#arte

John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name. ↗

— John Legend

#friends #grew #into #john #kind

John legend is a nickname that somebody started calling me a while ago and part of it is 'cos I sound like an old man when I sing. ↗

— John Legend

#calling #cos #i #john #legend

I also started writing songs because I had this burning activity in my heart and had to express myself. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#also #because #burning #express #had

Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#great #i #identify #me #motherhood

You know, when I got started on television in the '80s, you would go to the costume department, and if you were a female they put you into a skirt. And you had a pocketbook, usually a shoulder bag. ↗

— Melissa Leo

#costume #department #female #go #got

I've grown so much since 1996. I think that was the turning point of when I started to go to church every Sunday and not just because you're supposed to. But because you enjoy going and listening to the Word and being excited about it. ↗

— Lisa Leslie

#because #being #church #enjoy #every

When I started, there were no big interviews, no television, no profiles and all that. The publishers were quite shockingly uncommercial, but they did look after their writers. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#big #did #i #interviews #look

The ruling class is smarter than you, and they're more creative. And if you forget that lesson, you go down the drain. Because if they weren't, they wouldn't be around as long as they have been and as strong as they have been. ↗

— Al Lewis

#because #been #class #creative #down

When I did make the decision to focus on acting, I think my mother was just relieved for me that I had finally started to focus. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#decision #did #finally #focus #had

When I hit around 65, 66, I started to feel tremendous worth and incredible personal esteem. I was becoming very cognisant of my contribution to the American spirit of helping your fellow man and all of the good stuff. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#american spirit #around #becoming #contribution #esteem