#eli

I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#black #feeling #felt #fine #gay

The thought of playing a New York detective scared the hell out of me. I didn't know if people would believe me in the role just because of my physicality, which made me want to do it even more. ↗

— Charlotte Ross

#believe #detective #even #hell #i

The sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#characterized #heady #instantaneous #sixties #solutions

Many people think they want things, but they don't really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough. ↗

— Sophia Loren

#believe #discipline #enough #get #i

Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay images. ↗

— Lance Loud

#believe #culture #gauge #gay #homophobic

Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography. ↗

— Lance Loud

#class #coming #degrees #difficulty #geography

Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly. ↗

— Lawrence G. Lovasik

#ability #against #character #feelings #forgive

First feelings are always the most natural. ↗

— Louis XIV

#feelings #first #most #natural

I believe in aliens. I think it would be way too selfish of us as mankind to believe we are the only lifeforms in the universe. ↗

— Demi Lovato

#i #i believe #i believe in #i think #mankind

Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing. ↗

— Christopher Love

#blessed #blessed be #filled #god #hast