“It's simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.”
“We live in a society where saying that something is for girls is the equivalent to saying that something is stupid, or saying that something isn't worthwhile. I think that's awful and I think that kind of attitude needs to be changed.”
Lauren Faust, Bronycon Summer 2012
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Context: O Star (the fairest one in sight)
We grant your loftiness the right
To some obscurity of cloud —
It will not do to say of night,
Since dark is what brings out your light.
Some mystery becomes the proud.
But to be wholly taciturn
In your reserve is not allowed.
Say something to us that we can learn
By heart and when alone repeat.
Say something! And it says "I burn."
“'Just say no' isn't enough unless there is something to say 'yes' to.”
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Source: A Mask for the General (1987), Chapter 7 (p. 119)