#thou

Compared with the thousands of years in which human life has been on this planet, Christianity is a recent development. ↗

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

#christianity #compared #development #human #human life

Although when Christianity appeared the total population of the planet was only a fraction of that of the twentieth century, most of the earth's surface was quite outside the Mediterranean world, Persia, India, and China. ↗

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

#appeared #century #china #christianity #earth

To this day I always insist on working out a problem from the beginning without reading up on it first, a habit that sometimes gets me into trouble but just as often helps me see things my predecessors have missed. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

#beginning #day #first #gets #habit

I couldn't imagine what Fox thought they were doing, contemplating such a jagged protagonist for a prime-time drama. I only knew that I wanted the role very much. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#doing #drama #fox #i #imagine

I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#bad #because #complaining #confident #fail

It took a long time, but I have learned that you just can't take anything you want out of life without putting something back in exchange. ↗

— Piper Laurie

#back #exchange #i #i have learned #just

Fraternity without absorption, union without fusion. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#fusion #union #without

At one point I had to shove as much food in my body as possible to pack on calories. My trainer wanted me to do six meals a day and not go two hours without eating. If I would cheat on eating one day, I could tell - I'd drop a few pounds. ↗

— Taylor Lautner

#calories #cheat #could #day #drop

I guess winning an Oscar is the ultimate dream. A lot of amazing actors go their whole career without even being nominated. So that would definitely be a goal to reach. It's a difficult one, but I'm aiming for it! ↗

— Taylor Lautner

#amazing #being #career #definitely #difficult

I know it is possible to win the Tour without taking anything. ↗

— Greg LeMond

#i #know #possible #taking #tour