#ants

The ugly is very appealing to man. It's instinct. One shrinks from the ugly, yet wants to look at it. There's a devilish fascination in it. We extract pleasure from horror. ↗

— Sonya Levien

#devilish #extract #fascination #horror #instinct

Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficult, elephants and poodles find many things obscure. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#elephants #find #judgment #many #obscure

Until he announced his immigration policy last week, Obama had the support of most Hispanic voters - but not the enthusiasm they had shown for him in 2008. That may be changing in part because of the decision not to deport young immigrants whose undocumented parents brought them here as children. ↗

— Mara Liasson

#because #brought #changing #children #decision

But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it's not as much as Madonna makes; not that I want what Madonna makes, but I was saying. ↗

— Abbey Lincoln

#anybody #anything #ask #been #come

Have you ever watched someone become American? Last week, at a national citizenship conference I organize, thirty immigrants from 17 countries swore an oath and became citizens of the United States. It was a stirring experience for the hundreds of people in the room. ↗

— Eric Liu

#became #become #citizens #citizenship #conference

My little sister Aliana's opinions are the most important to me. She says, 'I want to look like you, you're so pretty!' But she is very beautiful and so she is trouble in the making! She wants to do what I do. I'm like her second mother and I am very protective of her. ↗

— Lindsay Lohan

#beautiful #her #i #i am #i do

We are selling dreams. We are merchants of happiness. ↗

— Bernard Loiseau

#happiness #merchants #selling

Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. ↗

— Joe Louis

#everybody #go #heaven #nobody #wants

I am just the classic person who wants to learn stuff. I want good tutors, and with Kurt I had the best. ↗

— Courtney Love

#best #classic #good #had #i

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#educate #expand #horizon #intelligence #wants