#pa

Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play? ↗

— Tom Lehrer

#did #enjoy #how #lincoln #mrs

Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you. ↗

— Tom Lehrer

#be prepared #careful #deeds #good #good deeds

And there's always one special element. In 'There Goes My Baby,' it's the out-of-tune timpani. 'Stand by Me,' it's the bass pattern. Of course, all the elements come together to make a great record. But there's always one standout. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#baby #bass #come #course #element

Our songs did not transcend being R&B hits. They were R&B hits that white kids were attracted to. And if people bought it, it became rock & roll. That's marketing. Why couldn't it still be R&B? The bass pattern didn't change. The song didn't change. It was still 'Yakety Yak' and 'Searchin'.' ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#attracted #bass #became #being #bought

The early influences, in many ways, were in Baltimore. I was passing open windows where there might be a radio playing something funky. In the summertime, sometimes there'd be a man sitting on a step, playing an acoustic guitar, playing some kind of folk blues. The seed had been planted. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#acoustic guitar #baltimore #be a man #been #blues

The Jewish background is not that far from the black groove. Blacks are downtrodden, Jews are downtrodden, therefore they have something in common in that affliction. Being downtrodden often makes one more empathetic and sympathetic. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#background #being #black #blacks #common

Now where there are no parts, there neither extension, nor shape, nor divisibility is possible. And these monads are the true atoms of nature and, in a word, the elements of things. ↗

— Gottfried Leibniz

#elements #extension #nature #neither #nor

I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a problem to have a blank wall. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#blank #i #problem #space #think

When you are younger, the camera is like a friend and you can go places and feel like you're with someone, like you have a companion. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#companion #feel #friend #go #like

I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#into #out #pain #philosophy #working