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In fiction, plenty do the job of conveying information, rousing suspense, painting characters, enabling them to speak. But only certain sentences breathe and shift about, like live matter in soil. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#breathe #certain #characters #conveying #enabling

It didn't matter that I wore clothes from Sears; I was still different. I looked different. My name was different. I wanted to pull away from the things that marked my parents as being different. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#being #being different #clothes #different #i

I've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter... I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it, I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I'm happier with that. ↗

— Veronica Lake

#always #attitude #attitudes #changed #changing

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#analysis #authority #critical #individual #must

I know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money will automatically follow. This never fails. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#automatically #fails #follow #get #i

I am a very good shot. I have hunted for every kind of animal. But I would never kill an animal during mating season. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#animal #during #every #good #hunted

I have never seen a wrestling match or a prize fight, and I don't want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#fight #find #him #i #interested

However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences - and I stray pretty far from mine - I think, ultimately, that we may be writing what we need to write in some way, albeit unconsciously. ↗

— Wally Lamb

#experiences #far #fiction #fiction writers #however

My number one goal was not getting 'A's' - and I proved it. I was a 'C' student. You have to be ready to learn. If you're not interesting in learning, it doesn't work. As I grew older and wanted to learn and desperately wanted inside information, learning was a lot easier. ↗

— Brian Lamb

#easier #getting #goal #grew #i

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#attractive #beauty #belief #body #common