#tract

I enjoyed hearing people do their own songs. I became attracted to singer-songwriters. I became interested in them as people; was curious about what they wanted to say. ↗

— Lyle Lovett

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The concept of absurdity is something I'm attracted to. ↗

— David Lynch

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I think that ideas exist outside of ourselves. I think somewhere, we're all connected off in some very abstract land. But somewhere between there and here ideas exist. ↗

— David Lynch

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To me, a story can be both concrete and abstract, or a concrete story can hold abstractions. And abstractions are things that really can't be said so well with words. ↗

— David Lynch

#both #concrete #hold #me #really

When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I've bought stocks at $12 that went to $2, but then they later went to $30. You just don't know when you can find the bottom. ↗

— Peter Lynch

#bottom #bought #buy #find #go

There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things. ↗

— Robert Wilson Lynd

#appearance #attracted #beneath #concerned #consecutive

What is new in all of this is that the old poles of attraction represented by nation-states, parties, professions, institutions, and historical traditions are losing their attraction. ↗

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

#historical #institutions #losing #new #old

I suspect the secret of personal attraction is locked up in our unique imperfections, flaws and frailties. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#flaws #frailties #i #imperfections #locked

To choose art means to turn one's back on the world, or at least on certain of its distractions. ↗

— Melvin Maddocks

#back #certain #choose #distractions #least

I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#constitutional #conversation #couch #distracted #easily