#narc

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#effectively #great #his #how #idiosyncrasies

The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of the Wars of Religion. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

#established #firmly #francis #i #monarchy

For the state by its nature claims sovereignty, the right to an unlimited development of power, determined only by self-interest. It is by nature anarchistic. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#claims #determined #development #nature #only

Then this will only prove again and again, that Monarchy in Germany is he longer capable of a national act. ↗

— Ferdinand Lassalle

#again #capable #germany #longer #monarchy

Along the borders to Ethiopia and Somalia, anarchy reigns, the police and military have retreated quite some distance. ↗

— Richard Leakey

#anarchy #borders #distance #ethiopia #military

I've always been a narcissist. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#been #i #narcissist

You couldn't put me in a social group setting. I'm probably a terrible anarchist deep down. ↗

— Maya Lin

#deep #deep down #down #group #i

Alan was always interested in politics in a major way. He actually believes that anarchy is a politically viable system, but I don't. I was always interested in putting forward the ideas that represented my viewpoint. I feel the same about anything I'm doing. ↗

— David Lloyd

#actually #alan #always #anarchy #anything

I've been using narcotics for 20 years. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#i #narcotics #using #years

I certainly understand that we're all trying to make a living, but I'm not thinking about that when I'm making it. And if that's your sole motivation, it's going to reflect that narcissistic greed, and you're going to hear it in the music. ↗

— Aimee Mann

#certainly #going #greed #hear #i