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A democracy that lives within its means is a democracy. A democracy that spends more than it takes in in tax revenue is a nation of beggar and debtors.

Only countries that live within their means can be democracies. A country that lives on borrowed money like the U.S. cannot control its own destiny. That is in the hands of the worldwide bond market.

— John T. Reed

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2011.03.07 Monday ACHK

地球轉捩點

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利比亞局勢急轉直下，一批軍官發表聲明，呼籲手下士兵「加入人民」，幫助推翻領導人卡扎菲，並敦促其餘利比亞軍隊向首都的黎波里進發，聲援反政府人士。

— 明報 2011年2月23日 星期三 05:05

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2011 比 1989 還要利害.

— Me@2011.02.20

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2011.02.24 Thursday ACHK

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Studying history helps you predict the future by teaching you which things are old enough to be permanent.

— Paul Graham

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2011.02.19 Saturday ACHK

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During story discussions for The Dark Knight Rises in 2008, David S. Goyer, aware that Warner Bros. was planning a Superman reboot, told Christopher Nolan his idea on how to present Superman in a modern context. Impressed with Goyer’s concept, Nolan pitched the idea to the studio in February 2010, who hired Nolan to produce and Goyer to write based on the financial and critical success of The Dark Knight. Nolan admired Singer’s work on Superman Returns for its connection to Richard Donner’s version, and previously used the 1978 film as casting inspiration for Batman Begins. “They had [Marlon] Brando and Glenn Ford and Ned Beatty and all these fantastic actors in even small parts,” Nolan continued, “which was an exotic idea for a superhero movie at the time.”

— Wikipedia on Superman (film series)

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2011.02.03 Thursday ACHK

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On February 24, 2010, it was announced that David S. Goyer is writing the script for a Superman film called The Man of Steel.

On March 10, 2010, Christopher Nolan himself confirmed that he and Goyer have been working on an idea for a Superman film. Nolan says, “He basically told me, ‘I have this thought about how you would approach Superman.’ I immediately got it, loved it and thought: That is a way of approaching the story I’ve never seen before that makes it incredibly exciting. I wanted to get Emma [Thomas] and I involved in shepherding the project right away and getting it to the studio and getting it going in an exciting way… A lot of people have approached Superman in a lot of different ways. I only know the way that has worked for us that’s what I know how to do.”

— Wikipedia on Superman (film series)

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2011.02.02 Wednesday ACHK

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Reboot

With the financial and critical success of The Dark Knight, Warners said of the reboot Superman film, “We’re going to try to go dark to the extent that the character allows it.” Legendary Pictures president Thomas Tull added that “Superman needs a powerful antagonist, a worthy opponent,” wanting to evoke Superman as an “angry God”.

Paul Levitz stated in an interview that Batman holds the key to the Superman reboot. He elaborated, “Everyone is waiting for Nolan to sign on for another Batman, once that happens, the release date for Superman and all other future projects will follow.”

— Wikipedia on Superman (film series)

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2011.01.31 Monday ACHK

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由於痛苦而將自己看得太低

就是自卑。

— 斯賓諾莎

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2010.12.03 Friday ACHK

理想的社會制度

尼采曾在《反基督》一書中，粗略的道出他所認為理想的社會制度。

他把社會階級分成三等：

第一等是最有精神力量的菁英份子，創造價值，由他們擔任統治者的角色。

第二等人是意志或性格堅強的人，他們聽命於第一階級，負責維護社會秩序及執法。

等三等人是最多數的平庸大眾，滿足於他們平凡的生活。

尼采也強調對於建立一個理想的社會而言這三種階級都是不可或缺的。他也不贊成以強凌弱，他認為高等人善待比他低等的人是應該的。「事實上，如果要有例外的人，平凡的人是首先就需要的必然：高等文化依存於其上。例外的人應該對待平凡者比他自己和同等級者更溫柔，這不是出自內心的禮貌 — 這根本是他的義務。」，這種「例外的人」甚至可以用「具有基督心靈的羅馬凱撒」來形容。

至於如何實行這種社會制度？尼采對於這個問題則沒有答覆。

— 尼采的哲學思想, 維基百科

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2010.10.18 Monday ACHK

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Bo Peep does not appear in Toy Story 3. It is implied that sometime between the events of Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3, Bo was sold in a yard sale with her Sheep. The only toy to mention her was Rex when the remaining toys remember their friends who are no longer with them. When Rex says her name, it is apparent that Woody is still saddened and hurt over her loss. However, she appears only as a background toy in archive footage at the beginning of the film during a home video montage of Andy as a child.

— Wikipedia on List of Toy Story characters

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2010.07.24 Saturday

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Marinus (“Rinus”) Jacobus Hendricus Michels (9 February 1928 – 3 March 2005) was a Dutch football player and coach who was named “coach of the century” by FIFA in 1999. He played his entire career for the club Ajax Amsterdam, whom he later coached, and was a member of the Netherlands national team both as a player and as manager.

Michels became most notable for his coaching achievements, having won the European Cup with Ajax and the Spanish league with Barcelona, and having had four tenures as coach of the Netherlands national team, whom he led to reach the final match of the 1974 World Cup and to win the 1988 European Championship. He is credited with the invention of a major football tactic known as “Total Football” in the 1970s.

— Wikipedia on Rinus Michels

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2010.07.01 Thursday

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鄭大世（1984 年 3 月 2 日－），出生於日本的朝鮮民主主義人民共和國和大韓民國特殊雙重國籍的足球運動員，現效力於日本 J 聯賽的川崎前鋒隊，是一名前鋒。

— 維基百科

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2010.06.23 Wednesday