Bryce Dessner Quotes
I call The National my family, and I'll be doing that as long as I want to.

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They think my life is glamourous. It's not true. I obviously get to come in and do radio interviews. That's the glamour. But other than that, I eat and sleep and that's it. Eat, sleep and do shows.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.
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No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
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Economists want their discipline to be a science, and they have nailed down a few precepts, but many of their debates are still clouded by ideology.
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I'm still dreaming to be the next Missy Elliott.
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Just getting to wake up and play somebody else for an entire day is just an amazing thing.
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I'm just trying to win games and give my team a chance, win as many as we can week in and week out.
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I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantasy.
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The media doesn't create narratives, really. They're not that powerful. What they do is they tap into narratives that are already bubbling amongst their viewership or readership.
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And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
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Change is inevitable. Things absolutely cannot stay the same. The type of change we invoke is up to each and every one of us.
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When my dad passed, there's a lot of sadness right below the surface, and I think there will be until the day I die. So, writing sad songs helps it. And when I sing them, it's pure therapy for me.
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The sparrow that is twittering on the edge of my balcony is calling up to me this moment a world of memories that reach over half my lifetime, and a world of hope that stretches farther than any flight of sparrows.
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I'm very fortunate. I have a wonderful family, lots of hobbies and athletic pursuits. I always wanted to have a very well-rounded life.
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Workplace relations is about getting the best out of people. An argument which says that the only way we can compete with other nations in the world is engaging in a race to the bottom in terms of pay rates, penalty rates, protections on rosters, getting rid of family friendly provisions - that is not Australia's future.
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I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them.
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I call The National my family, and I'll be doing that as long as I want to.