L Quotes
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“Later, I would realize that the position of most black students in predominantly white colleges was already too tenuous, our identities too scrambled, to admit to ourselves that our black pride remained incomplete. And to admit our doubt and confusion to whites, to open up our psyches to general examination by those who had caused so much of the damage in the first place, seemed ludicrous, itself an expression of self-hatred - for there seemed no reason to expect that whites would look at our private struggles as a mirror into their own souls, rather than yet more evidence of black pathology.”
“Later, in a different home, I befriended a eucalypt, using a resilient bough as a trampoline. Learning nothing from having plummeted from the peppercorn, I'd bounce happily in my haven in the heavens. I loved that tree - and fully understand why Heysen, Roberts, McCubbin and the rest devoted so much time and effort to painting arboreal portraits.”
“Later, in the early teens, I used to ride my bike every Saturday morning to the nearest airport, ten miles away, push airplanes in and out of the hangars, and clean up the hangars.”
“Later, she would remember these years, and realize with astonishment that she had, by fifteen, decided on most of the assumptions she would carry for the rest of her life: that people were essentially not evil, that perfection was death, that life was better than order and a little chaos good for the soul. Most important, this life was all. Unfortunately, she forgot these things, and had to remember them the hard way.”
“Later, when I was at Caesar's Palace, and [Joe and Gil Cates] were trying to get me to have opening acts for the show, they gave me a list of people, and Rosie O'Donnell was one of them. I said, "I don't really need any opening acts. I have funny stuff in the show, and I do a lot of comedy and stuff."”
“Later, when they were almost asleep he had called out to her. 'Finke?' 'Yeah?' 'We'll make a great team. You plant. I build.”
“Later, when you're grown up, you realize you never really get to hang out with your family. You pretty much have only eighteen years to spend with them full time, and that's it.”
Source: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
“Later, with time, I learned that although all men are capable of good and evil, the worst among them are those who, when they commit evil, do so by shielding themselves in the authority of others, in their subordination, or in the excuse of following orders. And even worse are those who believe they are justified by their God.”
“Later, you should learn to hire fast and scale up the company, but in the early days the goal should be not to hire. Not to hire.”
“Later," Fang said to Ella and Dr. Martinez in that gushy, hyperemotional, overdramatic way he has.”
“Lateral thinking is concerned not with playing with the existing pieces but with seeking to change those very pieces. It is concerned with the perception part of thinking. This is where we organise the external world into the pieces we can then 'process'.”
“Lateral thinking... is the process of using information to bring about creativity and insight restructuring. Lateral thinking can be learned, practised and used. It is possible to acquire skill in it just as it is possible to acquire skill in mathematics.”
Source: Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step
“Lateral trust among colleagues is as important as vertical trust within the hierarchy.”
“latest bedding collection page”
“Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world's population.”
“Latham is behaving like a crazy man.”
“Lathis rattle against steel railings. Drenched half-naked men, some with torn shirts, jump up and down waving their fists. Some chant ‘Bande Mataram,’ others ‘Mazdur ki jai,’ whatever is their preference, the motherland or the brotherhood of workers. The hammer and sickle, red but limp, flaps like a half-dead fish against the trunk of a banyan tree. The sky cries monsoon tears; it has been crying all night.”
Source: Karna's Wheel
“Latihan disengaja paling baik dilakukan sendirian karena beberapa alasan. Latihan disengaja membutuhkan konsentrasi tinggi, dan orang lain dapat mengganggu. Latihan ini membutuhkan motivasi yang tinggi, sering kali harus dimunculkan dari dalam diri sendiri. Tetapi yang paling penting, latihan ini melibatkan pengerjaan tugas yang paling menantang Anda secara personal.”
“Latin America and the Caribbean are the happiest on average in the world.”
“Latin America can no longer tolerate being a haven for United States liberals who cannot make their point at home, an outlet for apostles too "apostolic" to find their vocation as competent professionals within their own community. The hardware salesman threatens to dump second-rate imitations of parishes, schools and catechisms -- out-moded even in the United States -- all around the continent. The traveling escapist threatens further to confuse a foreign world with his superficial protests, which are not viable even at home.”
“Latin America has much richer resources. You'd expect it to be far more advanced than East Asia, but it had the disadvantage of being under imperialist wings.”
“Latin America is all moving to the left, from Venezuela to Argentina with rare exceptions, but there's a good left and a bad left.”
“Latin America is now exploring new and often promising paths in rejecting the doctrinal notions of "globalization," and also in the remarkable growth of popular movements and authentic participation in the political systems. How successful this will be is more a matter for action than for speculation.”
“Latin America is part of the world which was for many years condemned to the system of power where intimidation had more strength than the vote.”
“Latin America is very fond of the word "hope." We like to be called the "continent of hope." Candidates for deputy, senator, president, call themselves "candidates of hope." This hope is really something like a promise of heaven, an IOU whose payment is always being put off. It is put off until the next legislative campaign, until next year, until the next century.”
Source: Memoirs
“Latin America wants to decriminalize at least marijuana (maybe more or course;) the US wants to maintain it. An interesting story. There seems to me no easy way out of this.”
“Latin America was the most obedient follower of the neoliberal regime that was instituted by the United States, its allies and the international financial institutions. They followed it most rigorously. Almost everyone who's followed those rules, including the Western countries, have suffered. And in Latin America they suffered severely.”
“Latin America, for the first time in 500 years, is moving towards a degree of independence.”
“Latin American countries are part of the West and that it is reasonable to expect a certain degree of openness in their societies that we do not demand of, say, China or Vietnam.”
“Latin Americans have gotten tired of the Washington consensus - a neoliberalism that has aggravated misery and poverty.”
“Latin, Arithmetic, Grammar, all were locked up for an hour in the dingy schoolroom. The teacher might be a noun if he wished, and a proper one at that, but they meant to enjoy themselves. As long as skating was as perfect as this, it made no difference whether Holland were on the North Pole or the Equator; and, as for Philosophy, how could they bother themselves about inertia and gravitation and such things, when it was as much as they could do to keep from getting knocked over in the commotion.”
Source: Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
“Latin beauty means being proud of yourself and your culture; being sophisticated and beautiful; and embracing your complexion - whether you have light or dark skin - because it's gorgeous. We're such a beautiful rainbow of women.”
“Latin food is my guiltiest pleasure and my demise. My trainer hates when I go home to visit my mom and her cooking.”
“Latin food suffers like Chinese. You can do marginal Chinese and be successful. You can do crappy Mexican and be packed.”
“Latin guys dance. American guys don't dance. That's a big difference.”
“Latin is a dead tongue
And Romans made songs!
Then no one disagree:
It delighted them in theory
Now it's "the Latin" in me.”
Source: ACross Tic
“Latin is already a dead language, man... don't make it any deader.”
“Latin life is rich with warmth, family values and history. I want to bring that beauty into American homes.”
“Latin men are the most passionate men in the world - they may not be the most aggressive, but they are very passionate, very romantic.”
“Latin men love Latin women, it is part of the culture, we celebrate women in a very special way and I think that is present in my work. I do it by making them beautiful, sensual.”
“Latin music has many international influences - pop, rock, country, Brazilian sounds, and alternative styles.”
“Latin no ilegal.”
Source: Earthquakin' Egalitarian: I Die Everyday So Your Children Can Live
“Latin No Ilegal (El Soneto)
Yo soy latino y orgulloso,
Pero no soy un bandido.
Mi piel es morena y soy ruidoso,
Pero no soy un desesperado.
Algunos no pueden hablar inglés,
Pero no somos humanos inferiores.
Para la amistad haremos cualquier cosa,
Amamos a la familia, como ustedes.
Los imperialistas robaron nuestra tierra,
Torturaron a nuestros antepasados.
Sin embargo, nos llamas ilegales,
Sin ningún remordimiento.
Nadie puede cambiar el pasado, pero,
Construyamos el presente sin prejuicios.”
Source: Earthquakin' Egalitarian: I Die Everyday So Your Children Can Live
“Latin not Lethal (The Sonnet)
Yes I am latino and proud,
That doesn't make me a thug.
Yes I am brown in color and loud,
That doesn't mean I'm a lethal bug.
Some of us can't speak English,
That doesn't make us second-rate.
We care for family as much as you,
In friendship we walk to the world's end.
Savage imperialists walked on our corpses,
While they snatched our lands and homes.
Yet you call us illegal and dangerous,
Showing no remorse or desire to atone!
None of us can undo the past I know.
Our kids may walk together, let's make sure.”
Source: Earthquakin' Egalitarian: I Die Everyday So Your Children Can Live
“Latin Passion, Turkish Woundlight, Nordic Thunder, Celtic Wonder, Afro Grit, American Ambition, Arabian Adamance, Chinese Ingenuity, Indian Nonduality - like rivers running eager to meet in sea, cultures converged to bring me to life.”
Source: Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
“Latin women are very comfortable with their bodies and their sexuality. We aren't afraid to show that off a little bit more.”
“Latin! The language of God! Or perhaps He speaks Hebrew? I suppose that's more likely and it will make things rather awkward in heaven, won't it? Will we all have to learn Hebrew?”
“Latin, as we all know, ultimately broke down into Spanish, Italian, French, and so on. One wonders whether there will be an imperial parallel with English breaking down into, shall we say, North American, European, Australian, and so on. On the other hand, there is this immense, inward-driving influence of radio and television that is bringing us all back together. One could say it's a fight between the two: a fight between regionalism and the standardization through communication.”
“Latina women are proud to be called Mrs. That simply means that we have a family.”
“Latinas are the fastest growing segment of the minority population, and their perspective deserves to be represented, not denigrated.”