Aung San (Bogyoke) Quotes
I am well aware that there is such a great craving in man for heroism and the heroic, and that hero worship forms not a small motif in his complex. I am also aware that, unless man believes in his own heroism and the heroism of others, he cannot achieve much or great things. We must, however, take proper care that we do not make a fetish of this cult of hero-worship, for then we will turn ourselves into votaries of false gods and prophets.
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He who can believe himself well, will be well.
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Literature at its fullest takes human nature as its theme. That's the kind of writing that interests me.
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Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.
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I'm pretty good at sticking to what I know. You don't see me social commentating on health-care or presidential debates. I talk about what I know because I'm petrified of being wrong.
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God has to let you be there, and then you just have to have good fortune for whatever reason. I'm enjoying every moment of my life. We are so fortunate just to be alive.
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When technology is ready for something novel, when the components needed to build something new become affordable, it is going to be done by someone and more likely by several people.
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What higher approval could a person enjoy than to know that what he or she has done is pleasing to God?
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I think it is funny that we were freer about sexuality in the 4th century B.C. It is a little disconcerting.
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Comedy is a blood sport. It flays the truth and spurts twisted logic. In America, people become comics because we don't have bullfighting.
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Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying... Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help.
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I was the first one in the gym, and the last one to leave.
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Who I really am keeps surprising me.
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Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear-- In woman's eye the unanswerable tear! That weapon of her weakness she can wield, To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.
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I see a lot of damage to Mother Earth. I see water being taken from creeks where water belongs to animals, not to oil companies.
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The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
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This little expression, 'It doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere,' is a monstrous lie.
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If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.
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I am well aware that there is such a great craving in man for heroism and the heroic, and that hero worship forms not a small motif in his complex. I am also aware that, unless man believes in his own heroism and the heroism of others, he cannot achieve much or great things. We must, however, take proper care that we do not make a fetish of this cult of hero-worship, for then we will turn ourselves into votaries of false gods and prophets.
