#thou

The territorial state is such an ancient form of society - here in Europe it dates back thousands of years - that it is now protected by the sanctity of age and the glory of tradition. A strong religious feeling mingles with the respect and the devotion to the fatherland. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#ancient #back #dates #devotion #europe

I had never done Shakespeare before, but I don't think you can be an actor and not do it. There were moments when I thought, I'm just not going to be able to pull this off. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#actor #before #done #going #had

Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the third person as though you were merely a piece of merchandise. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#editors #i #life #merchandise #merely

I know thousands of German's who are totally different from me, so we're not alike, we're not the same. ↗

— Bernhard Langer

#different #german #i #know #me

An intelligent person feels guilty for downloading music without paying the musician, but they use this free-open-culture ideology to cover it. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#downloading #feels #guilty #ideology #intelligent

I view advertising as being this romanticizing element that helps us appreciate, understand and enjoy how remarkable it is that we've been able to do so much, and learn so much. I view it as really vital, even though sometimes it can be really annoying. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#advertising #annoying #appreciate #been #being

Our thoughts have an order, not of themselves, but because the mind generates the spatio-temporal relationships involved in every experience. ↗

— Robert Lanza

#every #experience #generates #involved #mind

Therefore it is essential that some means should be sought whereby the work of the nation may be carried on without constant yet at present necessary dislocation. ↗

— James Larkin

#constant #dislocation #essential #may #means

Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For this they may be forgiven much. Children are bound to be inferior to adults, or there is no incentive to grow up. ↗

— Philip Larkin

#bound #children #fact #forgiven #grow

A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself. ↗

— Doug Larson

#form #lowest #lowest form #pun #thought