What's the underrated quote that will stick with you for life?
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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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a collective struggle or defense against a common oppression.
What do you think WW1 was about?
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Pretty much as written.
As one long breath with no breaks?
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“The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding” Dipen Parmar
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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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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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That's so lovely!
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“It only ever ends once, everything before that is just progress” -Jacob from lost lol
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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" -
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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Have you seen Babe? That's where that quote is from originally
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"Hurt people hurt people"
Ever since I heard this, I became relatively more compassionate towards people, even if they piss me off.
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"(S)cience tends to progress through younger people, and old ideas tend to die with the originators of those ideas. through this cynical view, science progresses one coffin at a time."
the Sting of the wild p142, J.O. Schmidt
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A evergreen quote:
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
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Creative minds are uneven, and the best of fabrics have their dull spots.
H.P. Lovecraft
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"Who's 'we', paleface?"
It's from a silly joke, so it's not meant to be taken seriously. But I remember it every time some politician or Internet dweller or anything in between uses "we" to describe a position, an opinion, etc. Who's 'we'? Do you dream to speak for others, for me? In my stead?
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Be excellent to each other and party on dudes.
Genuinely how I try to live my life, be kind and helpful to others and enjoy myself doing it.
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I have yes. And I'd forgotten. Thank you. Adds an extra layer.
