#yea

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#armies #asia #blue #chest #combined

I've been doing Tai Chi on and off for 20 years. The fundamentals of all martial arts are the same. ↗

— Terence Stamp

#been #chi #doing #fundamentals #i

The UN Commission on Human Rights, whose membership in recent years has included countries - such as Libya and Sudan - which have deplorable human rights records, and the recent Oil-for-Food scandal, are just a few examples of why reform is so imperative. ↗

— John Linder

#countries #deplorable #examples #few #human

That was for instance the case in Mocambique a couple of years ago, during the flooding catastrophe. Instead of co-ordinating assistance properly, to much time and resources was spent on fighting about the same helicopters and local guides. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#ago #assistance #case #catastrophe #couple

Certainly since then many people have taken a lot of those ideas and ridden them for years and years and made careers out of them. Part of that is willingness to do the kind of work that I wasn't willing to do. Get into a van and cover the country. ↗

— Arto Lindsay

#certainly #country #cover #get #i

Years ago when DNA was going on, I produced a record in Italy but I didn't think I'd do another one. ↗

— Arto Lindsay

#another #dna #going #i #italy

I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old. ↗

— Laura Linney

#like #liked #lucky #old #profoundly

Through the years, I have so many wonderful memories of playing with the Red Wings: winning four Stanley Cups, scoring big goals, going into battle every night side by side with my teammates, playing with every ounce of effort I could muster. ↗

— Ted Lindsay

#big #could #cups #effort #every

I lost a year or two in there, trying to get films financed that I didn't know would never get financing. ↗

— Richard Linklater

#financed #financing #get #i #know

Something about Texas I'm not proud of is that our state murdered 37 people last year alone. ↗

— Richard Linklater

#alone #i #last #last year #our