#dire

On the acquisition of Louisiana, in the year 1803, the attention of the government of the United States, was early directed towards exploring and improving the new territory. ↗

— Meriwether Lewis

#attention #directed #early #exploring #government

Zhang Yimou is one of the best directors on mainland China. ↗

— Jet Li

#china #directors #mainland #yimou #zhang

Consider well this fact: As long as the German people does not arise and use force directed by its own will, the assassination of the people will continue. ↗

— Karl Liebknecht

#assassination #consider #continue #directed #does

Stravinsky used Mother Goose. He was influenced by Mother Goose, indirectly, but very beautifully. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

#goose #indirectly #influenced #mother #stravinsky

I direct with energy. I believe in energy. I think energy is an electric thing in actors. I try to inspire, encourage, and make choices with lots of energy. And truth. I'm big fan of truth and being funny. I like leading 50 people into battle every day. ↗

— Matthew Lillard

#being #being funny #believe #big #big fan

I do beseech you to direct your efforts more to preparing youth for the path and less to preparing the path for the youth. ↗

— Ben Lindsey

#efforts #i #i do #less #more

I think drug movies free the director to make intense films. ↗

— Ray Liotta

#films #free #i #i think #intense

No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#ballots #charters #democracy #direct #illiterate

If it's well written and well directed and you've got good actors to work with, acting is easy. But making sure all the ducks are in a row is the hard part. It's very rare. ↗

— John Lithgow

#directed #ducks #easy #good #good actors

I'm intrigued by the way in which physical appearance can often direct a person's life; things happen differently for a beautiful woman than for a plain one. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#beautiful #beautiful woman #differently #direct #happen