"Only half the story is true. The rest is necessary."

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Source : John Yau (1989). “Radiant Silhouette: New & Selected Work, 1974-1988”, p.81, David R. Godine Publisher

John Yau

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“Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.”
“First and foremost, I've realized that I've been snowboarding for many years, and the biggest high that I get is when I really cut myself off from society, to really know the mountain. The high that I get from hiking up these mountains is a much bigger challenge than taking a helicopter to the top. I have to put more into it, but I get a lot more excitement out of it.”
“I only stayed because you turned the lights out.”
“Though Stalinism may have been a needless tragedy for both the Russian people and communism as an ideal, there is the intellectually tantalizing possibility that for the world at large it was, as we shall see, a blessing in disguise.”
“There's nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it inâ€”that's stronger. It's a good thing not to answer your enemies. I scarcely ever do.”

Source : Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “A Little Princess”, p.84, Xist Publishing
“Sometimes ... we find that even when we do our best to serve the Lord, we still suffer. You may know someone who faces these most challenging of circumstances: consider the parent whose child becomes ill, for whom everyone prays and fasts with all their heart and soul, but who ultimately dies. Or the missionary who sacrifices to go on a mission, then develops a terrible illness that leaves him or her severely disabled or in chronic pain.”
“When you earn it and spend it you do know the difference between three dollars and a million dollars, but when you say it and vote it, it all sounds the same.”
“Anyone who makes plans for after the revolution is a reactionary.”

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