#read

Another symptom of progress toward the Singularity: ideas themselves should spread ever faster, and even the most radical will quickly become commonplace. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

#become #commonplace #even #ever #faster

The simultaneous reactions elicited all over the world by the reading of newspaper dispatches about the same events create, as it were, a common mental pulse beat for the whole of civilized mankind. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#beat #civilized #common #create #events

I like reading my bible, I like bible studies where I get together with others and talk about the word of God and how it relates to us and how we can change to become more like him. ↗

— Bernhard Langer

#become #bible #change #get #get together

Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead. ↗

— Lillie Langtry

#anyone #dead #her #limits #memories

Anonymous blog comments, vapid video pranks and lightweight mash-ups may seem trivial and harmless, but as a whole, this widespread practice of fragmentary, impersonal communication has demeaned personal interaction. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#blog #comments #communication #fragmentary #harmless

I'm astonished at how readily a great many people I know, young people, have accepted a reduced economic prospect and limited freedoms in any substantial sense, and basically traded them for being able to screw around online. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#accepted #any #around #astonished #basically

The play is one of the very few pieces of great dramatic and comic writing that I have read in a long, long time. I was drawn to it because of the power of the writing, which gives me the actor a chance to explore many facets of myself. ↗

— Linda Lavin

#because #chance #comic #comic writing #dramatic

I'm kind of ashamed to be a celebrity. I don't understand wanting to read about other people's dirty laundry. I think celebrity is the biggest red herring society has ever pulled on itself. ↗

— Jude Law

#ashamed #biggest #celebrity #dirty #ever

Making an effort is polite, and getting ready and looking after yourself makes an event more fun. ↗

— Jude Law

#effort #event #fun #getting #looking

The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#beauty #bread #human #human soul #more