#tract

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#destroy #himself #interests #other #person

People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success. ↗

— Tony Levin

#decide #distracted #means #others

I mean, there was a portion, of course, that I think, when I look back now, that there was a portion of what attracted me must have been the awe of him being a powerful man in this environment, not to take away from who he is as a real person. ↗

— Monica Lewinsky

#away #awe #back #been #being

Delight at having understood a very abstract and obscure system leads most people to believe in the truth of what it demonstrates. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#believe #delight #demonstrates #having #leads

I think we're much smarter than we were. Everybody knows that abstract art can be art, and most people know that they may not like it, even if they understand there's another purpose to it. ↗

— Roy Lichtenstein

#abstract art #another #art #even #everybody

Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#away #clings #condition #contract #long

Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#allow #easier #established #feminism #mainstream

It is a major sin to break a contract, especially in military situations. ↗

— John Walker Lindh

#contract #especially #major #military #sin

There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed. ↗

— Titus Livius

#clothed #creed #false #garb #more

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#contract #first #first principle #legitimate #only