#lief

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

— Audre Lorde

#characterized #heady #instantaneous #sixties #solutions

My parents immigrated to the United States with $10 in their pocket and a belief that the America they had heard about really did exist as the land of opportunity. ↗

— Mia Love

#america #belief #did #exist #had

This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear war, and humanity were wiped out, the Earth would breathe a sigh of relief. ↗

— James Lovelock

#crazy #earth #humanity #just #nuclear

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#crimes #cruel #differences #men #punishing

Though I was a mother at 21, being a grandmother makes the whole thing absolutely normal and gorgeous. The relief, the joy of being a grandmother is wonderful. ↗

— Joanna Lumley

#being #gorgeous #grandmother #i #joy

I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I want to deny you the relief of the punchline. ↗

— Lydia Lunch

#comedian #deny #denying #hilarious #i

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions. ↗

— Robert Wilson Lynd

#appears #belief #dangerous #decisive #human

We are as great as our belief in human liberty - no greater. And our belief in human liberty is only ours when it is larger than ourselves. ↗

— Archibald MacLeish

#great #greater #human #human liberty #larger

I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#battle #beautiful #because #gives #help

Belief is such a powerful thing - but because it is, it can also be very destructive and it's very easily manipulated. ↗

— Jena Malone

#because #belief #destructive #easily #manipulated