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I always loved browsing such posts on reddit, so thought I should make one on lemmy too

Edit: Usually these kind of posts only used to have excerpts from books or ancient proverbs, but now I am seeing a lot more quotes from shows/movies/games are also resonating with people. It's pretty cool to see.

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[–] ALERT@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] bzxt@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

In this world, the only thing we truly own is the body we shape everyday

  • Sun Ken Rock manga
[–] aliceblossom@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

With all of the time I have, I am an insult to the dead.

In context, the person is saying they feel like they are wasting their life and that innumerable people in the past would've killed to have the kind of free time or life they have.

It reminds me to be grateful for both the time I have alive and the quality of that time.

I find it extremely motivating in pursuing my various personal pursuits. I should seem like a Renaissance master to the people of the past and anything less is insulting.

[–] Kyoyeou@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"The only thing to abuse is moderation" - A song quoting Sénèque, but I never found the original sentence from Sénèque (apparently he was talking about Sex in it but I think it applies to anything in life)

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[–] Planescape@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

“Nothing changes if I don’t change”.

[–] jonkenator@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

"I don't knoooow, Margo"

In response to the classic National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation line: "And why is the carpet all wet, Todd?"

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hanlon's razor is basically my religion at this point. It's just a huge part of how I see and engage with the world.

[–] IrrelevantBoB@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"Solo sé que no sé nada" Sócrates

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[–] ryomensukuna@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Keep moving forward

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

"HAPPINESS, FREE, FOR EVERYONE, AND LET NO ONE BE FORGOTTEN!!" - Red, The Roadside Picnic

An impossible wish, yet one that burned itself into my heart the moment I read it, and a quote that has kept me walking.

[–] quantumfoam@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"Given enough time, Hydrogen starts to wonder where it came from, and where its going."

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[–] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 3 points 2 years ago

I only concern myself with 'how'. 'Why' is a question for philosophers and cowards, of which I am neither.

[–] provisional@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

"When in doubt, draw a distinction." - Neil Postman

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[–] DeskP1loti@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Everytime you eat a steak, a hippie's hacky sack falls in the gutter.

-Patton Oswalt

[–] meatbag2010@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Life, don't talk to me about life...

[–] 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

"Friendly fire isn't!"

[–] MashPTater@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

"If worms had machine guns, then birds wouldn't fuck with them." A quote from my TI in basic from 85'.

[–] jagged@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

No one is ever on their deathbed wishing they had worked more.

(And quotes of that ilk). It’s genuinely something that informs the structure of every day for me.

[–] Electric_leprechaun@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day

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[–] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Confidence is everything.

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