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Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship. ↗

— Ben Lindsey

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The best love affairs are those we never had. ↗

— Norman Lindsay

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A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them. ↗

— Carolus Linnaeus

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The goal seems to me at times just to be business first. ↗

— Laura Linney

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You can watch someone on-stage cry and cry - but in the audience you feel nothing. It's easy to become indulgent. For me, what's important is the story first. ↗

— Laura Linney

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Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind. ↗

— Charles de Lint

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Most of us would never consider getting our car repaired without first receiving an estimate of the charges, but this is exactly what we do when we need to go to a hospital for treatment. ↗

— Dan Lipinski

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The length of exposure (one minute in sunlight) is still too long for the portrait. It was fifteen minutes when I first began my work. Progress may continue. ↗

— Gabriel Lippmann

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The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

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And I thought if I don't pre-interview - first of all, we couldn't afford it - but the second thing was it would force me to do my own research, which takes two weeks. ↗

— James Lipton

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