How, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I pray you, excuse me, I have not the time to listen to such nonsense.
— Napoleon Bonaparte, when told of Robert Fulton’s steamboat.
life in regular motion.
Joy is always greater after greater affliction.
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Augustine of Hippo
He who has ‘why’ to live can bear almost any ‘how’.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
An ideal night out is stepping onto my porch area and grilling up a thick slab of something’s flesh.
—
Ron Swanson
Because he was a man who fought and died for what he thought was fair, so for young people, he is a man who needs to be followed. And as time goes by and countries are governed by increasingly corrupt people…Che’s persona gets bigger and greater, and he becomes a man to imitate. He is not a God who needs to be praised or anything like that, just a man whose example we can follow, in always giving our best in everything we do.
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Alberto Granado, when asked why Che Guevara’s legacy has attracted so much attention and praise.
