#sit

He built up a situation that was far enough from the truth. It never occurred to him that Helen was to blame. He forgot the intensity of their talk, the charm that had been lent him by sincerity, the magic of Oniton under darkness and of the whispering river. Helen loved the absolute. Leonard had been ruined absolutely, and had appeared to her as a man apart, isolated from the world. A real man, who cared for adventure and beauty, who desired to live decently and pay his way, who could have travelled more gloriously through life than the Juggernaut car that was crushing him. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#intensity #misunderstanding #river #ruination #water

Shaw is like a train. One just speaks the words and sits in one's place. But Shakespeare is like bathing in the sea - one swims where one wants. ↗

— Vivien Leigh

#just #like #place #sea #shakespeare

For seven years, I was in this fishbowl with this intensity, with all the stuff that went on with the Mets. ↗

— Al Leiter

#intensity #mets #seven #stuff #went

A buoyant, positive approach to the game is as basic as a sound swing. ↗

— Tony Lema

#basic #buoyant #game #positive #sound

A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#furthermore #impossible #leads #revolution #revolutionary

Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and it gives you the power to do what you want. I'm really grateful for it because I can play music and people will listen. ↗

— Sean Lennon

#being #being famous #change #famous #gives

Kerri and I met at theatre camp when were 16 years old, which is pretty lame. The rest of us met when we founded the State at New York University in 1988. Most of our adult lives have been spent bickering with these people. ↗

— Thomas Lennon

#been #bickering #camp #founded #i

I don't have clear-cut positions. I get baffled by things. I have viewpoints. Sometimes they change. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#change #clear-cut #get #i #positions

I was never much of a one to win prizes... and certainly never placed too much value on their acquisition. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#certainly #i #much #never #placed

The University of Nebraska says that elderly people that drink beer or wine at least four times a week have the highest bone density. They need it - they're the ones falling down the most. ↗

— Jay Leno

#bone #density #down #drink #elderly