#reason

The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#because #everything #give #hope #hopeless

I went to Goucher College in Maryland for the best possible reasons - to learn - but then I dropped out at 19 for the best possible reasons - to become a writer. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#best #college #dropped #i #learn

A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#brook #compulsion #dictates #disposed #englishmen

You can have immediate regrets, but if you look at stuff and say, 'Things happen for a reason', there's a fatalistic thing about it. Something will happen that will justify it in some way. ↗

— Martin Landau

#happen #immediate #justify #look #reason

For some reason, people think of me as someone who can do anything I want. And I'm not. You know, I need someone to put up the money. ↗

— John Landis

#i #know #me #money #need

As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics. Whereas when you cover a song you can create your own reason why you're attached to it. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#cord #cover #create #expand #hard

But I think one of the reasons I tend to stay in the water most of the time is I distrust the comfort. ↗

— Frank Langella

#distrust #i #i think #most #reasons

The reason people blame things on previous generations is that there's only one other choice. ↗

— Doug Larson

#choice #generations #only #other #people

But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

#debates #deeply #embedded #expose #need

If people are constantly reading about you, and you're overexposed, they've got no reason to go see your movies. Also, it's not pleasant or nice to have your privacy invaded. ↗

— John Cusack

#also #constantly #go #got #invaded