"A faithless fan can make a team lose a game they have won."
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"Fine words lack all meaning when we are confronted by real suffering."
"Forgive your enemy, but do not mistake him for a friend."
"The first indication that we are killing our dreams is lack of time. The second indication of the death of our dreams is certainty. The third indication that our dreams are dead is peace."
"When it comes to treachery, he is implacable."
"He celebrates yesterday's victory in order to gain more strength for tomorrow's battle."
"If only we could be enlightened enough to be able to listen in the silence."
"When he wins the battle, the Warrior celebrates."
"He too knows how to lose."
"We must buy jewelry; it identifies us with our tribe, just as body piercing identifies those of a different tribe."
"We must be amusing at all times and sneer at those who express their real feelings; it's dangerous for a tribe to allow its members to show their feelings."
"We must do jobs we detest because we are part of an organized society, and if everyone did what they wanted to do, the world would come to a standstill."
"Love is only a small thing, enough for one person, and any suggestion that the heart might be larger than this is considered perverse."
"People who are different are dangerous; they belong to another tribe; they want our lands and our women."
"We must study things we will never use, but which someone told us were important to know."
"We must never make our parents sad, even if this means giving up everything that makes us happy."
"Our children must follow in our footsteps; after all, we are older and know about the world."
"We must eat three meals a day, even if we're not hungry, and when we fail to fit the current ideal of beauty we must fast, even if we're starving."
"What other people think is more important than what we feel."
"When we marry, we are authorized to take possession of the other person, body and soul."