Ezra Edelman Quotes
Never work for money or power, be honest, don't feel entitled to anything you don't sweat and struggle for, and always finish what you start.
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I always try to keep a little bit of space in the year to work with other people. Because I love doing musicals, films and plays - projects where I'm not in charge, where I've got somebody else telling me what to do and I have to work with their vision.
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I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.
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I found that I need to work, and I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't taken the time off.
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To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.
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I find it's really hard for anybody to meet anyone. I'm not big on dates anyways. I still have to work that out.
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Getting married and then having children just centered me and grounded my values. It was like a whole new world. It started happening in New York with a little play called Cruise Control, where I relaxed, and then I kept getting work in Hollywood till this series happened.
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Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.
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Even during the golden age of fashion, you had haute couture houses where the designers didn't have money.
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I'm not - I'm not a person looking for money. I have no political ambitions whatsoever. I don't seek power. I don't seek any kind of praise. I have no ego to fulfill.
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I have always believed in quality work.
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Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes,' he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. 'Shake it off. Stop complainin'. Stop grumblin'. Stop cryin'. We are going to press on. We have work to do.
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People who work for me know that family comes first. And I'm fortunate to have a family that is very supportive of the work I do, so I don't have to live two separate lives.
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When I first have an idea, I'll spit-ball it with my husband: he's my beautiful ideas sounding board. I usually have a year deadline from start to finish, so I'll piss about for three months and pretend to get started. Then there's four to six months of actual writing and, after that, submissions, edits, and eventually a finished product.
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When you work with somebody, either the puzzle piece fits, or it doesn't.
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A work of art doesn't exist outside the perception of the audience.
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I am really excited and thankful for opportunity to work with Cotto Promotions, Tidal and Roc Nation.
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A work, however, should be judged by its design and its execution, and not by any preconceived notion of what it ought to be according to the critic, rather than the author.
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She’s a nice girl – I just feel very honoured that she wanted to sing my song. I used to scream for her in Times Square and now I work for her. When I was 13 she was the most provocative performer of my time. I love her so much! Britney certainly doesn’t need any freakin’ tips from me! Britney Spears is the queen of pop. I was learning from her.
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I think listening to real classic soul material made me learn how to feel music that's sung.
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I don't make records to win awards. I make records to make records and hopefully make the records as good as they can be.
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If somebody writes clearly, you can pretty much tell immediately if something is shallow or deep, whereas if they write with all this duckweed on the surface, you can't tell if the stream is one inch deep or a hundred fathoms.
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I don't think anything is forever, but when my kids tell me they love me, that's forever.
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Even your chin is made up of exploded stars.
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Never work for money or power, be honest, don't feel entitled to anything you don't sweat and struggle for, and always finish what you start.
