L Quotes
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“Limits exist only in the souls of those who do not dream.”
“Limits matter since beyond that reside risks.”
“Limits on people's capacities to conduct activities that are essential to everyday life are imposed by structural and systemic barriers. These barriers are part of a social system that regards some bodies as "normal" and some as "other", rather than considering a broad range of bodies and possibilities, for example when designing a building or piece of furniture. This relegates people with disabilities to the status of lesser citizens because of their lack of access. Disability is a byproduct of a society which is organized around only certain bodies which are defined as "normal", in laws, education, institutions, and in popular culture.”
Source: Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
“Limits the Romans' anxieties to two things - bread and games.”
“Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.”
“Limmar Ponyets was completely a-lather when the call reached his receiver - which proves that the old bromide about telemessages and the bathtub holds true even in the dark, hard space of the Galactic Periphery.”
Source: Foundation
“Limousines used to be reserved for the ruling class, or, on special occasions, for the working class. Today, limousines are like taxicabs with the door handles still intact.”
“Limp along until your legs are spent, and you fall flat and your energy is drained. Then the grace of the Divine will lift you.”
“Limp Bizkit Ice Cream would taste like the sweetest pair of panties in the world. It would taste like sushi. Sushi or panties.”
“Limp Bizkit is my main priority, but my side project, Black Light Burns, is still a labor of love. We have a record written, so we'll see when that comes out. When we tour, we go out in a van and trailer with me driving.”
“Limp finally spoke. “Do you think you could kill a person and not get all crazy about it?”
Source: The Spy's Little Zonbi
“Limpets need high-strength teeth to rasp over rock surfaces and remove algae for feeding when the tide is in, we discovered that the fibres of goethite are just the right size to make up a resilient composite structure.”
“Limpiar es un ejercicio para concentrarse en el momento presente. Ése es el motivo por el que ponemos tanto énfasis en mantener las estancias pulcras.”
Source: Manual de limpieza de un monje budista
“Limpias, pues, sus armas, hecho del morrión celada, puesto nombre a su rocín y confirmándose a sí mismo, se dio a entender que no le faltaba otra cosa sino buscar una dama de quien enamorarse; porque el caballero andante sin amores era árbol sin hojas y sin fruto y cuerpo sin alma".”
Source: Don Quixote
“Limpid water lapped at her legs, and Georgia wriggled her tocsin the silky sand beneath her feet. If she squinted hard enough, she swore she could make out the African coast shimmering in the distance- Tunisia? Algeria? She swished her hands through the water, startling a school of yellow fish who darted past her knee. A cerulean sky loomed above her, a blanket of white-sand beach stretched behind her. The scene had all the trappings of a Harlequin novel: the exotic Sicilian locale, the deserted beach, the bikini-clad heroine. All that was missing was the hunky stud who would stride out of the water Fabio-style, pecs rippling, long hair cascading down his back.”
Source: Georgia's Kitchen
“Lin Lin and Tammy created ginger beef with crisp garden vegetables that showcased some distinctive, bright flavors. I adored this dish."
Sophia smiled as Lin Lin and Tammy stepped forward. Her roommate looked completely shocked and continued to hide behind a fringe of bangs.
"Go, Shaggy!" Chef Johnson, the hipster from Maine, cheered for his colleague.
Everyone laughed, and even Lin Lin permitted herself a small grin. The two women discussed their inspiration and preparation techniques.
Jenny shook their hands. "I agree with Jonathan. I loved that Asian dish. I also loved the meal that paired perfectly grilled tenderloin with buttery charred lobster. Oh my God! Now that is just the way surf-n-turf should be prepared. Heavenly! And the fresh herb salad with flowers made it such a pretty picture.”
Source: A Taste of Heaven
“Lina couldn't sleep at first, thinking of the old songs and what they meant. Someone, long ago, had hoped that at least a few people would survive and had wanted them to remember her city and the treasure it held, the treasure that was most valuable of all - herself, her family, and all of the generations of people who had lived in that secret place, their purpose, though they didn't know it, to make sure that human beings did not vanish from the world, no matter what happened above.”
Source: The City of Ember Complete Series
“Lina did love Andrew, once upon a time but she certainly doesn't love him now. She wanted to marry him because she didn't love him. Love means breaking down your walls for the person who's willing to scale them. Andrew never tried. But I did. Because I am that person for her.
In the end, it doesn't matter if I'm Lina's first, second, or fifteenth choice; what matters is that I'm the right choice." Max p456”
Source: The Worst Best Man
“Lina loved her little sister so much that it was like an ache under her ribs.”
Source: The City of Ember Complete Series
“Lina said to Fundevogel: 'Never leave me, and I will never leave you.' Fundevogel said: 'Neither now, nor ever.' Then said Lina: 'Do you become a rose-tree, and I the rose upon it.”
Source: The Complete Fairy Tales
“Linc had always been a leg man. Thankfully hers made up for her caustic tongue and armour plated panties”
“Linc, I have no idea what you're talking about. I actually thought that was kind of unbelievable as far as kisses go." I was glad we were in the dark and he couldn't see me blushing.
He made a sound somewhere between a sigh and a growl of frustration. He pulled me in for a hug, which I fell into, feeling crushed. I had the strangest feeling we were stealing this moment and no matter how tightly I held on, it wouldn't help. Lincoln's next words were soft and perhaps not even meant for me, but they burned their way right into my soul.
"Did you ever think we would be anything other than unbelievable?”
Source: Embrace
“Linc leaned in, tilting Nate’s chin up as he brushed his thumb across the man’s lush lower lip. “You look fucking mouthwatering.”
Source: Stronger Than Hope
“Linc?"
"Yeah."
"About the other thing my dad said to you," I cringed.
"What else is he supposed to think?" he asked, a smile in his tone. "You're over here all the time. If not training, we're hanging out. I'm surprised he hasn't warned me off sooner. It's good to see he's paying attention.”
Source: Embrace
“Lincoln admitted his infirmities to make way for his spring.”
Source: Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
“Lincoln basically pulled in all the people who had been running against him into his Cabinet because, whatever personal feelings there were, the issue was 'How can we get this country through this time of crisis?'”
“Lincoln believed in the American people.”
“Lincoln bought a German language newspaper.”
Source: Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion
“Lincoln called laughter "the joyous, beautiful, universal evergreen of life."”
“Lincoln Chafee, former governor of Rhode Island, announced he's running for president. Before he announced he's running, his wife went on Facebook and asked his staff if they remembered his password. Because if a Facebook password is too hard to remember, the launch codes for the nukes should be a piece of cake.”
“Lincoln could be on the moon. He's still Lincoln.”
“Lincoln couldn't help wondering if what had happened at Rockers was best viewed as an isolated incident or as part of a long-established pattern, one that could be summed up as Teddy's life not, to borrow Coffin's term, working out. Even back at Minerva, Teddy had seemed resigned to the likelihood that it wouldn't. Which begged a question: Had Teddy meekly accepted what he saw as the invisible trajectory of his life, or had he courageously accepted what he couldn't possibly change?”
Source: Chances Are...
“Lincoln described character is a tree and reputation as its shadow. The tree will always be what it is but the shadow we see depends on where we stand and the angle of the light.”
“Lincoln did but pour the soul of the nation into the monumental act of universal liberty; and that soul was inspired by the gospel.”
“Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave.”
“Lincoln grew immeasurably as he came to think of himself as an “instrument of God's will.”
“Lincoln had faith in time, and time has justified his faith.”
Source: Views of an Ex-president
“Lincoln had internalized the pain of those around him-the wounded soldiers, the captured prisoners, the defeated Southerners. Little wonder that he was overwhelmed at times by a profound sadness that even his own resilient temperament could not dispel.”
Source: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
“Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and he would draw up a kind of list of the pros and cons of an argument, and carefully figure them out, and he might test them in public.”
“Lincoln has accepted America as a biracial society. He's talking about giving at least some black men the right to vote. In the Emancipation Proclamation he advises some blacks to labor faithfully for reasonable wages, here in the United States. He doesn't say anything about them leaving the country. He puts black men in the army. That is a whole different vision than simply saying "let's have them go out of the country." I think what's interesting is the change in Lincoln's view, but one must realize that he did adhere to this idea of colonization for many years.”
“Lincoln is me. He is America. He is what makes us a great nation and a dangerous nation, all wrapped up in one man.”
“Lincoln is quoted more often than he's understood, and he understood that the founding principle of our nation is, in fact, the Declaration of Independence.”
“Lincoln is such an iconic figure in American history. He seems to reflect so many elements of American culture that we consider essential, whether it's the self-made man, the frontier hero, the politician who tries to act in a moral way as well as in a political way, Honest Abe. His career raises these questions that are still with us, the power of the federal government vis-à-vis the states, the question of race in American life, can we be a society of equals? There are so many issues central to Lincoln's career that are still part of our society one hundred and fifty years later.”
“Lincoln is theology, not historiology. He is a faith, he is a church, he is a religion, and he has his own priests and acolytes, most of whom have a vested interest in [him] and who are passionately opposed to anybody telling the truth about him.”
“Lincoln Lane had ruined him for any other man. He hadn’t been aware, but at some point he’d handed his heart over, and he didn’t want it back.”
Source: Stronger Than Hope
“Lincoln learned to summon the passions, but he never addressed his audience as sweethearts.”
Source: Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
“Lincoln loved other people's jokes as much as his own.”
Source: Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
“Lincoln made mistakes. Roosevelt made mistakes. Eisenhower made mistakes. The Battle of the Bulge was the biggest intelligence failure in American military history, much bigger than any in Vietnam or now. We didn't know that the Soviets were moving 400,000 or 500,000 troops. We missed it.”
“Lincoln on a desire to hear Horace Greeley speak: "In print, every one of his words seems to weigh about a ton.”
Source: Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion
“Lincoln on Grant: "He makes things get. Wherever he is, he makes things move.”