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“Anyone with enough intelligence to understand the world and too little to learn to live, cannot hope for anything but martyrdom.”
― Q
― Q
“We've got a problem of power asymmetry now," she said. "Which means we only win if this war occurs in three phases. The first is a strategic retreat. That's what is happening now, intentionally or not. Second is the long stalemate. Then, at last, the counteroffensive.”
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“Qián Xuésēn (1911–2009), the Father of Chinese Rocketry, had been named first director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech when he fell victim to persecution in the anti-Communist witch hunts of the McCarthy era. He returned to China and spearheaded the work that led to the PRC exploding its first atomic bomb in 1964.”
― The Shortest History of China
― The Shortest History of China
“We mortals are the immortals' work battalion.”
― Report to Greco
― Report to Greco
“It’s a terrible admission to make,’ Jean says, ‘but no. Between what Henry left me and what came to me when my parents passed on, I’ve always had enough. I’ve been lucky, I know. Some people would say I’ve had a wasted life, achieved nothing. But my good fortune gave me some space to think, and maybe that meant I was able to give other people space to think. Maybe I’ve been a facilitator. Ghastly word. But anyway, not altogether a wasted life.”
― And the Land Lay Still
― And the Land Lay Still
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