#sit

In the case of the armies at Fredericksburg it would have been, to say the least, very hazardous to give counter-attack, the Federal position being about as strong as ours from which we had driven them back. ↗

— James Longstreet

#armies #back #been #being #case

Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort. He hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that disturbs him. Thus he loves the house and hates art. ↗

— Adolf Loos

#art #comfort #disturbs #draw #everything

Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl, my mom always made me tough. She's taught me over the years how to be a strong, independent woman, how to carry yourself in a positive way and anything that my brothers can do, I can do. ↗

— Diana Lopez

#anything #being #brothers #carry #girl

Do not sit next to my mother when she is watching one of her children compete because you will have fingernails down your back. She is a nervous wreck. ↗

— Diana Lopez

#because #children #compete #down #fingernails

So I started to relax and would work on my act eight hours a day, sitting at a desk writing at my grandmother's house, and I would put on Richard Pryor Live on Long Beach and would play it like a loop and think and write. ↗

— George Lopez

#beach #day #desk #eight #grandmother

People equate sexy with promiscuous. They think that because I'm shaped this way, I must be scandalous - like running around and bringing men into my hotel room. But it's just the opposite. ↗

— Jennifer Lopez

#because #bringing #equate #his way #hotel

I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations. ↗

— Walter Lord

#extraordinary #highly #i #involving #look

Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of it immediately, without hesitation and astonishment, in an illustrated magazine. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#astonishment #egypt #exercised #fascination #hesitation

Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay images. ↗

— Lance Loud

#believe #culture #gauge #gay #homophobic

When you've grown sick of reading and bug-eyed from watching TV, when your friends are all visited out, no words can adequately praise the link to the outside world provided by your parents and family. ↗

— Lance Loud

#family #friends #grown #link #out