#si

I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career. ↗

— Lisa Bonet

#art #beauty #building #career #create

I work with youth offenders in LA, I've heard them speak and see how music manipulates them. ↗

— Lisa Bonet

#how #i #la #manipulates #music

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#compassion #greatest #i #just #patience

We use a Native American tradition of the talking stick. You sit and pass it around and whoever has the stick has to talk. Some people just hold it. Others really share. ↗

— Lisa Bonet

#american tradition #around #hold #just #native

Because the world is in economic recession, which worsened since this drama happened, and our country will bear the burden of all of these consequences. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#because #burden #consequences #country #drama

But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#consider #countries #democracy #link #obligations

Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#desired #economic #rarely #results #sanctions

From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#align #another #blocks #chose #cold

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#compare #compete #content #everybody #simply

It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#assure #becomes #courage #discussions #efficient