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But it is true that sometimes an enveloping darkness aids one to clearer vision; as in a panorama building, for example, where the obscurity about the entrance prepares one better for the climax, and gives the scene depicted a more real and vivid appearance. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#aids #appearance #better #building #clearer

The heel is engineering in itself. This little thing that supports the human weight has to have a precise balance. ↗

— Christian Louboutin

#engineering #heel #human #itself #little

I've been lucky to be able to make the records I've wanted to make. The record company has never pressured me to cut certain songs. ↗

— Lyle Lovett

#been #certain #company #cut #i

You can't second-guess your audience. You can only do what you think is right. If you do that, your audience will appreciate you. ↗

— Lyle Lovett

#audience #only #right #second-guess #think

I do see your point, but to me, I'm just a mouse compared to the President of the United States. ↗

— Jon Lovitz

#i #i do #just #me #mouse

Churchill was one of the few men I have met who even in the flesh give me the impression of genius. George Bernard Shaw is another. It is amusing to know that each thinks the other is overrated. ↗

— David Low

#another #bernard #churchill #each #even

These are some of the things for which we believe the American people owe no little gratitude to the Dutch; and these are the things for which today, speaking in the name of the American people, we venture to express their heartfelt thanks. ↗

— Seth Low

#american people #believe #dutch #express #gratitude

So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul. ↗

— Ignatius Loyola

#lord #love #my own #own #perceive

I wanted to tell people, "My depression is acting up today" as an excuse for not seeing them, but I never managed to pull it off. ↗

— Ned Vizzini

#excuse #mental-ward #people #funny

After I broke my leg I had to go back and do one of the remakes of 'The Magnificent Seven' and ended up on a horse that pitched me off and broke my leg again... I rode horses pretty well. I just didn't like doing it. ↗

— William Lucking

#again #back #broke #doing #ended