"It is easy to crush an enemy outside oneself but impossible to defeat an enemy within."

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Source : Eiji Yoshikawa (1981). “Musashi”, HarperCollins Publishers

Eiji Yoshikawa

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“When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near.”

Source : Title of song (1947)
“Pennsylvania is one of the worst states in country when it comes to the condition of its infrastructure, and Philadelphia isn't any better off than Pittsburgh. Nine million people a day travel over 900 bridges classified as structurally deficient, some of them on a heavily traveled section of I-95.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com
“It seems to me that the price of eternal vigilance is liberty.”
“I think people perceive my creatures as absurd because they look different, but at the same time, they are a little bit familiar. I want people to feel a kind of empathy with them. When you think about it, all nature is kind of strange looking.. in fact, I'm a strange a looking creature.”
“The only guaranteed way to make something not very funny is to make it vague.”
“If God gives you (or makes you) a joke, what are you meant to do in response? (Receive it. Laugh.) If God gives you an obstacle, what are you meant to do in response? (Receive it. Climb it. Then laugh.) If God gives you more profound hardship, what are you meant to do in response? (Receive it. Climb it. Then laugh. Exhibit A: His Son.)”
“Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the sky is not falling - baseball is such a great game that neither the owners nor the players can kill it. After some necessary carnage, market forces will prevail.”
“You look ridiculous if you dance You look ridiculous if you don't dance So you might as well dance.”

Source : Gertrude Stein (2015). “Three Lives”, Xist Publishing

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