#ovid

Most Modern Orthodox are religious Zionists. Despite all differences and nuances among us, we consider the founding of the State a historic change. We accept it as something that came from Providence. ↗

— Norman Lamm

#among #came #change #consider #despite

Such an arrangement would provide Taiwan and China with a forum for dialogue whereby they may forge closer ties based on mutual understanding and respect, leading to permanent peace in the Taiwan Strait. ↗

— Nick Lampson

#based #china #closer #dialogue #forge

We were also able to do a great deal of work to improve highways, airports and airways, waterways, and railways, all of which are important and have provided a better quality of life and economic development opportunities for my constituents. ↗

— Nick Lampson

#airways #also #better #better quality #constituents

Technologists provide tools that can improve people's lives. But I want to be clear that I don't think technology by itself improves people's lives, since often I'm criticized for being too pro-technology. Unless there's commensurate ethical and moral improvements to go along with it, it's for naught. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#being #clear #commensurate #criticized #ethical

The basic problem is that web 2.0 tools are not supportive of democracy by design. They are tools designed to gather spy-agency-like data in a seductive way, first and foremost, but as a side effect they tend to provide software support for mob-like phenomena. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#data #democracy #design #designed #effect

It is important to consider whether the sample size selected by the Environmental Genome Project will provide sufficient power to discover most alleles relevant to gene-environment interactions. ↗

— Samuel Wilson

#discover #environmental #genome #important #interactions

Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us with a copy of reality that we can all recognize. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#get #knowledge #observer #preferably #provides

We just did a show in Providence, Rhode Island, and we got three puppy shots before we even got on the air, which was great. Although sometimes you get flashed by some puppies that you'd rather not see. They're more like mongrels. ↗

— Jerry Lawler

#although #before #did #even #flashed

The majority of people in Angola were not provided with any kind of schooling and were completely illiterate, very badly paid, and treated almost as slaves. ↗

— Louis Leakey

#angola #any #badly #completely #illiterate

Scientific innovations continually provide us with new means of analyzing the finds. ↗

— Richard Leakey

#continually #finds #innovations #means #new