#image

Let's face it - think of Africa, and the first images that come to mind are of war, poverty, famine and flies. How many of us really know anything at all about the truly great ancient African civilizations, which in their day, were just as splendid and glorious as any on the face of the earth? ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#africa #african #ancient #any #anything

People don't realize what a brilliant politician Lincoln was. Looking back, we want to ascribe a level of providence to his every decision but he was a cunning and calculating politician; from the cultivation of his image as a hayseed from Illinois, to his ability to keep this country together under dire circumstances. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#ascribe #back #brilliant #calculating #circumstances

Cuba is like going to a whole other planet. It's so different but it's so similar to the United States, to Miami. It's like a doppelgaenger. It's the mirror image. And I have no doubt, that once Cuba becomes democratic, that it will be the favorite tourist destination for Americans. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#cuba #democratic #destination #different #doubt

I think the British audience might be more open-minded with some of my imagery and weird choices. ↗

— Adam Lambert

#british #choices #i #i think #imagery

Yeah, I have a tough-girl image. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#image #yeah

Yeah, I try to be the best example I can be for young girls just as far as my person goes - just to uphold a good image. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#best #example #far #goes #good

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#created #god #hates #image #out

When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#floats #forth #hope #image #onto

When women make their image about youth and sexuality, and not about intellect, that's kind of a dead-end road. So I think it's a combination of self-entrapment and entrapment by society. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#combination #dead-end #i #i think #image

Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation. ↗

— Walter Lang

#creation #crown #god #image #made