#say

As I say, I'm a discourse advocate. What form it comes is less important to me than the fact that there is discourse. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#comes #discourse #fact #form #i

Preparation is based on one driving force for me and that is to be relaxed enough to be able to listen to what the candidates are saying and react appropriately. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#appropriately #based #candidates #driving #driving force

On my income tax 1040 it says "Check this box if you are blind." I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away. ↗

— Tom Lehrer

#away #blind #box #check #i

In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.' ↗

— Tom Lehrer

#girl #now #say #were #words

When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd like to know them. Anyone I know I photograph. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#i #know #like #means #photograph

Everyone keeps asking you for pictures, and after a while you get tired of that. I always say, They are in the archives. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#always #archives #asking #everyone #get

I sometimes find the surface interesting. To say that the mark of a good portrait is whether you get them or get the soul - I don't think this is possible all of the time. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#get #good #i #interesting #mark

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#everyone #first #first thing #go #me

I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#because #courage #i #i think #just

My father was a really funny guy. He lived a good long life. And he was the reason I wanted to be funny and become a comedian and a comedy writer, so to say that he's somewhat of a mythic figure in my life would be an understatement. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#comedian #comedy #father #figure #funny