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Some people give me shit for it, but one that's actually gotten me through some struggles is "despite all my rage, I'm still just a rat in a cage." I have a tendency to push back against things that feel unfair/unjust and it often is more destructive and time-consuming than it's worth. Sometimes i need a reminder to just accept things the way they are.

It only ever ends once, everything else is just progress.

Jacob on Lost

"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind." -Gandhi

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle.

“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read” ~ Groucho Marx (or possibly Boy’s Life Magazine)

Never underestimate the power of denial

"Psh, friends? Who needs them? They roll more off the line every day."

Sounds super callous out of context, but the guy was incredibly friendly and kind. He had originally moved across the country to where his wife was living, and at this point they were going through a really bad divorce. I strongly suspect his local support network was entirely her friends, and they were turning their backs on him. I always took it as advice on being unafraid to remove the people who are dragging you down, and be confident that there are better ones out there.

"Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky, they are people who say 'This is my community and it's my responsibility to make it better.'" Tom McCall - Oregon Governor 1967-1975.

My Auntie circa 1994:”Never buy meat from a man selling it out of the back of his truck.” I’m always astounded by how relavent it’s is.

P.S. she said I could quote her on this. </3

"Always remember: never accept the world for what it appears to be. Dare to see it for what it could be." -Overwatch

Take your time

far from the eyes, far from the heart

Don't even know why

Today is a good day to die

This is meaningful to me because it's a place I must try and be in every day. Leave nothing for chance and understand that I can die at any moment so I must always be one step in front of it.

This is what the white men believe Crazy Horse would say in Lakota as a battle cry. It was probably more like "come on let's go" but it wasn't so much the words but the message behind them. It's a heavy mental mindset that you are ready to die today if that's what happens. It means you have lived with honor and respect. Your family knows your love for them. You have shown your ancestors respect so they will be waiting for you, welcoming you to the other world as a warrior coming home. This is a power place to be, especially if you have to face a life and death situation.

So this is the battle cry

Hokahey! Nake nula wauŋ welo!

Let's do this! I am ready for what comes!

"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason."

-Thomas Paine

People uphold their own oppressors because of a need to uphold tradition. F**k the monarchy.

Every single quote from Bojack Horseman

"Money I got, time I don't."

My dad said this offhanded joking remark to me 30 years ago and it lives rent free in my head. It's a privileged view point for sure but I took it to mean save and be prepared but don't be frugal toa detriment. Spend on things you love and spend away on things you hate. Don't waste time if you can afford not to.

I'll spend as much effort as possible to be as lazy as I can be. (in Dutch: Zo veel mogelijk moeite om zo lui mogelijk te kunnen zijn)

I'll try automating everything till the point I'm currently thinking on how to automate my living room door to be open/closed through home assistant without affecting manually opening it.

This is not a famous thing, it's just that I've heard someone at a past workplace say this.

"Doing the same thing that got you here into this position will not make you successful in it, it may not even be enough for you to keep it."

To be clear, he wasn't saying it to me or anyone, he said it to himself as a life lesson he learned going through promotions and changing companies. The point was to stay humble and don't expect your past accomplishments to get you through future challenges.

The secret of invisibility : Stand where no one is watching.

If you can't love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else.

I'm reminded of the last thing my dad said to me:

"Be careful with that son, I think it's loaded.."

"Strong opinions loosely held"

Implying you should have the courage to fight for what you believe is right but not hold onto them once you're proven wrong.

I learned this as a company culture thing from one of my previous employers and not sure if there's another source for it. I did not like that employer very much in the end but this quote has been stuck with me since and I live by it.

The absence of limitations is the enemy of creativity

• Orson Welles, I believe

"Failure is always an option." -Adam Savage

A teacher of mine said to the class: "You may not like studying for now, but you will regret lacking education for the rest of your life"

So basically trade in half of your childhood to have a better time for most of the rest of your life (yeah work may suck, but with better education you can more easily find something you don't hate)

"What stands in the way becomes the way." M.A.

Better to do it than live with the fear of it, I always say

It doesn't matter how good they look; someone, somewhere, is tired of putting up with their shit.

Basically at any given moment, any from a random assortment of Simpsons quotes. Right now it’s “but when are they gonna get to the fireworks factory?”

Once is never, twice is always.