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It's very lonely being a prominent black intellectual at an institution where you're the only prominent black intellectual. That was the model that was followed in the late 60s when black studies started. You'd get one here and one there and one here, like Johnny Appleseed. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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We started this mostly from an intellectual place. ↗

— Melinda Gates

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A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect. ↗

— Charles Lamb

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The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth. ↗

— Charles Lamb

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Judaism is an intellectually based religion, and the single most important theme is that of study. ↗

— Norman Lamm

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When women make their image about youth and sexuality, and not about intellect, that's kind of a dead-end road. So I think it's a combination of self-entrapment and entrapment by society. ↗

— K. D. Lang

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Just as characteristic, perhaps, is the intellectual interdependence created through the development of the modern media of communication: post, telegraph, telephone, and popular press. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. ↗

— Doug Larson

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We are looking for targets that have a tremendous strategic fit for the company. The colleges must have complementary education programs, have an excellent reputation, long operating history and solid regulatory compliance. ↗

— John Larson

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The intellectual debility of contemporary conservatism is indicated by its silence on all important matters. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

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