“In the end, what separates a man from a slave? Money? Power? No. A man chooses. A slave obeys.”

— Kevin Levine, "Andrew Ryan" as performed by Armin Shimerman, "Bioshock" (2007)

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“If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.”

― Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"

#771BC #Quotes #SunTzu #TheArtofWar #World #Asia #China

"Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing."

— "Ron Swanson" as performed by Nick Offerman, "Parks and Recreation" (2019)

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"Lastly, waging war on good people is bad for the soul. This may not seem important to you now, but it’s the most important thing I’ve said."

— Joshua Graham as voiced by Keith Szarabajka, "Fallout: New Vegas"

#2010 #Quotes #KeithSzarabajka #Entertainer #JoshuaGraham #Character #Fallout #NewVegas #HonestHearts #DLC #Videogames #World #US #America #CultureWar #EconomicWar #PsychologicalWarfare #SpiritualWarfare #BiologicalWarfare #BureaucraticWarfare #KineticWarfare #UnrestrictedWarfare

“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

— G. Michael Hopf, "Those Who Remain"

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“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”

― Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"

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"World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation."

— Herbert Marshall McLuhan

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"Talent is a pursued interest. In other words, anything that you're willing to practice, you can do."

— Bob Ross, "The Joy of Painting"

#1990 #Quotes #TheJoyofPainting #BobRoss #Artist #Painter #World #US #America #Military #AirForce #Veteran

"The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave, and not the slave of a single man, but- what is worse - the slave of as many masters as he has vices."

― Saint Augustine, "The City of God Against the Pagans," Book 4 of 22

#426AD #Quotes #Saint #Augustine #ofHippo #Books #TheCityofGodAgainstthePagans #World #Africa #Algeria #AncientRome #Numidia

"A fool and their money are soon parted."

— Thomas Tusser, "A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie"

#1557 #Quotes #ThomasTusser #Farmer #Poet #AHundrethGoodPointesofHusbandrie #Books #UnitedKingdom #England