#som

After America won the Cold War, some believed we had come to the 'end of history,' and budget-cutters celebrated the so-called 'peace dividend.' As a result, we ignored the toxic mixture of militant Islam and terror that ultimately led to 9/11. ↗

— Frank Gaffney

#america #believed #celebrated #cold #cold war

I was very depressed when I was 19... I would go back to my apartment every day and I would just sit there. It was quiet and it was lonely. It was still. It was just my piano and myself. I had a television and I would leave it on all the time just to feel like somebody was hanging out with me. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#back #day #depressed #every #every day

If you are not being bullied all I would say - cause I like to talk about the other side of it as well - is you know, be someone that nurtures, and if there's someone in your class that maybe doesn't have a lot of friends, be the person that sits with them in the cafeteria sometimes; be the bigger person. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#being #bigger #bullied #cause #class

I feel like if you're a really good human being, you can try to find something beautiful in every single person, no matter what. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#being #every #feel #find #good

Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, 'What kind of music do you make?', and you say, 'Pop music.' You may as well have 'I'm not cool' stamped on your forehead. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#cool #forehead #i #kind #make

I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#because #family #fear #i #i am

I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#community #every #feeds #i #i think

I lost some time once. It's always in the last place you look for it. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#i #last #look #lost #once

Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some kind of bonus? ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#chemical #dogs #eat #hot #hot dogs

I don't know if proud is the right word, but I am somebody who does not, on the whole, have the highest regard for my own stuff in that when I look all I get to see are the flaws. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#does #flaws #get #highest #i