#pa

My mother gave me singing lessons; that was totally painful, because I couldn't do what she wanted to hear. She used to say: there's more there, there's more voice but I just didn't want to give it to her. ↗

— Linda Lavin

#gave #give #hear #her #i

I was black and blue for about two years, but it's paid off tremendously. You know, if you get enough whacks, your reflexes pick up, and I've become quite good - if somebody throws keys or something, I can catch them. ↗

— Lucy Lawless

#become #black #blue #catch #enough

But really, for the most part - doing a prequel is great because you do have room to kind of free this character and how they got to where they are instead of being a slave to exactly what the previous actor did. ↗

— Jennifer Lawrence

#because #being #character #did #doing

The aftermath of the war is what inspired us to write many of our plays. The whole reason for our writing Inherit the Wind was that we were appalled at the blacklisting. We were appalled at thought control. ↗

— Jerome Lawrence

#appalled #control #inherit #inspired #many

You make due with the time you have here. Hopefully when you pass on, somebody can look back and say, 'Wow, they made a difference in some kind of way.' ↗

— Martin Lawrence

#difference #due #here #hopefully #kind

Isn't it true that the fault of birth rests somewhat on the child? I believe it's we who led our parents on to bear us, and it's our unborn children who make our flesh itch. ↗

— T. E. Lawrence

#believe #birth #child #children #fault

The fun part for me is to just really push that envelope. ↗

— Vicki Lawrence

#fun #just #me #part #push

There was splendid fighting on the part of the division on the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th. There was no faltering or hesitation. Each man went to work determined to carry anything in reason. ↗

— John Buford

#carry #determined #division #each #fighting

When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can write one thought and think another at the same time. Thus a pencil and paper make excellent concentration tools. ↗

— Michael LeBoeuf

#any #attention #automatically #concentration #down

The responsibility of a minister is to step aside when there is a criminal investigation of the department. That protects the propriety of Parliament and of responsible government. ↗

— Jack Layton

#criminal #department #government #investigation #minister