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

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    That's a loose quote from the Tao te ching.

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    Interesting. Something new to look up!

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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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      Life's tough for everyone

      -Grandpa

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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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        Love this one. Used to teach students in political science about the horrible thing that "political ventiloquism" is.

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        • remembertheapollo_@lemmy.worldR [email protected]

          “No matter where you go, there you are.”

          Made absolutely no sense to me when I was younger. Now, I get that it means changing one’s location or situation in an effort to avoid something doesn’t work. You’re still you, you’re there, and the problem still exists. Obviously some situations can be improved by leaving them, so the statement isn’t completely correct, but there’s plenty of truth to it.

          “You can never go home again” also used to bug me, because of course you can physically return to the places you grew up. But if you’ve been away a good while the place you grew up in might have changed, the people will have changed, and you will also have changed. Home will be where you have made a new life. Your old home will be like trying to put on a shoe you haven’t worn in a few years. Yeah, it fits, but it doesn’t feel right. It’s not comfortable like it used to feel. Home isn’t there anymore. I kinda envy some people that I know who never left my hometown. They have the same friends, been hanging out for years, still get together for family stuff…but at the same time I’ve experienced a shitload more than they have. My original home doesn’t exist for me anymore.

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          "You can never go home again... but you can shop there."

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          • djdarren@sopuli.xyzD [email protected]

            I don't necessarily think it's underrated because it's the underpinning of a major religion, but;

            Existence is suffering.

            The first noble truth of Buddhism that I don't think enough people really grasp.

            On first read, those three words sound like an angsty teen being all sad, but a deeper exploration tells us that to expect a life of ease and unending contentment is to set ourselves up for continued disappointment and anguish.

            When I first really absorbed the meaning of this it actually made me feel incredible. I am alive, therefore my knee hurts. I am alive, so I'm worried for the welfare of those I love. And when I considered it even further I began to understand that this is something that connects us all, regardless of our status in the world. From the most powerful kings and presidents to those sleeping rough begging for change; we are all fundamentally the same.

            For me, it's really helped me to push through boundaries that have stopped me being more assertive with those who are more powerful than I am; managers, bosses and such. My boss worries about stuff the same way I do. It's probably different stuff, sure, but he's still experiencing existential pain.

            I am not a Buddhist, nor am I particularly spiritual. But I take a lot of inspiration from that phrase.

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            I buy a lottery ticket every week. Not because I think I stand a chance of winning but I am renting the idea that I could solve 95% of my problems instantly.

            I wont win, I'll still have problems I know this but that $10 a week is me renting hope.

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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's not a party if it happens every night

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              • deadninja@lemmy.worldD [email protected]

                "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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                But who hurt elon?

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                  The pleasure of being understood is underrated

                  • Simon Baker portraying Patrick Jane in The Mentalist
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                  Oof. I felt that.

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                  • ikidd@lemmy.worldI [email protected]

                    Hitchens on the death of Jerry Falwell: "If they gave his corpse an enema, they could bury him in a matchbox."

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                    I told you I was ill vibes

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                    • needthosepylons@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

                      Oh and there's also this one ftom H2G2 :

                      Slartibartfast: Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I think that the chances of finding out what's actually going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say, "Hang the sense of it," and keep yourself busy. I'd much rather be happy than right any day.
                      Arthur Dent: And are you?
                      Slartibartfast: Ah, no.
                      [laughs, snorts]
                      Slartibartfast: Well, that's where it all falls down, of course

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                      Douglas Adams was a gift to humanity.
                      "See first, think later, then test. But always see first" is a good one.

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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 don't need to do everything every day. Some days, surviving is enough.

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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's all so tiresome - Lao Yang in the 2011 documentary Empire of Dust

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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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                            "republicans are pussies" - me. thanks

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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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                              No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

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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 know, sweetheart, if there's one thing I've learned, it's this: nobody knows what's gonna happen at the end of the line, so you might as well enjoy the trip."
                                Manny Calavera

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                                • late_night@sopuli.xyzL [email protected]

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

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                                  I love that movie. Super disappointed that the pig was essentially a baby. They didn't have a adult pig in that movie to showcase how big they get.

                                  I wanted a pig as a pet but the smallest pigs are 150 lbs!

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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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                                    "Who I am is where I stand.

                                    Where I stand is where I fall."

                                    -Steven Moffat, Doctor Who

                                    I have a lot of darkness in my head due to my upbringing. I'll never get it out. That doesn't stop me from being a good man, because who you are and what you'll be remembered as isn't your internal struggle, its what you chose to stand for in practice.

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                                      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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                                      "Trust no one - not even yourself"

                                      My dad told me this while going through a divorce. He was also going through a criminal trial due to his deviance.

                                      Its one thing that stuck with me and I wish it didn't.

                                      Another one is from Lenin: " 'There Are Decades Where Nothing Happens' and 'Weeks Where Decades Happen' "

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                                      • A [email protected]

                                        "Who I am is where I stand.

                                        Where I stand is where I fall."

                                        -Steven Moffat, Doctor Who

                                        I have a lot of darkness in my head due to my upbringing. I'll never get it out. That doesn't stop me from being a good man, because who you are and what you'll be remembered as isn't your internal struggle, its what you chose to stand for in practice.

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                                        Props to you for actually attributing the quote to the writer and not the character. It's a pet peeve of mine when people take profound sounding quotes and attribute it to a fictional character that never existed, never had real thoughts or opinions of their own

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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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                                          I am reminded of:
                                          "The law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone; and it cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone."

                                          The lesser known conclusion to Wilhoits Law.

                                          https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/

                                          "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:

                                          There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

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