Ezra Koenig Quotes
One of the things I've always loved about anime is that, even though it comes from Japan, it's so international - so much of the big anime I love takes place in Italy or France or New York.
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Reducing debt through budgetary consolidation is essential to restoring Europe's financial health.
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To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.
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Sometimes you want things so bad you will kind of lower your standards, and I've learned that once you do that, it's really hard to go back, to get people to respect you and respect your craft.
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I had those kind of parents where I watched all of these very sophisticated movies: 'Five Easy Pieces', 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.'
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The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.
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Man must be in space - that is what we are destined for. There is nothing else that we can do.
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My sister and I had jointly heard the narration of 'Revolver Rani' in Tigmanshu Dhulia's office. After hearing the narration, my sister was very scared and adamant that I should not do this film, as my character was twisted, neurotic, violent and abusive.
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There needs to be leadership in the heartland of America.
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Bitcoin as a globally distributed public ledger - that's the thing I'm most excited about going forward. Thinking about how to use Bitcoin in new and innovative ways. In the meantime, we have the boring uses of Bitcoin that are in the process of going mainstream.
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I had a very big crush on Errol Flynn during 'Captain Blood.' I thought he was absolutely smashing for three solid years, but he never guessed. Then he had one on me but nothing came of it. I'm not going to regret that; it could have ruined my life.
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When I'm doing a movie, I'm not doing anything else. It's all about the movie. I don't have a wife. I don't have a kid. Nothing can get in my way... I've made a choice, so far, to go on this road alone. Because this is my time. This is my time to make movies.
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If I walked into a restaurant, the other diners would look around and say, 'I hope you're not cooking.'
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I can do a good John Wayne.
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I don't think there is such a thing as a German movie star. There are respected actors, but we are not publicized like TV people.
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I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
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If you start off as a fearsome figure in pop culture, it's almost axiomatic that at some point, years under the lights softens you into a cuddly family figure.
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I'm innocent. It's a conspiracy by you know who.
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Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends.
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When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near.
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I love being convincing. I love when a gesture is convincing and I love doing research for a picture. If you're telling a story you need a background. Just like a novelist needs background information to make a story interesting, I think an artist needs it for a picture too.
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If one area I felt it was a tough election was I couldn't see my young son and I couldn't see my wife a lot, but apart from that for her also it was an experience.
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A play that works well and is done quite a lot - I've never done the math - but it's probably more remunerative than a movie.
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One of the things I've always loved about anime is that, even though it comes from Japan, it's so international - so much of the big anime I love takes place in Italy or France or New York.
