[Ads-l] Appeal for Notable Quotations of 2019

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Bernardine Evaristo comment upon winning the Booker prize for 2019:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/14/booker-prize-judges-break-the-rules-and-insist-on-joint-winners

Shorter quotation:
I am here and that’s an incredible thing considering what the prize
has meant to me and my literary life, and the fact that it felt so
unattainable for decades.

Longer quotation:
I’m just so delighted to have won the prize. Yes, I am sharing it with
an amazing writer. But I am not thinking about sharing it, I am
thinking about the fact that I am here and that’s an incredible thing
considering what the prize has meant to me and my literary life, and
the fact that it felt so unattainable for decades.

Margaret Atwood's comment upon winning the Booker prize for 2019:

Shorter quotation:
It would have been quite embarrassing for a person of my age and stage
to have won the whole thing . . .

Longer quotation:
It would have been quite embarrassing for a person of my age and stage
to have won the whole thing and thereby hinder a person in an earlier
stage of their career from going through that door.

Garson

On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 2:44 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
>
> It's getting to be that time of year again.  In the next month and a half or so I have to finalize my list of the 10 most notable quotations of the year, disseminated by the Associated Press, and would welcome input.  The criteria are quotations that are famous, or important, or particularly revealing of the spirit of our times.  Invariably many of the quotes are political in nature, but I do very much want some nonpolitical quotes from fields such as popular culture, sports, business, science, etc.  I also would like to have some foolish quotes from Democrats to give the list some balance.
>
>
> Below are some of the candidates that have been suggested to me.  Suggestions of additional quotations would be most welcome.  Note that quotes from December 2018 may be eligible.  Internet memes can be considered if they are very popular.
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> Fred Shapiro
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> I would like you to do us a favor though.
> Donald Trump
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> We are in the beginning of a mass extinction.  And all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth.  How dare you!
> Greta Thunberg
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> I have no obligation to be honest to the media because they're just as dishonest as anybody else.
> Corey Lewandowski
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> Just marry one woman. ... If you can find one.
> Elizabeth Warren, Response to hypothetical person believing marriage should be between one man and one woman
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> He [President Trump] is a racist, he is a con man, and he is a cheat.
> Michael Cohen
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> I have the right to do whatever I want as president.
> Donald Trump
>
> No human being would want to live in Baltimore.
> Donald Trump
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