"Americans have mastered the art of living with the unacceptable."

-- Breyten Breytenbach

“And so being young and dipped in folly I fell in love with melancholy.”
“There are these two kinds of patriotism. There's blind patriotism, unflagging patriotism. And then there's the patriotism that says I live in a democracy and it's very important for the health and the life of this democracy that it get better all the time, not get worse.”
“It may safely be received as an axiom in our political system, that the state governments will in all possible contingencies afford complete security against invasions of the public liberty by the national authority.”
“But to put out a greatest hits on one CD was totally impossible, I just couldn't do it. The best compromise was to put out two CDs - Early Days - which is what it is - and Latter Days.”
“Walk a single path, become neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat.”

Source : "Kodokan Judo: The Essential Guide to Judo by Its Fouder Jigoro Kano". Book by Kano Jigoro, p. 25, 1994.
“You must fight social media fire with social media water.”
“Are you attracted by his new ideas or his new poll ratings?”
“Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen, though... That's the problem.”

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