#bout

I felt black. I was as far as I was concerned. And I wanted to be black for lots of reasons. They were better musicians, they were better athletes, they were not uptight about sex, and they knew how to enjoy life better than most people. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#as far as #athletes #better #black #concerned

Teenagers especially are very, very conscious about what is hip and what is lame and what is square and what is out and what is in, you know. And, I mean, I grew up right there in the middle of a black culture. And I knew dead-on what it was. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#black #conscious #culture #especially #grew

I've always been mad about cats. ↗

— Vivien Leigh

#about #always #been #cats #i

What I learned from Lennon was something that did stay with me my whole career, which is to be very straightforward. I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#actually #career #did #everyone #helps

I'm always a big fan of if you approach somebody politely about something and you're not a nudge - you're just pretty honest and simple, my kind of philosophy is that I'm not afraid of 'no,' and that's way different than 'I won't take no for an answer.' ↗

— Carol Leifer

#afraid #always #answer #approach #big

My kind of gay, meeting a woman and falling in love, is a different experience because it wasn't anything about 'Oh, I've always been gay and I'm breaking the chains.' ↗

— Carol Leifer

#always #anything #because #been #breaking

People equate success with youth. And if you haven't had a certain amount of success by a certain time in your life, it's never going to happen. There's a fear about that. So people start lying about their age really young. I've never done that because I think it's so insignificant. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

#age #amount #because #certain #certain time

I know the crew so well, so I forget I'm being filmed. It's like cooking with a friend in the kitchen - you're talking, as you do, and maybe you're telling her about this wonderful way to prepare lamb chops - it's more natural, more honest. ↗

— Nigella Lawson

#being #chops #cooking #crew #filmed

There is something wrong about being photographed that has nothing to do with vanity. ↗

— Nigella Lawson

#being #nothing #photographed #something #vanity

This war is not about slavery. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

#slavery #war