#up

I felt black. I was as far as I was concerned. And I wanted to be black for lots of reasons. They were better musicians, they were better athletes, they were not uptight about sex, and they knew how to enjoy life better than most people. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#as far as #athletes #better #black #concerned

Teenagers especially are very, very conscious about what is hip and what is lame and what is square and what is out and what is in, you know. And, I mean, I grew up right there in the middle of a black culture. And I knew dead-on what it was. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#black #conscious #culture #especially #grew

The pictures of my family were designed to be on a family wall, they were supposed to be together. It was supposed to copy my mother's wall in her house. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#designed #family #her #house #mother

What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#end #going #help #i #shoot

I feel I've always got to keep my stand-up because I never want to lose it. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#because #feel #got #i #i feel

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 stand-up act is very clean. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#clean #stand-up #very

Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

#growing #growing up #hollywood #house #just

It creeps up on you and becomes an obsession. It comes out of watching a million movies. ↗

— Mike Leigh

#comes #creeps #million #movies #obsession

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps. ↗