Freedom is obedience to leaders
Virtue is violence
Manhood is domination
— A Woman's Liberation, 1995.
Love of god and country is like fire:Only children play with fire.
- a wonderful friend,
- a terrible enemy.
— Ursula Le Guin (1929 – 2018), Forgiveness Day, Asimov's Science Fiction, 1994.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
— William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616), Timon of Athens, Act 3, Scene 5, 1605-6.
[One] cannot accomplish a great work without doing some evil.
— Leopold Victor (1835 – 1909), King of the Belgians (1865 – 1909)
War … provesby turning
- some to be gods, and
- others to be mere men,
- the latter into slaves, and
- the former into masters …
— Heraclitus (c535 – c475 BCE)
The power of Marxist-Leninist theory lies in the fact that it enables the Party
- to find the right orientation in any situation,
- to understand the inner connection of current events,
- to foresee their course, and
- to perceive not only
- how and in what direction they are developing in the present, but
- how and in what direction they are bound to develop in the future.
— History of the Communist Party, Moscow, 1945.
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Peace and Long Life
The world is an amazing place.
— SBS Television
Fiery the angels fell
Deep thunder rolled around their shores
Burning with the fires of Orc
— Ridley Scott (1937), Bladerunner, 1982.
Fiery the angels rose, and as they rose deep thunder roll'd
Around their shores: indignant burning with the fires of Orc.
— William Blake (1757 – 1827), America a Prophecy, 1793.
Life is pain …
Anyone who says differently is selling something.
— Rob Reiner (1947), The Princess Bride, 1987.
Shoot straight you bastards:
Don't make a mess of it!
— Bruce Beresford (1940), Breaker Morant, 1980.
Come on you apes!
You wanna live forever?
— Unknown Platoon Sergeant, 1918.
Can anyone be truly free, who only serves himself?
— The Elixir, Episode 11, Season 2, 1973.
If a man dwells on the past, then he robs the present.
But if a man ignores the past, he may rob the future.
The seeds of our destiny are nurtured by the roots of our past.
— Blood of the Dragon, Episode 1.
[A man] does the only thing he can do.
He lives each day from its start to its end.
And hopes there may be another to follow.
— Jerry Thorpe (1926), The Vanishing Image, Episode 13, Season 3, Kung Fu, 1974.
[Love is just] a word
What matters is the connection the word implies …
Karma is a word
Like "love"
A way of saying:What I am here to doI do not resent my karma — I'm grateful for it …
Everything that has a beginning
Has an end
(The Matrix Revolutions, 2003)
You've had your time
The future is our world …
The future is our time …
Free your mind!
(Lilly & Lana Wachowski, The Matrix, 1999)
The Good Earth
And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck,
a merry Christmas, and God bless all of you.
All of you, on the good earth.
— Frank Boorman (1928), Commander, Apollo 8, December 1968.
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