Jerry Leiber Quotes
The first memory I have was my sisters dancing to the radio when they played records by Benny Goodman and Harry James and of the sort. But the record that got me was a record by Derek Sampson, who was a young guy, called 'Boogie Express,' and it was boogie-woogie. Really, it was on fire, and that got me.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.
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I love cooking and baking.
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I don't hit it very far; I don't overpower a golf course, but I think I'm a pretty decent putter. At Augusta National, putting is premium.
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My family never had a business background. We are artistes.
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In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.
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I know what a long shot race is like, and I'm willing to put the work in.
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.
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Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
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The game of basketball is one thing, but the image of the game is another thing.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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It's just really fulfilling to celebrate with a group of folks, a team, than it is personally.
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The women I gravitate to are the ones who defy convention and reinvent themselves - hence, they reinvent the world around them.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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I've trained my people in mentoring entrepreneurs and made myself obsolete.
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Content is king. When you are asking people to read you several times a day, you better have some fine content.
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I've had four children and I've done a good job and I'm happy in life.
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Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the Athenians through favour, lest he should appear to be too fierce and savage, committed adultery with Venus.
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If you've been willing to put your life on the line to do something important for your country or your state, putting your job on the line is really not a very big deal.
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When you're the guy inside of a character and you've lived with it for almost two years, you're always a bit defensive about the character, and you want to root for the character you're playing.
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The most phlegmatic dispositions often contain the most inflammable spirits, as fire is struck from the hardest flints.
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The first memory I have was my sisters dancing to the radio when they played records by Benny Goodman and Harry James and of the sort. But the record that got me was a record by Derek Sampson, who was a young guy, called 'Boogie Express,' and it was boogie-woogie. Really, it was on fire, and that got me.
