#because

Because the sweeter the cake, the more bitter the jelly can be. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#bitter #cake #jelly #more #sweeter

I got a job when I was 15 because my allowance was about $20 a week which in New York was impossible. So I used to waitress across the street from where I grew up. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#across #allowance #because #got #grew

Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#celebrity #conditions #culture #deal #forces

I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#because #family #fear #i #i am

Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that. ↗

— Nomar Garciaparra

#ball #ballplayer #because #bugs #bunny

War is not the answer, because only love can conquer hate. ↗

— Marvin Gaye

#because #conquer #hate #love #only

The countries who do the best in international comparisons, whether it's Finland or Japan, Denmark or Singapore, do well because they have professional teachers who are respected, and they also have family and community which support learning. ↗

— Howard Gardner

#because #best #community #comparisons #countries

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#activity #because #exalted #excellence #good

I just think I've always been sensitive and had difficulty containing my feelings, and I've always searched for outlets for that, because otherwise those feelings come out in chaotic ways that aren't always great. ↗

— Andrew Garfield

#because #been #chaotic #come #containing

In secondary school I was floating - I wasn't passionate about anything. I did a little sport, but it was pretty joyless because the competitiveness was too much to bear. ↗

— Andrew Garfield

#anything #bear #because #competitiveness #did