbian social history. However, they must be used with caution. For a series of laws is not the same type of source as a visitor's description of a society. A law code does not describe how things actually functioned but only how they ought to have functioned. In some cases articles may have been based on customary laws; in such cases the articles' contents were probably generally observed or practiced and thus can be taken as evidence about actual practices and conditions. However, an article could also reflect an innovation, a reform the ruler was trying to bring about through legislation. In this case it would not have reflected existing customs and we must then ask, was the ruler successful in realizing his reform or did it remain a dead letter? Thus a law code may at times more accurately depict an ideal than reality. And since certain—perhaps many—articles in Dusan's code may have been attempts to legislate change, attempts which may or may not have been successful (and even if successful in one place, possibly not in others), we must always be careful and avoid leaping to the conclusion that this or that article describes the way things were done in fourteenth-century Serbia."

"[S]ome learned writers...have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram...because as the sting of the Scorpion lyeth in the tayle, so the force and vertue of an Epigram is in the conclusion."

"He was a man passionately devoted to letters, and somewhat vehement in character. At the conclave of 1758, he was on the point of being elected Pope: he had obtained eighteen votes; but the fears inspired by the inequality of his temper caused him to be set aside."

"His character was impetuous and haughty, especially towards the Romans."

"It is not sufficient to say, as the FARC do, that kidnapping does not involve civilians but aim at police and soldiers: they are also citizens, fathers, men who are providing a service to the nation. Any hope of peace is buried. If they truly have valid proposals to govern a country as difficult as ours, then they must enter into a context of democratic politics and participate in elections."

"Ἐσμὲν γὰρ οὖν... Ἕλληνες τὸ γένος, ὡς ἥ τε φωνὴ καὶ ἡ πάτριος παιδεία μαρτυρεῖ."

"When most physicians are asked about the realm of biosecurity, they often are able to discuss the subject in broad strokes that include concepts such as bioterrorism, , and s. However, the restriction of knowledge of biosecurity solely to these components does not make the concept adequately concrete; consequently, biosecurity remains a floating abstraction with no firm tie to reality, constraining the ability of physicians to fully converse with government policy makers and the public on this vital national security matter. Biosecurity in the Global Age: Biological Weapons, Public Health, and the Rule of Law, by internationally renowned law professors and David Fidler, provides an opportunity to develop a robust understanding of biosecurity and its role in national and international policy."

"A leaflet drops through your letter box advising on ways to avoid contracting and spreading . Your bag is searched as you enter a country on the start of your holiday — and there's a fine of $200 for an undeclared apple. You drive across a disinfectant mat on a visit to a local farm. You call the council for advice on the spreading from your neighbour's garden. You switch to eating after reading about the role of industrial farming in the production of risk. You shudder as you remember the smell of . In many different ways you may have encountered events, practices, procedures, narratives and knowledges contained within the complex issue of ‘biosecurity’."

"The secure and continuous production of and are key to U.S. national security. The introduction of foreign-origin or emerging animal, plant, and human diseases by intentional acts of , terrorism, , or criminal activity can lead to severe consequences for domestic and international s, the economic security of the agricultural community, and food security, and the credibility of responsible state and federal agencies. Early public, animal, plant health, law enforcement, and intelligence assessments and investigations of suspected or confirmed intentional threats are critical additions to existing interagency prevention, response, and management protocols. Forensic microbiology, a multidisciplinary science, is essential to the nation's readiness for responding to a potentially criminal, intentional, or otherwise nefarious incident in the agricultural sector (plant or animal), and of eventual supporting attribution and the prosecution of the perpetrators."

"In a strict sense, biosecurity involves issues dealing directly with s and s, such as prevention of emergence, loss, accidents, theft, or use, and remediation after pathogenic damage. It addresses procedures and practices to help ensure that s and relevant sensitive information remain secure and out of the hands of terrorists. But we have to be practical. We inevitably pay a price for security."

"The street has no order or temperament."

"The Washington and Doha agreements for eastern DRC are not respected by either the M23 or Kigali."

"Peace and development cannot be based solely on good intentions. They must be built on responsibility, clear commitments, measurable deadlines, and consequences for non-compliance."

"L’engagement des jeunes est au cœur de tout développement durable. Ils sont les leaders de demain, et c’est à nous de leur offrir des espaces de participation, d’écoute et de responsabilité."

"Emmy Noether proved two deep theorems, and their converses, on the connection between and s. Because these theorems are not in the mainstream of her scholarly work, which was the development of modern abstract algebra, it is of some historical interest to examine how she came to make these discoveries. The present paper is an historical account of the circumstances in which she discovered and proved these theorems which physicists refer to collectively as . The work was done soon after . The failure of local energy conservation in the general theory was a problem that concerned people at that time, among them David Hilbert, Felix Klein, and Albert Einstein. Noether's theorems solved this problem. With her characteristically deep insight and thorough analysis, in solving that problem she discovered very general theorems that have profoundly influenced modern physics."

"I can tell you, 13 companies have submitted bids — some of them international — and the procurement process is already underway."

"Setsoto, in Sesotho, translates to a beautiful thing."

"We want a stadium that is truly Setsoto."

"It won’t happen in one or two years ."

"Setsoto will cost a lot of money, and we want to begin with it."

"Sports empower the youth and promote peace as well as to foster cultural exchange within the Commonwealth."

"I appealed to the two ministers calling for prospecting to be done in the area but they shut the door in my face. All of sudden the government is claiming a mine will be opened in the area."

"Successive congress and ABC governments have left a bad legacy. I’m surprised to see the government coming to this area now saying that they will establish diamond mines in Koalabata."

"Please don’t be fooled by their lies. If there will be a mine, it will be opened by (BAP leader) Professor (Nqosa) Mahao when he becomes prime minister after next month’s elections."

"I call on you people of Mabote, Khubetsoana, Motimposo and Mokhethoaneng constituencies to be vigilant. We’ve been working hard to rid ourselves of problems created by congress governments since 2007 and we’re still on that journey. We are yet to attain the freedom we have been seeking,"

"Then [[NAomi (biblical figure)|Naomi## said to her two daughters-in-law: Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home. May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me. May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.”"

"This year’s theme is exceptional as it comes at a time when Lesotho is working towards changing the status of economy through the construction of Polihali Dam, irrigation farming project funded by World Bank under the Competitive and Financial Inclusion (CAFI) project in Lesotho and the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Compact II, where the workers will work in open areas and encounter impacts of climate change."

"Together we can bring safety, health and workplaces that are safe."

"In this day and age, suspects continue to be tortured and forced to eat their faeces by police officers."

"Equipping police officers with relevant skills for investigating crimes is long over-due."

"I have a first-hand experience of appalling treatment by the police. It is despicable to say the least. It is wrong for the police to force suspects to eat their faeces or burn them with a hot spade. I suspect that they resort to these brutal tactics due to lack of proper investigative skills."

"In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there."

"I won uncontested."

"My parents were staunch supporters of the congress movement so I followed them."

"This frustrated my efforts to further my studies because I was always on the run."

"I could dance triumphantly like a warrior in a war. At the time, I was dancing to BCP songs with the likes of Mootsi Lehata. Lehata was still young at the time. We were both BCP youths."