#rent

In third grade, I was taking tap-dance lessons, and about six weeks before the recital I wanted to quit. My mom said, 'No, you're going to stay with it.' Well, I did it, and I was bad, too! But my parents never let their kids walk away from something because it was too hard. ↗

— Rebecca Lobo

#away #bad #because #before #did

My dad, of course, like a lot of Asian parents, wanted me to be an engineer or doctor and never could understand why I would want to be a lawyer. And then, when I first said I wanted to run for office, he thought that was absolutely insane. ↗

— Gary Locke

#asian #could #course #dad #doctor

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain. ↗

— John Locke

#fountain #parents #poisoned #streams #themselves

No one will ever shine in conversation, who thinks of saying fine things: to please, one must say many things indifferent, and many very bad. ↗

— Francis Lockier

#conversation #ever #fine #indifferent #many

With a parent, it's always guilt. You want to be there, but you kind of also want to be here. ↗

— Heather Locklear

#always #guilt #here #kind #parent

My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where so many juicy moments of life and spirit and friendship could be found. In a library, you could find miracles and truth and you might find something that would make you laugh so hard that you get shushed, in the friendliest way. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#along #between #could #find #found

A whole lot of us believers, of all different religions, are ready to turn back the tide of madness by walking together, in both the dark and the light - in other words, through life - registering voters as we go, and keeping the faith. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#believers #both #dark #different #different religions

I didn't realize what an impact having a No. 1 single would have. It connects me with people of different ages, and I get to travel all over the world. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

#connects #different #different ages #get #having

The shows are so different from each other, depending on whether I play with my band, Nine Stories, other musicians, an orchestra, only one or two members of my band. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

#depending #different #each #i #members

There's a variety and depth to the song topics I get to write about in children's music and books: being able to write about things I wouldn't normally write about, like a disappointing pancake, or monsters or opposite day is really different than writing about heartbreak and relationships. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

#about #being #books #children #day