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laughter joy fame
I've had the fame and the joy of getting laughter - those are gifts. Mary Tyler Moore
laughing loses oneself
One loses many laughs by not laughing at oneself. Mary Engelbreit
laurels refuse
I refuse to sit on my laurels. Patricia Cornwell
lasts calendars said
Obstreperous, ‘huh,” said Tad. “I see you’ve been using that Big Word of the Day calendar I got you last Christmas.” “That is irrefragable,” I told him solemnly. Patricia Briggs
latin years america
Latin America is very fond of the word "hope." We like to be called the "continent of hope." Candidates for deputy, senator, president, call themselves "candidates of hope." This hope is really something like a promise of heaven, an IOU whose payment is always being put off. It is put off until the next legislative campaign, until next year, until the next century. Pablo Neruda
lakes waiting tears
Do tears not yet spilled wait in small lakes? Pablo Neruda
laughter air wish
Take bread away from me, if you wish, take air away, but do not take from me your laughter. Pablo Neruda
laughter sleep being-in-love
Of everything I have seen, it's you I want to go on seeing: of everything I've touched, it's your flesh I want to go on touching. I love your orange laughter. I am moved by the sight of you sleeping. What am I to do, love, loved one? I don't know how others love or how people loved in the past. I live, watching you, loving you. Being in love is my nature. Pablo Neruda
law customs subordinates
Laws are subordinate to custom. Plautus
latin god-love young
He whom the Gods love dies young. Plautus
law littles uncertain
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is. Plautus
law littles ticklish
You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law. [Lat., Nescis tu quam meticulosa res sit ire ad judicem.] Plautus
law innovation musical
Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the laws of the State always change with them, Plato
language discourse subjects
A written discourse on any subject is bound to contain much that is fanciful. Plato
law evil citizens
The form of law which I propose would be as follows: In a state which is desirous of being saved from the greatest of all plagues-not faction, but rather distraction-there should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor, again, excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil . . . Now the legislator should determine what is to be the limit of poverty or of wealth. Plato
law care towns
No town can live peacefully whatever its laws when its citizens do nothing but feast and drink and tire themselves out in the cares of love Plato
law reign needs
Where love reigns, there's no need for laws. Plato
law tyrants reign
They would be subject to no one, neither to lawful ruler nor to the reign of law, but would be altogether and absolutely free. That is the way they got their tyrants, for either servitude or freedom, when it goes to extremes, is an utter bane, while either in due measure is altogether a boon. Plato
law giving office
If one sins against the laws of proportion and gives something too big to something too small to carry it - too big sails to too small a ship, too big meals to too small a body, too big powers to too small a soul - the result is bound to be a complete upset. In an outburst of hubris the overfed body will rush into sickness, while the jack-in-office will rush into the unrighteousness that hubris always breeds. Plato
lasts needs problem
Every invention creates new needs, but the biggest needs are not for new and more advanced versions of the last invention but for solutions to the social problems the last invention created. Philip Slater
latin thinking ideas
Just as it is important in Latin America to discuss ideas that come from North America, I think it is interesting for North Americans to discuss ideas that come from Latin America or Africa and do not insert themselves into capitalist interests. Paulo Freire
language
language is never neutral Paulo Freire
land oil strategy
Peak oil: The over-populated UK's ability to feed and supply itself for our privileged lifestyle requires the land and resources of other nations. Against a background of depleting oil resources, this is a dangerous strategy Phil Harding
laid-back phobia bother
I don't have phobias. I'm pretty laid back. Nothing really bothers me. I can handle things pretty well. Mary Elizabeth Winstead
law europe community
[Helmut] Kohl said Europe must return to being a community committed to stability and the rule of law. Martin Schulz
labels proud ifs
If you gotta label me, label me proud. Lee Brice
law order movement
The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order. Lech Walesa
lakes fishing fishes
If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense. Lech Walesa
law people support
Democracy is made up of three elements. One is whether the laws support pluralistic principles. The second is whether the people take advantage of these laws. The third element is whether the peoples' wallets are thick enough to benefit from this democracy. Lech Walesa
laughter dad book
Justin Halpern tosses lightning bolts of laughter out of his pocket like he is shooting dice in a back alley. In one sweep of a paragraph, he ranges from hysterical to disgusting to touching--and does it all seamlessly. Sh*t My Dad Says is a really, really funny book. Laurie Notaro
large-family
I've always dreamed of having a large family. Lance Bass
law regulation quitting
There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back. Lance Armstrong
law flying gravity
It's not like there's a law against flying." "Yes there is. The law of gravity. Laini Taylor