#ale

One succeeds in obtaining an equivalent production at a lower price by improving the arts, trades and agriculture and by developing the physical and moral qualities of workers, farmers and craftsmen. ↗

— Antoine Lavoisier

#arts #craftsmen #developing #equivalent #farmers

We did an episode on Good Times which came out of a newspaper article about the incidence of hypertension in black males being higher than whites, and increasing. So we did a show in which James, the father on Good Times, had hypertension. ↗

— Norman Lear

#article #being #black #came #did

Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#aspiring #being #excuse #football #good

Yes, hell exists. It is not a fairy tale. One indeed burns there. This hell is not at the end of life. It is here. At the beginning. Hell is what the infant must experience before he gets to us. ↗

— Frederick Leboyer

#beginning #burns #end #exists #experience

'Do the Right Thing' was my first union film. I looked at the rosters, and for the most part, it was white males. Especially the Teamsters. So we had some conversations. ↗

— Spike Lee

#do the right thing #especially #film #first #had

I feel the producers really exploited my lack of talent at this time. I looked like an idiot up there. I want to be good, not something that people will laugh at. ↗

— William Hung

#feel #good #i #i feel #idiot

Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it sounds better in French. ↗

— Alan Jay Lerner

#back #better #everyone #french #here

Next to the striking of fire and the discovery of the wheel, the greatest triumph of what we call civilization was the domestication of the human male. ↗

— Max Lerner

#civilization #discovery #fire #greatest #human

No salesman can ever guarantee you a grant from any government or non-profit organization. ↗

— Matthew Lesko

#ever #government #grant #guarantee #organization

Not offering this kind of guarantee means that they do not believe in their product enough, and they do not care about if a salesman is over promising or over selling their product. ↗

— Matthew Lesko

#believe #care #enough #guarantee #kind