Jerry Leiber Quotes

I was brought up in black neighborhoods in South Baltimore. And we really felt like we were very black. We acted black and we spoke black. When I was a kid growing up, where I came from, it was hip to be black. To be white was kind of square.

Jerry Leiber

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 25, 1933 - August 22, 2011

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This thing that Colin Powell's son is expected to do is kind of scary when you think that television and radio and newspapers are what make people think what they think.

Jim McKay

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I've got the most beautiful district. I can understand why Republicans want it.

Joe Garcia

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No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion.

Robert Peel

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I guess I just tend to feel at home wherever I go.

Andy Serkis

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L.A. has been a great place to dip into, but I'll always come back to London.

Suki Waterhouse

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I don't really pay attention to the filmmaker thing.

Jason Mewes

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Everything I do feels like It's going to end up being in Radiohead.

Jonny Greenwood

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Anything seen on TV is, in a subtle and sinister sense, thereby endorsed.

Dick Cavett

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When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt.

Chinua Achebe

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I think a book that is over 400 pages should be split in two. I don't know that there's anything that interesting that can go on for 700 pages. I think that is a little bit indulgent.

Chris Abani

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My job is not to save 'The Wheel of Time', to fix 'The Wheel of Time', or anything like that. My job is not to screw it up.

Brandon Sanderson

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The whole idea of wearing clothes is not to look ridiculous.

Brunello Cucinelli

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