#ted

Ours is a circle of friendships united by ideals. ↗

— Juliette Gordon Low

#friendships #ideals #ours #united

On this day, so full for Americans of thoughts connected with their National Independence, we may not forget that Americans have yet other grounds for gratitude to the people of the Netherlands. ↗

— Seth Low

#day #forget #full #gratitude #grounds

I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches. ↗

— Nick Lowe

#because #being #big #big fish #brings

In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and people like that. At first I was interested in seeing what they were up to, what they were doing, why they were doing it. They never moved me in the way that one is moved by true poetry. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#baloney #charles #doing #fact #first

I love comedy and I would write things to myself as an exercise in writing. I didn't do well for years, and I quit. I started to break down why I was afraid and started to look at people I admired, like Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Freddie Prinze, George Carlin and all. ↗

— George Lopez

#afraid #break #carlin #comedy #down

I am not one for half measures or half-hearted efforts. ↗

— Jay Inslee

#efforts #half #half-hearted #i #i am

There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years had passed but mostly the people were very interested in talking about it. ↗

— Walter Lord

#although #couple #even #exceptions #families

To me, it didn't matter where I played, I just wanted to play well. ↗

— Ronnie Lott

#just #matter #me #play #played

I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years either. ↗

— Trent Lott

#country #either #followed #had #him

The highly motivated young people who comprise the backbone of our military force truly are taking their place as one of America's greatest generations. ↗

— Trent Lott

#backbone #comprise #force #generations #greatest