#knew

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

My parents were absolutely delighted that I knew what I wanted to do. ↗

— Vivien Leigh

#delighted #i #knew #parents #wanted

I think there has only been one time in my entire career that I've ever gone back to shoot a scene. And it was a scene that, when we were shooting it, we knew that it wasn't working. We knew there was a disagreement between the actor and director. So, we went back. ↗

— Melissa Leo

#back #been #between #career #director

Whenever I met anyone who knew anything, I would bore them stiff until they told me what they knew. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#anything #bore #i #knew #me

The worst tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong. ↗

— David Letterman

#i #knew #met #people #tempered

I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin. ↗

— Oscar Levant

#day #doris #i #knew #she

It wasn't that I ever knew I'd be at the Met for 20 years, or 30 years, or 40 years, or anything like that. ↗

— James Levine

#ever #i #knew #like #met

Of course the lower classes have always felt downtrodden and aspired to a better life. But there is this theory that people respond to a class structure in England - there was a time when people knew who they were and knew whom they served and as long as management wasn't abusive, it was a good life for people. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#aspired #better #better life #class #classes

I just knew at an early time in my life how important privacy was. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#how #i #important #just #knew