How do you tell a Communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
Only after going through hardships can people know the leisure life and prosperity never come easily.
Friendship is a two-way street.
Yeah, they say when we grow up
You'll understand when you're older
Guess I'm still a kid, I don't know it.
Don't you tell me how I feel!
Don't you tell me how I feel!
Don't you tell me how I feel!
You don't know just how I feel!
James: — I mean, you know, you came across really good in the things that you were saying.
Jason Dixon: — I didn't think you came across real good. I think you sounded... you came across as a stupid-ass.
Mildred Hayes: — Ain't it about time you got home to your momma, Dixon?
Jason Dixon: — No, it ain't time I go home to my mama... momma. I told her I was gonna be out till 12:00, actually.
The beginning of purpose is found in creating something that only you understand.
It's ok to understand other people. But it's not enough. Advertence is necessary too. Because it's easy to understand abstract person if you're not a victim but outside observer. Imagine you say to friend who needs your help: "I understand the man who stole from you because he was starved". Or that: "I understand that scumbag who raped you because his wife ran out on him and he wanted to blow off steam". Only most hard-hearted person can say that.