#lose

The more I see of democracy the more I dislike it. It just brings everything down to the mere vulgar level of wages and prices, electric light and water closets, and nothing else. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#closets #democracy #dislike #down #electric

We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of sufficient consequence in their eyes to merit a closer study than they have hitherto accorded us. ↗

— Henry Lawson

#asserting #become #carry #closer #consequence

Why on earth do we want closer connection with England? We have little in common with English people except our language. We are fast becoming an entirely different people. ↗

— Henry Lawson

#closer #common #connection #different #different people

You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories. ↗

— Stanislaw Lec

#eyes #memories #reality #you #your

My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but then I realized that I needed actors who could go for it and that they had to function well as a couple in a love story. ↗

— Ang Lee

#close #could #couple #first #function

With any sci-fi fantasy storytelling, you must have rules be very clear, otherwise you lose people, like 'OK, they can fly; now they can't fly.' ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#clear #fantasy #fly #like #lose

An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent. ↗

— Tom Lehrer

#ego #her #lose #must #never

My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You can't come in closer with the 35 mm. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#choice #closer #come #environmental #lens

I feel I've always got to keep my stand-up because I never want to lose it. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#because #feel #got #i #i feel

We feel that, with Sidney, we have a great opportunity over the next few years to put a great team on the ice. We're prepared to lose some money along the way. Eventually we're going to need some help. ↗

— Mario Lemieux

#eventually #feel #few #going #great