#tent

George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#contention #described #forthright #george #longer

Poisons and medicine are oftentimes the same substance given with different intents. ↗

— Peter Latham

#given #intents #medicine #oftentimes #poisons

Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that strain Christians have looked back, and rightly, as the preparation in history for their faith. ↗

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

#background #christianity #christians #emerged #faith

You always question people's intentions. That may be a combination of having money, having fame, and being a little older. ↗

— Matt LeBlanc

#being #combination #fame #having #intentions

You basically have a group of four spies who are chosen for a mission they feel for the fact of how competent they are and how their expertise and they're the right one for the job. But ultimately they find out they've been actually chosen for their incompetence. ↗

— Matt LeBlanc

#basically #been #chosen #competent #expertise

I feel that everyone has a Hulk inside, and each of our Hulks is both scary and, potentially, pleasurable. That's the scariest thing about them. ↗

— Ang Lee

#both #each #everyone #feel #hulk

It was my dream that I had clenched in a fist of discontent and wouldn't release. But time had now pried every finger open. There is peace in an open and upraised hand that isn't grasping for anything. ↗

— Laurel Lee

#clenched #discontent #dream #every #finger

I'm trying to use the language of today to express a general existential crisis that I think the world and I are going through. ↗

— Sean Lennon

#existential #express #general #going #i

And if citizens of New Orleans who are really contemplating coming back heard that we're really intent upon making the place secure again - regardless of whether the levees held or not - then I think a rebuilding process would really take shape. ↗

— Billy Tauzin

#back #citizens #coming #contemplating #heard

We inadvertently bombed the Chinese Embassy. But Clinton now is working very hard. He has sent a letter of apology to the Chinese. And, he's also given them a gift certificate for future nuclear secrets. ↗

— David Letterman

#apology #bombed #certificate #chinese #clinton