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What's the underrated quote that will stick with you for life?

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  • needthosepylons@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

    Even better if you can provide your own understanding of its meaning.

    Mine would be :

    "Nothing kills a man as much as being forced to represent a country" (and err considering the context, I must stress it has nothing to do with the current US shitshow), by a WW1 soldier, illustrator and writer named Jacques Vaché.

    For me it just means being forced into representing a group (national, of course, but maybe also social, racial, sexual, professional, any kind of group) or defining one's identity only by reference to a group is to be avoided at all costs.

    Note : Its not the same, imho, as engaging in a collective struggle or defense against a common oppression.

    How about you?

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    "They say, 'Evil prevails when good men fail to act.' What they ought to say is, 'Evil prevails.'

    Bleak quote from Lord of War that has stuck with me. Reminds me of Sophie Scholl.

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    • needthosepylons@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

      Even better if you can provide your own understanding of its meaning.

      Mine would be :

      "Nothing kills a man as much as being forced to represent a country" (and err considering the context, I must stress it has nothing to do with the current US shitshow), by a WW1 soldier, illustrator and writer named Jacques Vaché.

      For me it just means being forced into representing a group (national, of course, but maybe also social, racial, sexual, professional, any kind of group) or defining one's identity only by reference to a group is to be avoided at all costs.

      Note : Its not the same, imho, as engaging in a collective struggle or defense against a common oppression.

      How about you?

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      "Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.” -- G. Michael Hopf

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      • needthosepylons@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

        Even better if you can provide your own understanding of its meaning.

        Mine would be :

        "Nothing kills a man as much as being forced to represent a country" (and err considering the context, I must stress it has nothing to do with the current US shitshow), by a WW1 soldier, illustrator and writer named Jacques Vaché.

        For me it just means being forced into representing a group (national, of course, but maybe also social, racial, sexual, professional, any kind of group) or defining one's identity only by reference to a group is to be avoided at all costs.

        Note : Its not the same, imho, as engaging in a collective struggle or defense against a common oppression.

        How about you?

        makingstuffforfun@lemmy.mlM This user is from outside of this forum
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        That'll do Donkey.. That'll do.

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        • needthosepylons@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

          Even better if you can provide your own understanding of its meaning.

          Mine would be :

          "Nothing kills a man as much as being forced to represent a country" (and err considering the context, I must stress it has nothing to do with the current US shitshow), by a WW1 soldier, illustrator and writer named Jacques Vaché.

          For me it just means being forced into representing a group (national, of course, but maybe also social, racial, sexual, professional, any kind of group) or defining one's identity only by reference to a group is to be avoided at all costs.

          Note : Its not the same, imho, as engaging in a collective struggle or defense against a common oppression.

          How about you?

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          "Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart." - Winnie-the-Pooh

          I didn't read Winnie-the-Pooh till I was an adult and when I read this it felt like reading a universal truth everyone should know. It nearly brought me to tears.

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          • semi_hemi_demigod@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

            "Bones heal, chicks dig scars, and the United States of America has the best doctor to daredevil ratios in the world!"

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            Thanks Lance Murdock!

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            • lattrommi@lemmy.mlL [email protected]

              Something my grandpa said, sometime around 2006-2007 I think.

              "The next world war, will be between the rich and and the poor, and the rich will win before the poor knows there's a war."

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              This is unfortunate, but at the rate we are currently going this might come into fruition. 😢

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              • needthosepylons@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

                Even better if you can provide your own understanding of its meaning.

                Mine would be :

                "Nothing kills a man as much as being forced to represent a country" (and err considering the context, I must stress it has nothing to do with the current US shitshow), by a WW1 soldier, illustrator and writer named Jacques Vaché.

                For me it just means being forced into representing a group (national, of course, but maybe also social, racial, sexual, professional, any kind of group) or defining one's identity only by reference to a group is to be avoided at all costs.

                Note : Its not the same, imho, as engaging in a collective struggle or defense against a common oppression.

                How about you?

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                You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.
                -- Franz Kafka

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                • ninjaturtle@lemmy.todayN [email protected]

                  This is unfortunate, but at the rate we are currently going this might come into fruition. 😢

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                  I believe the first part is already occuring, it's the last half that I hope is wrong.

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                  • needthosepylons@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

                    Even better if you can provide your own understanding of its meaning.

                    Mine would be :

                    "Nothing kills a man as much as being forced to represent a country" (and err considering the context, I must stress it has nothing to do with the current US shitshow), by a WW1 soldier, illustrator and writer named Jacques Vaché.

                    For me it just means being forced into representing a group (national, of course, but maybe also social, racial, sexual, professional, any kind of group) or defining one's identity only by reference to a group is to be avoided at all costs.

                    Note : Its not the same, imho, as engaging in a collective struggle or defense against a common oppression.

                    How about you?

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                    a collective struggle or defense against a common oppression.

                    What do you think WW1 was about?

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                    • Z [email protected]

                      "Time flies, time crawls
                      You're a prisoner trapped between its claws
                      Life sucks, sometimes
                      You gotta learn to live between the lines"

                      Pretty much as written. Time marches forward no matter how I feel about it. My best friend died, people still sat in traffic on the way to work. My wife said she wanted a divorce, the mailman still brought me bills. I made the best chilli I've ever tasted and my neighbors cat disappeared. You gotta learn to just accept that life is fleeting and carve out your own space. Find your own joy. Bring your own good time. Because life doesn't owe you anything and moaning about it won't make things better.

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                      Pretty much as written.

                      As one long breath with no breaks?

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                      • needthosepylons@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

                        Even better if you can provide your own understanding of its meaning.

                        Mine would be :

                        "Nothing kills a man as much as being forced to represent a country" (and err considering the context, I must stress it has nothing to do with the current US shitshow), by a WW1 soldier, illustrator and writer named Jacques Vaché.

                        For me it just means being forced into representing a group (national, of course, but maybe also social, racial, sexual, professional, any kind of group) or defining one's identity only by reference to a group is to be avoided at all costs.

                        Note : Its not the same, imho, as engaging in a collective struggle or defense against a common oppression.

                        How about you?

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                        “The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding” Dipen Parmar

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                        • needthosepylons@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

                          Even better if you can provide your own understanding of its meaning.

                          Mine would be :

                          "Nothing kills a man as much as being forced to represent a country" (and err considering the context, I must stress it has nothing to do with the current US shitshow), by a WW1 soldier, illustrator and writer named Jacques Vaché.

                          For me it just means being forced into representing a group (national, of course, but maybe also social, racial, sexual, professional, any kind of group) or defining one's identity only by reference to a group is to be avoided at all costs.

                          Note : Its not the same, imho, as engaging in a collective struggle or defense against a common oppression.

                          How about you?

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                          Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim, swim

                          Underrated Dory wisdom

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                            a collective struggle or defense against a common oppression.

                            What do you think WW1 was about?

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                            And yet, a WWI soldier uttered that phrase. I suppose he did not share this view of WW1. Or he couldn't have wrote that.

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                            • Z [email protected]

                              "Time flies, time crawls
                              You're a prisoner trapped between its claws
                              Life sucks, sometimes
                              You gotta learn to live between the lines"

                              Pretty much as written. Time marches forward no matter how I feel about it. My best friend died, people still sat in traffic on the way to work. My wife said she wanted a divorce, the mailman still brought me bills. I made the best chilli I've ever tasted and my neighbors cat disappeared. You gotta learn to just accept that life is fleeting and carve out your own space. Find your own joy. Bring your own good time. Because life doesn't owe you anything and moaning about it won't make things better.

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                              And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking
                              Racing around to come up behind you again.
                              The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older
                              Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

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                              • needthosepylons@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

                                Even better if you can provide your own understanding of its meaning.

                                Mine would be :

                                "Nothing kills a man as much as being forced to represent a country" (and err considering the context, I must stress it has nothing to do with the current US shitshow), by a WW1 soldier, illustrator and writer named Jacques Vaché.

                                For me it just means being forced into representing a group (national, of course, but maybe also social, racial, sexual, professional, any kind of group) or defining one's identity only by reference to a group is to be avoided at all costs.

                                Note : Its not the same, imho, as engaging in a collective struggle or defense against a common oppression.

                                How about you?

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                                The less you know about your history, the easier it is to imagine you'd always be on the right side of it.

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                                • makingstuffforfun@lemmy.mlM [email protected]

                                  That'll do Donkey.. That'll do.

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                                  That's so lovely!

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                                  • needthosepylons@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

                                    Even better if you can provide your own understanding of its meaning.

                                    Mine would be :

                                    "Nothing kills a man as much as being forced to represent a country" (and err considering the context, I must stress it has nothing to do with the current US shitshow), by a WW1 soldier, illustrator and writer named Jacques Vaché.

                                    For me it just means being forced into representing a group (national, of course, but maybe also social, racial, sexual, professional, any kind of group) or defining one's identity only by reference to a group is to be avoided at all costs.

                                    Note : Its not the same, imho, as engaging in a collective struggle or defense against a common oppression.

                                    How about you?

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                                    “It only ever ends once, everything before that is just progress” -Jacob from lost lol

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                                      "It'll never be the same"
                                      In context, meaning that things can never go back to the way they were... Ever.

                                      For me it's like a grounding statement. Whenever I start thinking about some past time and just want things to go back to how they were, I remember this. My mind shifts to the future and I forget that nostalgic feeling because I remember that it can never be.

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                                      Oh, yeah.
                                      There's another one like this for me, a very short poem I read when I was a teenager :

                                      "Ah, what are they dreaming...?
                                      Those who say, say, say...
                                      Yesterday I was there, today I was here"

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                                      • needthosepylons@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

                                        And yet, a WWI soldier uttered that phrase. I suppose he did not share this view of WW1. Or he couldn't have wrote that.

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                                        I feel I lack some context here. What makes you think he thought it should be avoided? It sounds like he said it was hard and soul-crushing, but there's nothing in the quote to indicate whether he thought it was worth the effort or not.

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                                        • makingstuffforfun@lemmy.mlM [email protected]

                                          That'll do Donkey.. That'll do.

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                                          Have you seen Babe? That's where that quote is from originally

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