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"That's a lot of words for "When you know better, do better."" — May 13, 2024 11:32PM
"That's a lot of words for "When you know better, do better."" — May 13, 2024 11:32PM
“[...] people do not wish to see uncertainty, conflicting opinions, long debate, competing interests, confusion, bargaining, and compromised, imperfect solutions. They want government to do its job quietly and efficiently, sans conflict and sans fuss. In short, we submit, they often seek a patently unrealistic form of democracy.”
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“Since good intentions and sympathy for others often led people into trouble, the Chinese people had invented a new proverb that said, 'The more you do, the more trouble you have; the less you do, the less trouble you have. If you do nothing whatever, you will become a model citizen.”
― Life and Death in Shanghai
― Life and Death in Shanghai
“Don't worry," he said. "We fight our best when we're losing.”
― A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
― A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
“What I want to get out of my college course is some knowledge of the best way of living life and doing the most and best with it. I want to learn to understand and help other people and myself.”
― Anne of Avonlea
― Anne of Avonlea
“[Mr. Hu said:] There always comes a time when a man almost reaches the end of his endurance and is tempted to write down something, however untrue, to satisfy his inquisitors and to free himself from intolerable pressure. But one mustn't do it. [. . .] Once one starts confessing, they will demand more and more admissions of guilt, however false, and exert increasing pressure to get what they want. In the end, one will get into a tangle of untruths from which one can no longer extract oneself.”
― Life and Death in Shanghai
― Life and Death in Shanghai
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