#ted

A lot of folks are still demanding more evidence before they actually consider Iraq a threat. For example, France wants more evidence. And you know I'm thinking, the last time France wanted more evidence they rolled right through Paris with the German flag. ↗

— David Letterman

#before #consider #demanding #evidence #example

Throughout my political career, I've believed in the concept of home rule. Some call it local control. Whichever phrase you use, the concept is the same - the best decisions are those made closest to those who will be impacted by the decisions. ↗

— Linda Lingle

#best #call #career #closest #concept

No one is asking what happened to all the homeless. No one cares, because it's easier to get on the subway and not be accosted. ↗

— Richard Linklater

#asking #because #cares #easier #get

I want to do a little bit of everything. I love sci-fi. I think it's more the characters that draw me towards things. I like strong women. I'm very interested in futuristic stuff, anything. ↗

— Sabrina Lloyd

#bit #characters #draw #everything #futuristic

It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy. ↗

— Tara Lipinski

#i #made #once #taller #used

During exposure, interference takes place between the incident rays and those reflected by the mirror, with the formation of interference fringes half a wavelength distant from each other. ↗

— Gabriel Lippmann

#distant #during #each #exposure #formation

We'd play at the Ambassador's house for an invited group of dignitaries from the government that might have gone to school in America; to the U.S. Consulate that invites certain people that they're trying to target. ↗

— Bob Livingston

#america #certain #dignitaries #gone #government

The United States has the most sophisticated financial markets in the world, which does not leave much room to maneuver. But it also offers investors the greatest access to information and the ability to execute trades quickly and efficiently. So it is a mixed bag of opportunity. ↗

— Andrew Lo

#access #also #bag #does #efficiently

I'm delighted. I don't know of anybody who had a statue built of them while they were living. It's a great feeling. ↗

— Al Lopez

#built #delighted #feeling #great #great feeling

But it is true that sometimes an enveloping darkness aids one to clearer vision; as in a panorama building, for example, where the obscurity about the entrance prepares one better for the climax, and gives the scene depicted a more real and vivid appearance. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#aids #appearance #better #building #clearer