Ezra Klein Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I was blacklisted because of this activity, so I'm not a typical anything.
-
I've always been in love with music, but I've never thought to sing.
-
I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
-
Those of us born into vitalist and expressionist cultures must hope that governments will draw back from shutting down the modernist project of exploring, experimenting, and imagining - of voyaging into the unknown - that has been essential for rewarding lives.
-
It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.
-
I wasn't a major in political science for nothing, so I understood the politics of beauty and the politics of race when it comes to the fashion industry.
-
I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
-
When you play piano, your left hand and right hand are synced. Your brain basically has a clock, so that the right hand knows that 0.3 seconds after I hit this key, I need to hit that one. And the right hand knows not to hit keys that the left hand is playing, so the hands do not collide.
-
Adequacy is sufficient.
-
I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
-
I define poetry as celebration and confrontation. When we witness something, are we responsible for what we witness? That's an on-going existential question. Perhaps we are and perhaps there's a kind of daring, a kind of necessary energetic questioning. Because often I say it's not what we know, it's what we can risk discovering.
-
There's a lot of pride that business owners have. It's actually really critical that pride and ownership extends to everyone in the organization. I think of everyone is in the same boat in driving the company forward.
-
The regulation of medicine has been a State function.
-
Without a dog, you'd never have anyone demonstrate how important it is to stop every day and smell the roses... and then lift your leg on them.
-
If you can't find dry shampoo, baby powder is great.
-
Tanning is tricky, because a lot of people just look orange.
-
I did no research on 'The Best Man.' That was something that came out from my own head.
-
Everybody loves 'The Wire,' and I think it's okay, but in the end it's just a police series.
-
It feels good when you come to a place like Oklahoma to charge up the batteries. I need that.
-
Conservatism is not about the party, because the party is merely the shell. It is the inside - it's the filling that really means something.
-
I represent the views and the values of the people of the district.
-
I found myself doing all these action-adventure movies, and it's been a fantastic experience, and I've learnt a lot.
-
Being about to land on the soil of North Carolina, the general commanding desires his soldiers to remember that they are here to support the Constitution and the laws, to put down rebellion, and to protect the persons and property of the loyal and peaceable citizens of the State.
-
The thing to remember about being young is you eventually get old.
