#isa

Why, so soon as French Canadians, who are in a minority in this House and in the country, were to organise as a political party, they would compel the majority to organise as a political party, and the result must be disastrous to themselves. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#compel #country #disastrous #french #house

Also, since art is a vehicle for the transmission of ideas through form, the reproduction of the form only reinforces the concept. It is the idea that is being reproduced. Anyone who understands the work of art owns it. We all own the Mona Lisa. ↗

— Sol LeWitt

#anyone #art #being #concept #form

I believe that the artist's involvement in the capitalist structure is disadvantageous to the artist and forces him to produce objects in order to live. ↗

— Sol LeWitt

#believe #capitalist #disadvantageous #forces #him

I put a bullet into the back of the crocodile's neck just behind the head, thus killing it. If a crocodile is hit in any other part of its anatomy it disappears into the water and is irrecoverable. ↗

— Louis Leakey

#any #back #behind #bullet #crocodile

I guess because the shows were activist in their own way - the marriage of my public activism and my career activism, you know - people understand me very well. They also understand there's a very strong bipartisan part in all of this. ↗

— Norman Lear

#activist #also #because #bipartisan #career

Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan. ↗

— Norman Lear

#doubts #lot #nobody #partisanship

I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation. ↗

— Patrice Leconte

#films #i #improvisation #like #lot

I just play to the people I can see. So it's almost like you are playing to the first few rows of the crowd. You can see the faces of the first hundred people, but then it becomes a blur as the crowds disappear over the hill. ↗

— Alvin Lee

#becomes #blur #crowd #crowds #disappear

I like to do drama, something about life that could be disappointing. ↗

— Ang Lee

#could #disappointing #drama #i #life

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

#defeats #disasters #energies #even #expect