Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts.
Interpretation
Don't let your insecurities hold you back from engaging with the world around you.
This quote encourages individuals to confront their doubts and fears rather than allowing them to hinder their actions or the progress of the world around them. It highlights the importance of personal courage and resilience in the face of uncertainty and emphasizes that the world will continue to move forward regardless of one's internal struggles.
In practice
During a motivational speech about overcoming personal fears.
This was a Golden Age, a time of high adventure, rich living and hard dying... but nobody thought so. This was a future of fortune and theft, pillage and rapine, culture and vice... but nobody admitted it. This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks... but nobody loved it.
"There's got to be more to life than just living," Foyle said to the robot. "Then find it for yourself, sir. Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts." "Why can't we all move forward together?" "Because you're all different. You're not lemmings. Some must lead, and hope that the rest will follow." "Who leads?" "The men who must... driven men, compelled men." "Freak men." "You're all freaks, sir. But you always have been freaks. Life is a freak. That's its hope and glory."
For the only great men among the unfree and the oppressed are those who struggle to destroy the oppressor.
I have sworn eternal opposition to slavery, and by the blessing of God, I will never go back.
If America were in a just war I'd volunteer for the front line. I'd do the shuffling and win the war.
Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.
i was raped, too sexually assaulted in seventh grade, tenth grade. the summer after graduation, at a party i was 16 i was 14 i was 5 and he did it for three years i loved him i didn't even know him he was my best friend's brother, my grandfather, father, mommy's boyfriend, my date, my cousin, my coach i met him for the first time that night and- 4 guys took turns, and- i'm a boy and this happened to me, and- ...i got pregnant i gave up my daughter for adoption... did it happen to you, too?
It's very hard to turn your back once you're aware of what's going on, and you're aware of the injustices, and you're aware of the civilian casualties. It's much easier if you have no idea and you've never seen it.
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