Ezra Koenig Quotes
Some people say video games rot your brain, but I think they work different muscles that maybe you don't normally use.
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Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.
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There is no such thing as Something for nothing.
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Long-distance relationships are hard no matter what. When you don't have face-to-face time, it's just different.
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For me, a good YA novel is the best kind of comfort food.
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I remember when I first met Jason Reitman with the 'Whiplash' script; he quickly became a mentor figure who guided me through the process and also protected me and made sure that when it came time to actually make 'Whiplash,' I was able to make exactly the movie I wanted to make.
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Words, how little they mean when you're a little too late.
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'When I was out in the bars drinking and fighting I was a little bit less of a peacemaker than I would be if I'd had a coupla hits of a joint and gone and laid down somewhere.'
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The usual reason companies are funded or valued on the stock market for not having a current profit is because the investors believe there will be a future profit.
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I have to confess I'm addicted to Sky Sports News. Just the music can pull me in. And then whether it's badminton in the Czech Republic, snail pushing or mole hopping, I'm hooked.
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Glossier - our content, our products - it's for all for you; it's ours.
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Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal human wish to cling to the past and the equally powerful wish to get on with the future.
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I have the absolute utmost respect for soap opera actors now. They work harder than any actor I know in any other medium. And they don't get very much approbation for it.
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You don't have to be age 20 and size zero to be sexually viable or viable as a woman.
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I was always taught that pressure comes when you aren't prepared or didn't work hard enough.
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I only became interested in clothes when I was in my mid-teens. I'd do things like spike my hair and put on a nice shirt, but I'd hardly call myself fashion-conscious. I just don't have the energy.
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Karl Johnson, my first piano player at Milt Trenier's, he just swung really hard and gave me a sense of really belonging to the jazz scene.
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I was trying to get an audition for 'Walker, Texas Ranger' and they wouldn't see me. And I was crestfallen, because I really needed money. And to be told you're not good enough to be seen by 'Walker, Texas Ranger' is a tough blow.
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My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.
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I have to keep reminding myself that I was hired for a reason and one of those reasons is because of the stories I tell and the films I've made previously.
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I would have strong opinions and be prepared to argue my case, but if you talk to my colleagues, I think you'd find they consider me the jokester, the informal mayor of the West Wing.
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My first husband dragged me out of London and made me live in the suburbs in Surrey - not where you want to be when you're 23.
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When you work so hard on making a film, it's all worthwhile when you get to experience seeing that film with an audience who thoroughly enjoy it and react to the movie.
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Some people say video games rot your brain, but I think they work different muscles that maybe you don't normally use.
