Ezra Koenig Quotes
We live in such extreme times that I think we all have a responsibility to be aware of what's happening and talk about it.
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Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
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I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
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If someone says, 'I love that lipstick,' I will always try to answer, honestly, if I know what color it is. It's a connective tissue.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier.
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Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.
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What is our greatest enemy? Segregation.
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At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'
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Love is so short, forgetting is so long.
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I really have reached a point where I can write a book about all of this.
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Whenever you hear a discussion about the short-term swings in any given stock's price, your immediate thought should be whether it matters to why you are investing.
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If you can't move the audience, they don't want you.
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I loved making 'Rising Sun'. I got into the psychology of why she liked to get strangled and tied up in plastic bags. It has to do with low self-worth.
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The VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the woman alone.
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I'm still working, I've got two arms, two legs, two gorgeous kids, a lovely wife. Fifteen years ago, I was homeless. So when you think about it, I'm lucky.
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Only the guys who never made it and will never make it in the U.S. need to put up the front that they don't care about America.
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It's been a teenage fantasy of mine to play Bodhi.
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There appear to be as many learning styles among prodigies as there are prodigies to express them.
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The left-wing, which consists of armoured and motorized forces and has no enemy in front of it, will be stopped dead in its tracks upon direct order from the Fuhrer.
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The trend of offering individualized education plans, curricula, and lessons is going to help students tremendously. “Teaching to the middle” is one of the saddest concepts I've ever heard about.
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I don't want to be white. I don't want to be straight. I don't want to blend in.
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I work during the days and have night classes on Wednesday and Thursday and live with my partner, who is in school during the days and works Wednesday through Saturday nights. Monday and Tuesday are therefore our nights, and we both get our work out of the way so we can actually spend time together.
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We live in such extreme times that I think we all have a responsibility to be aware of what's happening and talk about it.
