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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The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets are not kind, but they're very efficient. So when the marketplace determines an inefficiency in the system, it corrects that, and a market system that's left alone will reward good behavior and punish bad behavior.
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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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I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that's pretty cool.
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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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When people ask what it's like to be an only child, I say it depends on who your parents are. I was lucky.
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I'd just like to be able to walk outside as everyone does and enjoy time with my friends, not feel bad for not wanting to take a picture.
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There is great power in prayer. I strongly encourage personal and family prayer, which are important in building strong families. I'm wondering if many of you parents, you couples, have lost that essential moment of kneeling together at the end of the day, just the two of you, holding hands and saying your prayers. If that has slipped away from your daily routine, may I suggest you put it back-beginning tonight!
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Football is my job, not my life, but it's a job I'm going to give my all for as long as I'm in it.
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Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other.
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I call The National my family, and I'll be doing that as long as I want to.
