#pare

The pain was considerable, but trivial compared with my mental state. ↗

— Harold Lloyd

#considerable #mental #pain #state #trivial

In third grade, I was taking tap-dance lessons, and about six weeks before the recital I wanted to quit. My mom said, 'No, you're going to stay with it.' Well, I did it, and I was bad, too! But my parents never let their kids walk away from something because it was too hard. ↗

— Rebecca Lobo

#away #bad #because #before #did

Things are moving pretty quick, and of course, the whole focus is training and getting ready and being able to prepare to be on the world's stage and hopefully do the United States proud. ↗

— Ryan Lochte

#being #course #focus #getting #hopefully

My dad, of course, like a lot of Asian parents, wanted me to be an engineer or doctor and never could understand why I would want to be a lawyer. And then, when I first said I wanted to run for office, he thought that was absolutely insane. ↗

— Gary Locke

#asian #could #course #dad #doctor

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain. ↗

— John Locke

#fountain #parents #poisoned #streams #themselves

With a parent, it's always guilt. You want to be there, but you kind of also want to be here. ↗

— Heather Locklear

#always #guilt #here #kind #parent

Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a beautiful thing you can hand in, probably late, to your editor. ↗

— Kurt Loder

#beautiful thing #down #editor #get #hand

The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television. ↗

— Sophia Loren

#child #compared #except #facts #know

The vision of a nation formed from many different peoples bound together by a common love of freedom was staked out long before our lifetimes or even our parents' or grandparents' lifetimes. ↗

— Trent Lott

#bound #common #different #even #formed

When you've grown sick of reading and bug-eyed from watching TV, when your friends are all visited out, no words can adequately praise the link to the outside world provided by your parents and family. ↗

— Lance Loud

#family #friends #grown #link #out