Thousands of troops are easy to get, but one general is hard to find

Clare 2022-03-21 09:02:23

A sheep commands a group of lions, and we see the lion's bravery wasted by the sheep's ignorance. But how do you know that those brave lions will not become a sheep after taking the lead.
As long as you have passion on the battlefield, you can become a fearless lion, but strategizing is not so easy to master.
Politics is the embodiment of group interests, and all their actions are originally to maximize the interests of their respective groups, not for peace, let alone justice. Politics in peacetime is more difficult to do, and there are invisible enemies everywhere. So don't expect to get a lion who can excel on this stage. Once such a once-in-a-century talent appears, perhaps the whole world will change for it.
The whole movie is just keep talking, keep talking, keep talking. Intrigue is not suitable for me, so I have never liked politics, and naturally I don't understand it. No matter how stable the peace is, it is only a superficial phenomenon. As long as there is a distribution of interests, there will be conflicts. People say we need to make ourselves strong so that no one can bully us. But I say, if you get strong enough, you will definitely want to bully people. This is politics. This is a war that will never end.

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Lions for Lambs quotes

  • Todd Hayes: Who never says anything even though he never stops talking.

  • Professor Stephen Malley: The decisions you make now, bud, can't be changed but with years and years of hard work to redo it... And in those years you become something different. Everybody does as the time passes. You get married, you get into debt... But you're never gonna be the same person you are right now. And promise and potential... It's very fickle, and it just might not be there anymore.

    Todd Hayes: Are you assuming I already made a decision? And also that I'll live to regret it?

    Professor Stephen Malley: All I'm saying is that you're an adult now... And the tough thing about adulthood is that it starts before you even know it starts, when you're already a dozen decisions into it. But what you need to know, Todd, no Lifeguard is watching anymore. You're on your own. You're your own man, and the decisions you make now are yours and yours alone from here until the end.