#sen

The present hardly exists, after all-it becomes the past even as it happens. A tricky medium, time - and central to the concerns of fiction. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#becomes #central #concerns #even #exists

Alan was always interested in politics in a major way. He actually believes that anarchy is a politically viable system, but I don't. I was always interested in putting forward the ideas that represented my viewpoint. I feel the same about anything I'm doing. ↗

— David Lloyd

#actually #alan #always #anarchy #anything

I'm interested in why people compromise when they shouldn't. It comes back to what V's about in a sense. We've all got ideals, but given the right circumstances, we'll forget about them and put them behind us. I'm very interested in why people do that. ↗

— David Lloyd

#back #behind #circumstances #comes #compromise

I think anybody would have to be with out common sense to think there weren't aliens. There are billions of planets, and I am convinced Earth is not the only one that's inhabited. It would be quite an ego trip to think that. I think about it all the time. ↗

— Sabrina Lloyd

#am #anybody #billions #common #common sense

Great investors need to have the right combination of intuition, business sense and investment talent. ↗

— Andrew Lo

#business sense #combination #great #intuition #investment

My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, 'You can become an Olympic champion.' And that's the first time that I'd heard someone else say that to me. I was like, 'Uh, are you talking to me?' ↗

— Ryan Lochte

#champion #college #dad #else #first

The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction. ↗

— Gary Locke

#beijing #china #clear #direction #dissent

In all my travels I never met with any one Scotchman but what was a man of sense: I believe everybody of that country that has any, leaves it as fast as they can. ↗

— Francis Lockier

#believe #country #everybody #fast #i

No one can claim to be called Christian who gives money for the building of warships and arsenals. ↗

— Belva Lockwood

#building #called #christian #claim #gives

I hope no one will think of... sending me to Pearl Harbor. ↗

— Charles A. Lockwood

#hope #i #me #pearl #pearl harbor