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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The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good books disappear.
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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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We trace the hand of the Almighty in framing the constitution of our land, and believe that the Lord raised up men purposely for the accomplishment of this object, raised them up and inspired them to frame the Constitution of the United States
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The definition of a musical is that the emotion is so strong that you can't talk anymore, you have to sing. The emotion isn't strong enough when you're just like, 'Let's take a second to sing about lamps!'
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I really romanticized being pregnant. Then I realized, this is awful!
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Curl the lashes, concealer under the eyes, blush, ChapStick, and highlight in the inner corner of the eye.
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Listen to any cantor, any good hazan, sing and you can hear a little bit of Ray Charles going on.
