#ned

For the state by its nature claims sovereignty, the right to an unlimited development of power, determined only by self-interest. It is by nature anarchistic. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#claims #determined #development #nature #only

I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#door #felt #growing #growing up #i

Today we stand on a bridge leading from the territorial state to the world community. Politically, we are still governed by the concept of the territorial state; economically and technically, we live under the auspices of worldwide communications and worldwide markets. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#bridge #communications #community #concept #economically

I always signed autographs when I could and always stayed and chatted with them when I could. ↗

— Frank Langella

#autographs #could #i #i always #signed

We are in the entertaining business, they want to get autographs, they want to take something home, whether it's a signed hat or, you know, program or whatever it might be. ↗

— Bernhard Langer

#business #entertaining #get #hat #home

The basic problem is that web 2.0 tools are not supportive of democracy by design. They are tools designed to gather spy-agency-like data in a seductive way, first and foremost, but as a side effect they tend to provide software support for mob-like phenomena. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#data #democracy #design #designed #effect

I never regretted what I turned down. ↗

— Angela Lansbury

#i #never #regretted #turned

Sometimes a week might go by when I don't think about that game, but I don't remember when it happened last. ↗

— Don Larsen

#game #go #happened #i #last

I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so. ↗

— Erik Larson

#disinclined #i #instantly #me #perverse

Whenever I finish a book, I start with a blank slate and never have ideas lined up. ↗