#than

This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways, and it is more different from standard English than any other dialect spoken in continental North America. ↗

— William Labov

#african american #america #american #any #continental

I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar. ↗

— Christine Lahti

#done #else #i #including #life

Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just as someone who climbs a mountain is more at risk than someone who just walks along a village lane. ↗

— R. D. Laing

#climbs #creative #creative people #explore #greater

When you play music with someone who has a heart rather than playing with someone who is just doing it for money or is cynical it makes all the difference. ↗

— Greg Lake

#difference #doing #heart #just #makes

For me, being memorable is more important than winning. ↗

— Ricki Lake

#important #me #memorable #more #than

I was this role model for heavy people. But the thing is, I never set out to be a role model at all, and I don't set out to be one now. I won't preach to anyone and tell them how to lose weight. I don't know any better than the next person. ↗

— Ricki Lake

#anyone #better #heavy #how #i

It was a long time in the making, my divorce. One day became less special than the next, and pretty soon, we ceased all conversation. It is a sad day when you have nothing left to say. ↗

— Ricki Lake

#ceased #conversation #day #divorce #left

So someday in the near future hopefully rather than having a foot or a leg amputated we'll just give you an injection of the cells and restore the blood flow. We've also created entire tubes of red blood cells from scratch in the laboratory. So there are a lot of exciting things in the pipeline. ↗

— Robert Lanza

#amputated #blood #cells #created #entire

That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone, that we are more deeply inserted into existence than the course of a single life would lead us to believe. ↗

— John Berger

#beautiful #believe #course #crystal #deeply

What could be more convincing, moreover, than the gesture of laying one's cards face up on the table? ↗

— Jacques Lacan

#convincing #could #face #gesture #laying