#elf

I was perceiving myself as good as a man or equal to a man and as powerful and I wanted to look ambiguous because I thought that was a very interesting statement to make through the media. And it certainly did cause quite a few ripples and interest and shock waves. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#because #cause #certainly #did #equal

I'm a female but I have a masculine side and I'm not going to negate that part of myself. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#going #i #masculine #myself #part

I think high self-esteem is overrated. A little low self-esteem is actually quite good. Maybe you're not the best, so you should work a little harder. ↗

— Jay Leno

#best #good #harder #high #i

I am a smoker, I'm ashamed to say. I had given it up for many years, then picked it up again. It's a horrible habit. I struggle with myself all the time. And I love to smoke. ↗

— Melissa Leo

#am #ashamed #given #habit #had

I haven't had a lot of experience with glamour. I've never had to mask myself, as many now not-so-young actresses have had to do. Female actors in that regard have a different lot in life than male actors. ↗

— Melissa Leo

#experience #female #glamour #had #haven

Well, I don't think of myself as a feminist at all. As soon as we start labeling and categorizing ourselves and others, that's going to shut down the world. ↗

— Melissa Leo

#down #feminist #going #i #labeling

Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring. ↗

— Sugar Ray Leonard

#challenge #compare #every #every time #nothing

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#destroy #himself #interests #other #person

When young I did my best to undo that bit of the British Empire I found myself in: that is, old Southern Rhodesia. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#bit #british #british empire #did #empire

What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#become #career #doing #every #general