#to

I asked God to help me understand the story of the forest and what it means to be a tree in that story. ↗

— Donald Miller

#life

I shall have less cause to regret the carrying my intended purpose into effect, foreseeing that you may immediately fill with advantage, the vacancy which will presently happen. ↗

— Henry Laurens

#carrying #cause #effect #fill #happen

The teams who play against us don't give us any gifts, but we were too kind. ↗

— Robert Laurent

#any #gifts #give #kind #play

Nobody taught Picasso how to paint - he learned for himself. And nobody can teach you to be a producer. You can learn the mechanics, but you can't learn what's right about a script or a director or an actor. That comes from instinct and intuition. It comes from inside you. ↗

— Dino De Laurentiis

#actor #comes #director #himself #how

The hero, the mythical subject, is constructed as human being and as male; he is the active principle of culture, the establisher of distinction, the creator of differences. ↗

— Teresa de Lauretis

#being #constructed #creator #culture #differences

Brick walls towered over her. Decrepit staircases crowded about her. Nothing had changed. The line there, the lessons there, the rape there. Shouldn't the place be crimson with blood and black with shame? ↗

— Sarah Sundin

#romance #world-war-ii #change

I ask the vice president to stop dodging the issue with legalese, and acknowledge his continued ties with Halliburton to the American people. ↗

— Frank Lautenberg

#american #american people #ask #continued #dodging

People at .08 are too impaired to drive. Studies show that at .08, the ability to perform critical driving functions is decreased by as much as 60 percent. ↗

— Frank Lautenberg

#critical #decreased #drive #driving #functions

I bounce my knees, but I do not have restless leg syndrome. I did an interview, I don't even know who it was with, and they said I told them I have restless leg syndrome and it distracts me from my work. I do not have any syndrome. ↗

— Taylor Lautner

#bounce #did #distracts #even #i

There's no ex out there who I'm not friends with today, and I'm extremely thankful for that. ↗

— Taylor Lautner

#friends #i #out #thankful #today