#venting

I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself. ↗

— Shakira

#always #because #controversial #did #doing

The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#enough #heaven #horrors #human #human mind

So the first thing you need to do about conflict is to prevent it, and the best way of preventing it is by dealing with the question of poverty. ↗

— James Wolfensohn

#best #best way #conflict #dealing #first

But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - or at least you think you are. The possibilities are limitless, you're inventing the future. Then you get older and suddenly you have a history. It's fixed. You can't change anything. I find that a bit disturbing, to be honest. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#bit #change #disturbing #find #fixed

We're told another large-scale terrorist attack is inevitable by those people who have committed so many resources to preventing it. They likely know what they're talking about. ↗

— Greg Bear

#another #attack #committed #inevitable #know

Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an appropriate form of democracy and centralized government. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#centralized #continue #democracy #european #finding

If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#abraham lincoln #became #car #famous #few

The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied. ↗

— Jeremiah Wright

#against #color #genocide #government #hiv

Inventing is a skill that some people have and some people don't. But you can learn how to invent. ↗

— Ray Dolby

#invent #inventing #learn #people #skill

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty. ↗