#rio

We are the greatest country in the world but we are facing serious issues. ↗

— Rick Larsen

#facing #greatest #greatest country #issues #serious

Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth. ↗

— Gary Larson

#changed #comparable #demands #diversity #earth

I quickly realized that this medium had a lot to offer someone like me. To do Disney-quality hand-drawn cartoons, you have to be a master of two art forms. Seriously, you have to be able to draw like a Leonardo da Vinci or a Michelangelo. But also you have to know movement and timing and control that through 24 frames a second. ↗

— John Lasseter

#also #art #art forms #cartoons #control

Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was a baby, and that the big one was his mother. In that short little film, computer animation went from a novelty to a serious tool for filmmaking. ↗

— John Lasseter

#animation #baby #big #computer #could

I think that concrete poetry seems to have, as far as I can see, come to a kind of a dead end. It doesn't seem to be going any further than it went in its high period of about five or six years ago. ↗

— James Laughlin

#ago #any #as far as #come #concrete

It is an interesting fact that during my tour I was never allowed access to computers, radios, or anything else that I might damage through curiosity, or perhaps something more sinister. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

#allowed #anything #computers #curiosity #damage

Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch. ↗

— Cyndi Lauper

#could #die #get #getting #great

I'm reteaming with the producers of 'Twilight' on an awesome script. It's very serious, dramatic and different for me. I'm excited to see what's next. I love all aspects of film and all genres. ↗

— Taylor Lautner

#awesome #different #dramatic #excited #film

I'm very free-spirited and crazy. I love to have fun, and I like doing stupid things. At the same time, I'm like a 35-year-old. I have a house. I have a car. I have a steady job. I have a business, and I have to make serious decisions. ↗

— Avril Lavigne

#car #crazy #decisions #doing #fun

I was an optimist, a great champion of the human spirit. And I lost that for a time. I feel like I've regained a bit of that in the last few years but there was a period of my life in which I had a very low opinion of people in general. ↗

— Jude Law

#champion #feel #few #general #great