#ow

The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that they cannot teach us how to make the best use of them; the information revolution came without an instruction manual. ↗

— Pico Iyer

#brighter #came #cannot #central #healthier

I believe that the people, instead of pretty lies, should be told the truth, no matter how ugly it may be. What can we do, destiny hasn't been kind to us; but, with the help of God, we will prevail. ↗

— Alija Izetbegovic

#believe #destiny #god #hasn #help

Bosnia is a complicated country: three religions, three nations and those "others". Nationalism is strong in all three nations; in two of them there are a lot of racism, chauvinism, separatism; and now we are supposed to make a state out of that. ↗

— Alija Izetbegovic

#chauvinism #complicated #country #lot #make

In these negotiations we are not a helpless object, although great world powers are involved. We play an active role and try to influence our destiny; we have our own trump cards and we use them. ↗

— Alija Izetbegovic

#active role #although #cards #destiny #great

I try to keep performing as much as possible - I just like to. I used to take huge gaps off between gigs, now I just like to do stand-up gigs as much as I can. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#gaps #gigs #huge #i #i can

I wanted to be less well-known in comedy. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#i #less #wanted #well-known

I'd be happy to be taken as a woman - and that's what I was initially trying to do when I started throwing on dresses and stuff. But that wasn't going to happen because everyone kept calling me sir. So I thought I'd change the method and just start wearing what I wanted to wear. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#because #calling #change #dresses #everyone

There was no religion in my life growing up. Did God invent us or did we invent God? ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#god #growing #growing up #invent #life

If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#blessings #god #heaven #open #pour

I am artistic so I reserve the right to change my mind at any point. I just like to do different things. What is more important than the name is that people know that I really like acting, I enjoy it and I want people to know that I am serious. ↗

— LL Cool J

#am #any #artistic #change #different