This sentence by Van Gogh hits hard:
“If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.”
"Globalization has never helped any country or continent, so for any Africa to succeed they should never take global standard as a way of life.
Practice what you know best according to your Culture" ~ Kim Jong Un
A league title for Arsenal is a necessity for the sport, for those who dare to dream and follow the process, for those who never gave up and for all the struggles to bear the juiciest of fruits.
It is a life lesson. More than football.
🚨arsène wenger on arsenal winning the title
🗣️ “in my era, we came second three times in a row, 1998–1999, 1999–2000, and 2000–2001. at some point it felt like we were collecting silver medals like a subscription service nobody signed up for.
mikel arteta went through that phase too, three times, and people don’t realise how heavy that is on a team. it’s like finishing a whole season of work and football says ‘try again, but enjoy your weekend.’
when i saw mikel arteta building this team, i told him before the season started, you are going to win the premier league. he looked at me like i had just predicted rain in london, but i was calm.
i have seen this movie before. same tension, same hope, same stress eating, different cast.
football has a strange sense of humour. it breaks your heart, then acts surprised when you finally learn the lesson. and this time, it finally made sense.”
The reason millennials are so nostalgic is that they got a brief taste of a world that wasn’t entirely controlled by the stupidest people who’ve ever lived.