#ere

It was an instinct to put the world in order that powered her mending split infinitives and snipping off dangling participles, smoothing away the knots and bumps until the prose before her took on a sheen, like perfect caramel. ↗

— David Leavitt

#before #bumps #her #instinct #knots

Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#cannot #chairs #comfortable #doors #enough

Some of you may know my story: How for nineteen years, I worked as a manager for a tire plant in Alabama. And some of you may have lived a similar story: After nearly two decades of hard, proud work, I found out that I was making significantly less money than the men who were doing the same work as me. ↗

— Lilly Ledbetter

#alabama #decades #doing #found #hard

Like Afghanistan before it, Iraq is only one theater in a regional war. We were attacked by a network of terrorist organizations supported by several countries, of whom the most important were Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Saudi Arabia. ↗

— Michael Ledeen

#arabia #attacked #before #countries #important

I don't think they knew exactly where they were going with the character, but they lay those stories out ahead of time, so they had some idea where they wanted it to go. ↗

— David Selby

#character #exactly #go #going #had

I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion. ↗

— Brenda Lee

#chet #could #here #i #joyous

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential. ↗

— Bruce Lee

#child #development #duty #ever #expansion

I'm proud of my roots. There are not many Asians in the music industry so it's important for me to tell people where I'm from. ↗

— Coco Lee

#i #important #industry #many #me

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here. ↗

— Harper Lee

#books #got #here #hitting #joke

We were living in the Slad Road when my father left us. I was about three. ↗

— Laurie Lee

#father #i #left #living #road