standing man

Reginald 2022-03-23 09:01:24

In a black-and-white environment, to be a стойкий мужик (standing man), be brave, be loyal to your beliefs, abide by your own professional ethics, respect universal values, have no fear of power, and have no fear of strange vision. A true human value, a true standing dignity. Darkness, bureaucracy, power, and violence are not terrible. With an honest heart, courageous actions, and wise choices, the world will have hope.

Especially in a world where universal values ​​are becoming narrower and distorted, and prejudice is increasingly obscuring the eyes, how to do it is a choice and a challenge.

War may make everything easier. In a non-war world, all chaos reflects the essence of man and tests his soul.

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Bridge of Spies quotes

  • Rudolf Abel: Standing there like that you reminded me of the man that used to come to our house when I was young. My father used to say: "watch this man'. So I did. Every time he came. And never once did he do anything remarkable.

    James Donovan: And I remind you of him?

    Rudolf Abel: This one time, I was at the age of your son, our house was overrun by partisan border guards. Dozens of them. My father was beaten, my mother was beaten, and this man, my father's friend, he was beaten. And I watched this man. Every time they hit him, he stood back up again. So they hit him harder. Still he got back to his feet. I think because of this they stopped the beating. They let him live. "Stoit i muzhik," I remember them saying... "stoit i muzhik." Which sort of means like uh, 'standing man'. Standing man...

  • James Donovan: [forced to leave dining room before eating his meal] Enjoy your big American breakfast.