#t

When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals. ↗

— Bono

#associates #commodities #corrupt #government #hoard

You've got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS. ↗

— Bono

#aids #both #got #politics #victims

A photo is a creation. ↗

— Eva Herzigova

#photo

Love and friendship exclude each other. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#exclude #friendship #love #love and friendship #other

Deep down, my mom had long suspected I was gay... Much of her anger and hurt came from her sense of betrayal that she was the last to be told. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#betrayal #came #deep #deep down #down

I absolutely believe in assimilation. I don't believe I'm any different from straight people. My wants and needs are the same as theirs. I don't look at sexual orientation as that big of a deal. It's just an orientation. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#any #assimilation #believe #big #deal

I always felt like the male from the time I was a child. There wasn't much feminine about me. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#always #child #felt #feminine #i

Obviously the transgender movement has not progressed in the way that the gay and lesbian movement has. But I'm an activist - that's just the kind of person I am. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#am #gay #i #i am #just

People who don't have gender dysphoria aren't going to catch it by watching me dance on television. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#dance #gender #going #me #people

Until I really accepted this about myself and got over any of my own transphobia that I had, I really felt like I wouldn't be accepted. I thought I would ruin my life. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#accepted #any #felt #got #had