#liz

Teenagers only have to focus on themselves - its not until we get older that we realize that other people exist. ↗

— Jennifer Lawrence

#focus #get #older #only #other

China is a civilization pretending to be a nation. ↗

— Michael Ledeen

#civilization #nation #pretending

My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but then I realized that I needed actors who could go for it and that they had to function well as a couple in a love story. ↗

— Ang Lee

#close #could #couple #first #function

I think I was about 30 before I realized that not every family talks about the presentment clause on a regular basis. ↗

— Mike Lee

#basis #before #clause #every #family

I just turned 30 so I got really introspective as you do, questioning my life. And when I stopped and sort of looked back at the past decade, I realized I had done more work than I thought I had done. ↗

— Sheryl Lee

#decade #done #got #had #i

I have two main reasons for retiring. The first is I can no longer play at a level I was accustomed to in the past. That has been very, very frustrating to me throughout this past year. The second one is realizing my health, along with my family, is the most important thing in the world. ↗

— Mario Lemeiux

#along #been #family #first #frustrating

He's only 4 years old, so I don't think he realized, you know, that I played so many years. Of course, we watch tapes here from the Stanley Cup years, but I don't think he realized how many years I played. ↗

— Mario Lemieux

#cup #here #how #i #know

Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I didn't realize that it's so much work. ↗

— Sean Lennon

#being #easy #fantasized #growing #growing up

I didn't realize it was October until I saw the Chicago Cubs choking. ↗

— Jay Leno

#chicago cubs #choking #cubs #i #october

What society doesn't realize is that in the past, ordinary people respected learning. They respected books, and they don't now, or not very much. That whole respect for serious literature and learning has disappeared. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#disappeared #in the past #learning #literature #much