Sam Lam:
CLASS OF 2000
John H. Francis Polytechnic High SchoolClass of 2000
Sun valley, CA
Sam's Story
Sam is from Pacoima, California. Sam's schools include John H. Francis Polytechnic High School. Sam later attended UC Berkeley (Physics) . Sam works(ed) at Aclu Of Southern California, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Bigfix, Inc..
Music Sam likes includes Wenceslao Sarmiento III, Florence and the Machine, Avicii. Books Sam likes include Blessing of the Sun, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, Human Destiny (Pierre Lecomte du Noüy). Movies Sam likes include Run Lola Run, Groundhog Day, Wanted. TV shows Sam likes include Parks and Recreation, Avatar: The Legend of Korra, Arrested Development.
One of Sam's favorite quotes is:""The time has come for nations, as well as individuals, to know what they want. If civilized countries *want* peace, they must understand that the problem must be approached basically. The old scaffolding willed to us by past generations cracks on every side. It cannot be consolidated by makeshifts, by bits of string, by pots of glue and treaties gravely signed by Highly-Dignified-Gentlemen. Moreover, consolidation does not suffice. Peace must be established by transforming man from the interior and not by erecting external structures. We have alread...Expand for more
y said it: the source of all wars, the source of all evil, lies in us. No outside protection will be efficient if the enemy cowering at the bottom of our hearts is authorized to live...."
- Pierre Lecomte du Noüy, Human Destiny (1947)
"But why is [an] experiment ... to be rejected, merely because it may comprise what is new? Is it not the glory of the people of America, that, whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of former times and other nations, they have not suffered a blind veneration for antiquity, for custom, or for names, to overrule the suggestions of their own good sense, the knowledge of their own situation, and the lessons of their own experience?"
- James Madison, Federalist No. 14 (1787)
âTo oppose something is to maintain it. They say here 'all roads lead to Mishnory.' To be sure, if you turn your back on Mishnory and walk away from it, you are still on the Mishnory road.... You must go somewhere else; you must have another goal; then you walk another road.â
- Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969).
"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires."
- Susan B. Anthony".
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