#bout

Life holds one great but quite commonplace mystery. Though shared by each of us and known to all, seldom rates a second thought. That mystery, which most of us take for granted and never think twice about, is time. ↗

— Michael Ende

#commonplace #each #granted #great #holds

I am basically turning football players into sprinters for a while. When we first talked about it, I didn't know how my expertise could be used. ↗

— Ato Boldon

#am #basically #could #expertise #first

I think we're about ready for a new feeling to enter music. I think that will come from the Arabic world. ↗

— Brian Eno

#arabic #come #enter #feeling #i

I'm 41 now and the right knee has got a bit of a twinge in it. I get about the stage a little less now. ↗

— Jay Kay

#bit #get #got #i #knee

One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes; you move to places you wouldn't if you knew better. ↗

— Brian Eno

#better #generate #having #interesting #interesting things

Some people are very good at being 'stars' and it suits them. I'm grudging about it and I find it annoying. ↗

— Brian Eno

#annoying #being #find #good #i

Something I've realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable of self-change and self-modification, and that we really can build the future that we want if we're smart about it. ↗

— Brian Eno

#almost #am #build #capable #future

I don't think anyone who has followed the progress of the Islamofascist terrorists who have threatened us believe we are going to be safe if we try a fortress mentality, to step back and say no one is going to hit us, they don't care about the United States. They do. ↗

— Kit Bond

#anyone #back #believe #care #followed

And I've tried to give us a higher profile. Typically, at a board meeting, we'd pass resolutions about the civil-rights issue of the day, but we'd never tell anyone. So I've instituted a policy of announcing our resolutions at the end of our meetings. ↗

— Julian Bond

#announcing #anyone #board #day #end

If all I ever wrote about was inner city freaks, I think it would be dishonest. ↗

— Eric Bogosian

#city #dishonest #ever #freaks #i