Ezra Koenig Quotes
My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984.
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The old bastions of the post-communist regime collapsed before my very eyes. The monsters who had kept Ukraine in a criminal state left the stage.
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I do sometimes wonder if people think, 'Oh we'll have her because she cries well.' The odd thing is I don't really know where it comes from. If the script is good, I find I can usually cry without too much trouble - in fact, the hard thing is trying to get me to stop. But I'm not really a crier in real life. I'm not a dramatic person, you see.
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.
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I don't really enjoy working in TV, to be completely honest. Even though it's incredibly lucrative, I'm just terrified of not being satiated in a myriad of different ways.
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You have to try things you're really afraid of, even if you pee yourself a little bit.
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It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
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I managed to survive the worst things any entertainer could possibly go through.
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When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.
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Elections have to have at least a little meaning. Obama ran on income tax hikes for the wealthy. People knew they were voting for that. They 'want' that. And it's good policy.
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I did kindergarten twice because I was so shy.
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I'm either shooting for films or commercials, attending events, or meeting people, so on and so forth.
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My artwork gets stolen all the time; it's ridiculous.
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I just try to direct in a way that interests me. And, hopefully, other people will find it compelling.
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eBay's business is based on enabling someone to do business with another person, and to do that, they first have to develop some measure of trust, either in the other person or the system.
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I will just think, why am I singing? Then I will know everything I need to know about what I'm feeling.
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I didn't sit down and work out other people's material; I've never believed in that.
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You have to pretend that you're not bothered by your record leaked early. So that's the tack that I'm taking. It's like if you're working in a store and people come and openly shoplift from you, and you're not allowed to say anything about it. Instead, you're supposed to smile and go, "Hope you enjoy that!" I'm not going to complain about it, I don't get to make the rules. It's just really funny how that works.
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I'm not performing now. What I do now is listen to music all day long. Listening is very nourishing to me. I might go back to perform, I might make another record. I've got a record half finished.
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The best thing you can say about any coach is his players play hard for him.
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My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984.
