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The sensitive young man feels indifference to most tragedies, but sheds a tear when faced with the death of a beautiful animal.
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Honor them. Remember them. Ukrainian heroes never die.
Dmytro Kotsiubailo — “Da Vinci.”
A volunteer from the first days of the war. A commander respected even by generals.
The great-grandson of a UPA fighter — the spirit of freedom ran in his blood.
Wounded in battle, but he returned to the front.
He led the “Da Vinci Wolves” — one of the most effective assault units in Ukraine’s Armed Forces.
The first volunteer ever awarded the title Hero of Ukraine while still alive.
Killed in the battle for Bakhmut on March 7, 2023.
Awarded the People’s Hero of Ukraine honor.
Buried at Askold’s Grave in Kyiv.
He gave his life for Ukraine.
Honor all who fight — and all who gave their lives for our freedom.
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if you're sad about being alone on february 14th, just remember that you're alone the rest of the days as well
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• be Soichiro Honda
• born a blacksmith's son, despises school, loves the smell of oil
• 1936: spends his life savings developing a piston ring concept
• pitches it to Toyota; their engineers laugh at him
• out of 50 rings submitted, only 3 pass quality control
• Rejected.
• pawns his wife’s jewelry just to buy food and materials
• goes back to school at age 30 to learn metallurgy, gets bullied by younger students
• sits in the back, refuses to take exams, tells the professor: "A diploma won't feed me."
• finally perfects the manufacturing process, builds a factory
• 1944: US B-29 bombers destroy the factory.
• rebuilds it from the rubble
• 1945: Mikawa earthquake flattens it again.
• realizes the universe is telling him to stop
• sells the wreckage to Toyota, buys a giant tank of alcohol, and does nothing but drink for a year
• wakes up broke, sees his wife struggling to pedal her bicycle to the market
• has a spark of madness: finds a surplus radio generator engine and straps it to her bike
• it makes a "bata-bata" sound; neighbors beg him to make one for them
• founds Honda Motor Co. in a wooden shack
• 1954: company is near bankruptcy, but he announces he will enter the Isle of Man TT (the deadliest race on earth)
• "I pledge my entire heart and soul to win this race."
• goes to Europe, sees German engines are 3x more powerful, returns to Japan to work 18-hour days
• returns to the Isle of Man and dominates the 125cc and 250cc classes
• decides to build cars; Japanese Government (MITI) bans him
• "Japan doesn't need another car company. Stick to motorcycles."
• sends the government a furious letter: "I will do it anyway."
• enters Formula 1 in 1964 just to spite the bureaucrats
• 1973: US passes the Clean Air Act; GM and Ford say the standards are "impossible" to meet
• Honda buys a Chevy Impala, flies it to Japan, installs his CVCC engine heads on it
• flies it back to the US, passes the EPA test with flying colors
• humiliates the biggest car companies on earth with a fraction of their budget
• dies as the "Henry Ford of Japan"
Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure.
