#able

We got ratings. It isn't that they won't quarrel with you, or say you're always right. But as long as you stay strong and the ratings are good and you're reasonable - I don't think we fought unreasonably. We basically won that right. ↗

— Norman Lear

#basically #fought #good #got #i

The big lesson I learned from Hurricane Katrina is that we have to be thinking about the unthinkable because sometimes the unthinkable happens. ↗

— Mike Leavitt

#because #big #happens #hurricane #hurricane katrina

There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#attempt #behavior #constitutes #death #inner

If people want bells and whistles and all of that, there are bells and whistles available. If they don't want bells and whistles there are places to go where they are not available. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#bells #bells and whistles #go #people #places

Preparation is based on one driving force for me and that is to be relaxed enough to be able to listen to what the candidates are saying and react appropriately. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#appropriately #based #candidates #driving #driving force

It follows from what we have just said, that the natural changes of monads come from an internal principle, since an external cause would be unable to influence their inner being. ↗

— Gottfried Leibniz

#cause #changes #come #external #follows

Any cook should be able to run the country. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#any #cook #country #run #should

When you are on assignment, film is the least expensive thing in a very practical sense. Your time, the person's time, turns out to be the most valuable thing. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#expensive #film #least #most #our time

I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#because #courage #i #i think #just

People think that if you look fairly reasonable, you can't possibly act, and as I only care about acting, I think beauty can be a great handicap. ↗

— Vivien Leigh

#act #acting #beauty #care #fairly