Ezra Koenig Quotes
Sometimes I surprise myself with how dissatisfied I am with seemingly satisfying experiences.
Quotes to Explore
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If bigots behave like bigots, it's not a huge surprise.
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The idea behind a dish - the delight and the surprise - makes a difference. Great literature surprises and delights, and provokes us. It isn't just 'Here's the facts - boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.' It's how you tell it.
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Bitcoin and the block chain enables a whole new way to incentivize and transact, so change the world with this new tool. Create and build! Surprise us with an idea we have never seen before.
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Many of the comedies I had made in Sweden were slightly based on semi-autobiographical experiences, so adapting novels was a very different experience.
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Well, I'm grateful for all the experiences that I've had.
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The best live recordings capture elements of surprise onstage.
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I like to surprise people. I try to take risks.
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That was my first introduction to BMWs in 1978, when my friend bought it for me as a surprise with my money. And ever since then, I've stuck to BMWs.
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New experiences give you new perspectives on life.
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The idea that 'if you don't like how things are going, you can just leave' is so ingrained in Texas, the secession movement is no surprise.
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We did a different show every night. We'd open a show, and then two weeks later we'd open the next show. And two weeks later we'd open the third show until we had all eight running. And it was just one of the richest experiences I'd ever had in my theatrical life.
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I don't think of it as a competition - which might surprise you, given the way movies are reported constantly.
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The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.
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What I've tended to do is to use my own experiences to get into someone else's mind, like in Wuthering Heights.
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All my songs come from me because I only seem able to write about myself and my experiences.
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When you talk about avant-garde cuisine, the surprise factor is really important. For example, I love looking at blogs and the photos, but I'm not that keen on other people taking photos of my dishes.
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I don't say that I'm going to be like every other comic that's blue, or gratuitous use of language. I do try to have my own standards: I don't do everything the audience wants, and I do try to surprise them.
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I quite like the element of surprise, and as much as I have my ideas, I always appreciate ideas that come from other people as well, and I love the mystery of not knowing.
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There has to be that zeal to do something new and surprise yourself and audiences. You have to stay true to your craft, and that should never be sidelined.
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I think it's very sad that the political landscape is so dotted with religious extremists who feel the need to infringe upon the lives of decent, free and harmless Americans who want nothing more than to be in love and to spend the rest of their lives together.
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Winning a championship is now a legitimate and realistic goal.
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A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.
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Sometimes I surprise myself with how dissatisfied I am with seemingly satisfying experiences.
