Ezra Cornell Quotes
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I'm not a great fiction reader. I love history. I love history and philosophy.
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I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.
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Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
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So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album.
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I feel super lucky to be living in New York. I love the city, I love the energy. I always loved it. I had pictures of New York in my bedroom when I was young.
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Our censorship has sort of gotten a little too far. Too much censorship is just as bad as having none at all. Children need to be exposed to things, because if they don't see it, eventually, it's not like it's not going to happen, but it's just that there needs to be a balance.
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The image of Russian troops pouring into Ukraine and encircling military units in Crimea has been a wake-up call that will reverberate for a generation.
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I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.
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I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
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At various times during the last four thousand years God has asserted his rights and endeavoured to establish his own authority, his own laws, and his own government among the children of men.
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Um, well, I made a new CD called 'Dream With Me' and it's out now, and I'm really excited about it.
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The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.
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Tax cuts are like sex: When they are good, they are very, very good. And when they are bad, they are still pretty good.
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I think that in the end, a talk show is a very different animal.
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Success doesn't mean that you are healthy, success doesn't mean that you're happy, success doesn't mean that you're rested. Success really doesn't mean that you look good, or feel good, or are good.
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My theory is that balance is key - nothing in excess.
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When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth.
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I love 'Husbands and Wives,' Woody Allen's movie. It's like one of my all-time favorites. I could watch it over and over again.
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There's no reason music should be difficult for an audience to understand.
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Instructors should not only be skilful in those sciences which they teach, but have skill in the method of teaching, and patience in the practice.
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I want to go where I can be of the most service to the general enterprise.
