Ezra Koenig Quotes
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
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Here's how I work: It's 2013, and most marketers are operating like it's 2009. I'm always trying to market like it's 2015, but not like it's 2020. A lot of my contemporaries who understand where the world is going, go too far out, and aren't practical. I have always prided myself on being visionary, with a heavy practicality.
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The Nigerians have been very instrumental in preserving stability in Sierra Leone. They have done this at considerable cost in dollars and Nigerian lives. The US should encourage Nigeria to stay in Sierra Leone.
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Chanting was very deep for me. It was as if I remembered it. It was like a real surrender.
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By nature, I'm an optimistic person. No one believes it, but I am.
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I am so grateful that I accepted the offer to do 'CSI,' but it was like being shot out of a cannon, and it was so different from anything that I have ever done.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.
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Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated.
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The Olympics was a goal, and definitely, swimming in college was a goal.
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To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God.
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The word 'revolution' first brings to mind violent upheavals in the state, but ideas of revolution in science, and of political revolution, are almost coeval. The word once meant only a revolving, a circular return to an origin, as when we speak of revolutions per minute or the revolution of the planets about the sun.
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Ending educational inequality is going to require systemic change and a long-term, sustained effort. There are no shortcuts and no silver bullets.
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What I do is I do my job.
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All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.
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The fashion industry really welcomed me with open arms and open hearts. They've been very accepting of my faith. I have strict wardrobe requirements, and that's something they've upheld.
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Either you live by the barometer of the music critics, or you live by your own. I choose the latter.
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It's interesting, because as a musician, I don't feel like I need to be on the top of the pop charts.
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Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.
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I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
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My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.
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I still think that if you're excited about something, you have to work at it.
