#someone

Being on a book tour is like being on the seesaw when you're a little kid. The excitement is in having someone to play with, and in rising up in the air, but then you're at the mercy of those holding you down, and if it's your older brother, or Paul Wolfowitz, they leap up, so that you crash down and get hurt. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#being #book #book tour #brother #crash

I didn't write about my mother much in the third year after she died. I was still trying to get my argument straight: When her friends or our relatives wondered why I was still so hard on her, I could really lay out the case for what it had been like to be raised by someone who had loathed herself, her husband, even her own name. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#after #argument #been #case #could

For some reason, people think of me as someone who can do anything I want. And I'm not. You know, I need someone to put up the money. ↗

— John Landis

#i #know #me #money #need

Why - because as a oil and gas small business owner - I know if someone is not doing their job, they should not get paid. Again leadership by example. ↗

— Jeff Landry

#because #business #business owner #doing #example

I like someone who's suffered from both sides. ↗

— Diane Lane

#both sides #i #like #sides #someone

I'm not someone who's endlessly patient and wonderful. ↗

— Nigella Lawson

#i #patient #someone #who #wonderful

I'm a player and I do it because I love playing whether it's for my album or someone else's. ↗

— Tony Levin

#because #else #i #i do #i love

Costume is a huge part of getting into character. Your body soaks in what you're wearing, and you turn into someone else. ↗

— Jane Levy

#character #costume #else #getting #huge

People have a moral standard about what they will do and will not do. At the end of the day someone who cheats has a lower moral standard than someone who does not. And they will cheat in other areas of life as well. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#areas #cheat #cheats #day #does

Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#beat #best #best way #fast #field