#die

I can reach the mass audience if I come from different perspectives on every song. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#come #different #different perspectives #every #i

Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in a life-threatening way, that had caused me a long time ago to give up all hope of ever feeling good about having had her as a mother. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#ago #caused #cute #died #ever

I didn't write about my mother much in the third year after she died. I was still trying to get my argument straight: When her friends or our relatives wondered why I was still so hard on her, I could really lay out the case for what it had been like to be raised by someone who had loathed herself, her husband, even her own name. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#after #argument #been #case #could

I spent my whole life helping my mother carry around her psychic trunks like a bitter bellhop. So a great load was lifted when she died, and my life was much easier. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#bitter #carry #died #easier #great

But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present. ↗

— Nick Lampson

#bravery #day #embodied #how #i

When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and when the fruits of Christianity are produced, that man is a disciple of our blessed Lord, let his profession of religion be what it may. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#blessed #christian #christianity #disciple #divine

I had the luck of having an obedient body. ↗

— Burt Lancaster

#had #having #i #luck #obedient

I'm going to beat this cancer or die trying. ↗

— Michael Landon

#cancer #die #going #i #trying

You can die of the cure before you die of the illness. ↗

— Michael Landon

#before #cure #die #illness #you

Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#even #gentlemen #ladies #majority #mammals