Jerry Leiber Quotes
Listen to any cantor, any good hazan, sing and you can hear a little bit of Ray Charles going on.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a good driver.
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If you can be a good example to other people, why not try to be that person? I have a bit of a people pleaser in me, but not so much so that it's out of control.
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I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'
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All the conservation efforts in the world won't be enough to make a dent in the oncoming sustainability crisis our planet faces.
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I was in Shanghai when the Japanese invaded China. I was there in Shanghai when, the morning after Pearl Harbor, they seized Shanghai.
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If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.
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Good governance, safety, a chance to grow economically and professionally - those are important things.
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For me, there are always things to learn. It's like the next movie is going to be the good one, you know.
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A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate.
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I just want people to remember me like I remember Buster Keaton. When they talk about Buster Keaton or Gene Kelly, people say, 'Ah yes, they good.' Maybe one day, they remember Jackie Chan that way.
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Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second via a good song.
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But the good news was that my elder sister refused to get married straight away and I couldn't get married until she did so I had the licence to go off and dream.
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Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.
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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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When you work on a record for three years, it's a great sense of relief when it is finally out in the world. It just feels good.
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I'm not good enough to flip in and out of my Brit accent to my American accent.
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Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.
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I did a TV show called 'Unit 1.' It wasn't a bad experience, but yes, the first season I didn't have a good time because I was coming from Nicolas Winding Refn films where the corners were sharp and radical, but now we had round corners.
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I would wear flamboyant clothes and long hair, and most singers at the time didn't.
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I did a lot of personal appearances because I was under contract to ABC.
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India is a musical country, so it would appear obvious to use our collective passion for music to promote a book.
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O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day!
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Listen to any cantor, any good hazan, sing and you can hear a little bit of Ray Charles going on.
