L Quotes
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“Long words, fat talk they may tell us something about ourselves. Has the passion for fat in the language increased as self-confidence has waned?”
Source: So this is depravity
“LONG YEARNING
Long yearning,
To be in Chang'an.
The grasshoppers weave their autumn song by the golden railing of the well;
Frost coalesces on my bamboo mat, changing its colour with cold.
My lonely lamp is not bright, I’d like to end these thoughts;
I roll back the hanging, gaze at the moon, and long sigh in vain.
The beautiful person's like a flower beyond the edge of the clouds.
Above is the black night of heaven's height;
Below is the green water billowing on.
The sky is long, the road is far, bitter flies my spirit;
The spirit I dream can't get through, the mountain pass is hard.
Long yearning,
Breaks my heart.”
“Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge... At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.”
“Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh.”
“Long years of white liberal arguments that blacks have been – and still are – invariably innocent of accusations, because of the contemporary suffering and the suffering of their ancestors, has now convinced an articulate percentage of the black community that blacks should not be arrested or punished – no matter what they do [Otto Scott’s Compass, September 1, 1998, Vol. 9, Issue 97, p.3].
[Pres.] Johnson ... [n]ever seem[ed] to realize that [‘a wave of black riots, racial denunciations, and violence’] in response to enlarged opportunities [after the civil rights legislation of the 60s] are not signs of progress, but the response of a violent minority to perceived weakness [Otto Scott’s Compass, December 1, 1998, Vol. 9, Issue 100, p.3].”
“Long you live and high you fly. And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry. And all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.”
“Long you must suffer, knowing not what,
until suddenly out of spitefully chewed fruit your suffering's taste comes forth in you.
Then you will love almost instantly what's tasted. No one will ever talk you out of it.”
“Long, blue, spiky-edged shadows crept out across the snow-fields, while a rosy glow, at first scarce discernible, gradually deepened and suffused every mountain-top, flushing the glaciers and the harsh crags above them. This was the alpenglow, to me the most impressive of all the terrestrial manifestations of God. At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.”
Source: South of Yosemite
“Long, dark, and lovely she had been, in those days before her mind broke and the parts scattered and she let them go.”
“Long, flat expanses of professionalism bother me. I'd rather have a band that could explode at any time.”
“Long, long ago the country bore the country-town and nourished it with her best blood. Now the giant city sucks the country dry, insatiably and incessantly demanding and devouring fresh streams of men, till it wearies and dies in the midst of an almost uninhabited waste of country.”
Source: The Decline of the West...: Perspectives of world-history
“Long, long ago, before eruptions were invented, the molten lava had to be carried down the mountainside, bucket by bucket, and poured over the sleeping villagers. This took time.”
“Long, long before I became a filmmaker I was talking to killers. Filmmaking was an after thought.”
“Long, long time ago, I declared that all my works are a form of a prayer/a wish.”
“Long-distance relationships are another way of avoiding intimacy.”
“Long-distance runners have to be very strange people. You have to really want to do it. You don't have to win or beat someone, you just have to get through the thing. That's the sense of victory. The sense of self-worth.”
“Long-haired Chihuahuas have no notion they are bite-sized.”
“Long-haul trucking. Just roaming the country, alone, with audiobooks and podcasts, sleeping in the back of the cab, showering at gas stations at 4 a.m., minimal human contact. That's living the dream.”
“Long-lasting change that will help you create new habits and actions requires an inside-out approach, as well as two very important tools: the mirror and time.”
“Long-lasting victory can never be separated from a long-lasting stand on the foundation of the cross.”
Source: The Word of the Cross
“Long-married couples balance their checkbooks as a substitute for love-making, or they refuse each other love by protesting one another's financial error or excess.”
Source: Mrs. Harris: the death of the Scarsdale diet doctor
“Long-protracted suffering is apt to exhaust not only the invalid, but the compassion of others; violent emotions cannot be prolonged endlessly.”
“Long-term boredom can't lead to anything good.”
“Long-term commitment to an intimate relationship with one person of whatever sex is an essential need that people have in order to breed the qualities out of which nurturing thought can rise.”
“Long-term commitment to new learning and new philosophy is required of any management that seeks transformation. The timid and the fainthearted, and the people that expect quick results, are doomed to disappointment.”
Source: The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles from the Father of Quality
“Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.”
“Long-term goals are dangerous. They limit you. They hinder you from reacting to new conditions.”
“Long-term investing has gotten so popular, it's easier to admit you're a crack addict than to admit you're a short-term investor.”
Source: One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In
“Long-term investment success is almost totally a function of how one emotionally handles declines in the equity market, as opposed to how one's portfolio handles them.”
“Long-term meditators can have a biological age 5 to 12 years younger than their chronological age.”
Source: Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old
“Long-term planning is often undervalued by our indefinite short-term world.”
Source: Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
“Long-term relationships are an everyday choice. It's harder to be in a marriage than it is to bounce from one relationship to the next.”
“Long-term success depends upon trust.”
“Long-term success is never achieved on our own. The phrase 'a self-made man' is a myth all along the way we need support.”
“Long-term success is the result of relationships built on a foundation of trust. People get more value from those they trust.”
“Long-term success requires faith-faith that your efforts to plan and execute the process will lead to the desired outcome.”
Source: The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently
“Long-term sustainable change happens if people discover their own power.”
“Long-term trauma for women who have survived armed conflict is a haunting reminder that health issues and depression can follow decades after the end of war, but women who hope for healing can and do move forward.”
“Long-term travel doesn't require a massive bundle of cash; it requires only that we walk through the world in a more deliberate way.”
Source: Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
“Long-term travel isn’t about being a college student; it’s about being a student of daily life. Long-term travel isn’t an act of rebellion against society; it’s an act of common sense within society. Long-term travel doesn’t require a massive “bundle of cash”; it requires only that we walk through the world in a more deliberate way.”
Source: Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
“Long-term unemployment can make any worker progressively less employable, even after the economy strengthens.”
“Long-term vision and product strategy.”
“Long-term, gospel-motivate d obedience can only come from the grace of what Jesus has already done, not the guilt of what we must do.”
“Long-term, I see robotics prevailing on the moon. . . . The most important decision we'll have to make about space travel is whether to commit to a permanent human presence on Mars. Without it, we'll never be a true space-faring people.”
“Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.”
“Long-term, we must figure out a way that the Kurdish territory within Iraq operates with a certain amount of autonomy so that they feel comfortable and safe going back.”
“Longbottom, if brains were gold, you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something.”
“Longed for him. Got him. Shit.”
“Longer and deeper meditation sessions rewards us with pure happiness.”
“Longer is not my best song, it's just a classic love song, and every songwriter always dreams of writing a classic love song.”