#ill

Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars. ↗

— Bono

#know #like #listened #mad #me

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#difficulty #does #know #knows #lead

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#affairs #beginning #careful #end #fail

Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth. ↗

— Bono

#cursed #digging #drilling #get #happy

Around 2001, I started analyzing lesbians. I started to realize that even really butch-acting or -dressing women still had a strong female identity that I never had. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#around #even #female #had #i

Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#average intelligence #car #driven #highly #intelligence

It's totally thrilling to direct. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#thrilling #totally

Right now, there's the illusion of order and civilization, but there's a tremendous amount of economic tension in this country and the educational system is constantly eroding. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#civilization #constantly #country #economic #educational

The machines, the modern mode of production, slowly undermined domestic production and not just for thousands but for millions of women the question arose: Where do we now find our livelihood? ↗

— Clara Zetkin

#domestic #find #just #livelihood #machines

You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesn't work like that. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#first #just #like #never #reward