#cons

We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of sufficient consequence in their eyes to merit a closer study than they have hitherto accorded us. ↗

— Henry Lawson

#asserting #become #carry #closer #consequence

In England and America people tend to graze all day long, but I think it's such a waste to be constantly picking at food because you then can't enjoy a proper full meal when the time comes. ↗

— Nigella Lawson

#america #because #comes #constantly #day

I am perfectly conscious that this contempt and hatred underlies the general tone of the community towards us, and yet when I even remotely hint at the fact that we are not a favorite people I am accused of stirring up strife and setting barriers between the two sects. ↗

— Emma Lazarus

#am #barriers #between #community #conscious

I think everyone has some fascination with what's outside our existence. It's a constant journey to find the truth. ↗

— Nicholas Lea

#everyone #existence #fascination #find #i

When you're writing you're constantly fighting demons to sit down and do what you do. If you listen to the voices outside your head, in addition to the ones inside your head, you'll never get anything done. There's enough inner strife. ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#anything #constantly #demons #done #down

One of the unfortunate things about our education system is that we do not teach students how to avail themselves of their subconscious capabilities. ↗

— Bill Lear

#avail #capabilities #education #how #our

We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition. ↗

— Norman Lear

#country #excess #per #repetition #violence

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. ↗

— Harper Lee

#conscience #majority #one thing #person #rule

There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#attempt #behavior #constitutes #death #inner

My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#between #consenting #consenting adults #curtail #department