#pro

I think everybody must be aware that this society is a whole lot shakier now than it was before the war. I was trying to examine, in 'Dog Soldiers,' the process of that blow falling on America. ↗

— Robert Stone

#aware #before #blow #dog #everybody

If the fans want me out, I'll put my hands up and leave. Like a proper man. I won't make excuses, I'll leave. ↗

— Paul Gascoigne

#fans #hands #i #leave #like

You learn, right, a lot of people's problems - why they get upset, why they get down, why they turn to drink - is because they can't say one word and it's N-O, no. ↗

— Paul Gascoigne

#down #drink #get #learn #lot

The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace, has the assurance to proclaim the rights of the commonplace and to impose them wherever it will. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#characteristic #commonplace #hour #impose #itself

I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in. ↗

— Bill Gates

#achieve #any #believer #each #effects

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act. ↗

— Bill Gates

#believe #i #i believe #i believe that #moved

Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana. ↗

— Bill Gates

#intellectual #intellectual property #life #property #shelf

Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back. ↗

— Bill Gates

#able #back #because #being #creative

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority. ↗

— Bill Gates

#change #climate #climate change #deserves #huge

If you're using first-class land for biofuels, then you're competing with the growing of food. And so you're actually spiking food prices by moving energy production into agriculture. ↗

— Bill Gates

#agriculture #competing #energy #energy production #first-class