#after

Then, after the war it was impossible to travel, after so many years of Hitler and Stalin. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

#hitler #impossible #many #stalin #then

Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#dwelling #egotism #forget #may #remember

Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#away #clings #condition #contract #long

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#authority #brings #consoling #economy #effort

After watching my first World Series in 1977, I wanted to be Reggie Jackson. I bought a big Reggie poster. I ate Reggie candy bars. I entered a phase during which I insisted on having the same style of glasses Reggie had: gold wire frames with the double bar across. ↗

— Eric Liu

#after #ate #bar #bars #big

The present hardly exists, after all-it becomes the past even as it happens. A tricky medium, time - and central to the concerns of fiction. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#becomes #central #concerns #even #exists

A loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnight. But being wrong - not taking the loss - that is what does damage to the pocketbook and to the soul. ↗

— Jesse Livermore

#being #bothers #damage #does #forget

When I was playing I felt tired all the time. My recovery period was a lot longer than the other players. They'd be ok after an hour - I'd have to stay in bed till the next session. ↗

— Jonah Lomu

#bed #felt #hour #i #longer

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#because #come #comes #deserved #doing

After so long being thin, it was terrifying being heavier. But I am a naturally curvy Hispanic girl. I don't deprive myself. ↗

— Demi Lovato

#am #being #curvy #deprive #girl