#wards

I think we will always have the impulse towards visual poetry with us, and I wouldn't agree with Bly that it's a bad thing. It depends on the ability of the individual poet to do it well, and to make a shape which is interesting enough to hold your attention. ↗

— James Laughlin

#agree #always #attention #bad #bad thing

I am perfectly conscious that this contempt and hatred underlies the general tone of the community towards us, and yet when I even remotely hint at the fact that we are not a favorite people I am accused of stirring up strife and setting barriers between the two sects. ↗

— Emma Lazarus

#am #barriers #between #community #conscious

Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and - people identify with that. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#darker #draws #emotion #emotions #expressing

Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#christmas #christmas album #heading #looked #making

On the acquisition of Louisiana, in the year 1803, the attention of the government of the United States, was early directed towards exploring and improving the new territory. ↗

— Meriwether Lewis

#attention #directed #early #exploring #government

To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#applause #demand #hinders #means #our

When the shot is afterwards subjected to white light, colour appears because of selective reflection. ↗

— Gabriel Lippmann

#appears #because #colour #light #reflection

Towards the end of 2003 it was hard to get through training - and the darkest point was when a doctor told me there was a possibility I could end up in a wheelchair. ↗

— Jonah Lomu

#darkest #doctor #end #get #hard

I took a little break - I was coming back to work and the last thing I was going to do was take a step backwards, so I knew that if I was going to take a feature it was going to have to be taking a step forward. ↗

— Nia Long

#backwards #break #coming #feature #forward

I got my degree. More importantly, I got a key to American opportunity. That's who we are - a nation that rewards ambition with opportunity. Where hard work can lead to success, no matter where you start. ↗

— Eva Longoria

#american #degree #got #hard #hard work