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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 VachΓ©.

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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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

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

Underrated Dory wisdom

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

β€œThe magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding” Dipen Parmar

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

a collective struggle or defense against a common oppression.

What do you think WW1 was about?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"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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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

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

Edit. I mean it. That calming way shrek says it. The idea that enough has been done, and that everything is OK. That I'm ok. It's a lovely, and powerful moment in the film that translates to so many day to day situations.

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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

"If you want justice, go to a whorehouse. If you wanna get fucked, go to court.":: Primal Fear

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"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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[–] [email protected] 86 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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."

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The opposite of love is not hate, but apathy.

Truly hating something takes passion, energy and time out of your day. It also taught me that for masters of personal interest, if you truly need to end a relationship with someone, you simply stop responding. It’s far more effective than loudly proclaiming what you feel they do wrong. That will take far more away from you than if you cut ties.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

"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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty much as written.

As one long breath with no breaks?

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Mine is not as deep as yours and kind of cheesy since you see them in posters, Tshirts and stickers etc. it’s β€œpain is temporary, glory is forever.” This sentence helped me get through college while working mad hours just to pay for my tuition while writing essays and studying for exams. I would repeat this over and over to myself just to get through that day or moment hoping things would be better.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks Lance Murdock!

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Rated by whom?

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