Ezra Furman Quotes
My favourite artists are the ones who are human, and you know they're not in a failure-proof environment.
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Since it is not granted to us to live long, let us transmit to posterity some memorial that we have at least lived.
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I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.
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Country music tells stories, and I've always loved to tell stories.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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There's usually one piece in 'Vanity Fair' every month that grabs me, but when it presents hatchet jobs without substantiation to impress its liberal friends, I laugh first, then toss.
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I try to say something about the human condition whenever I can when I'm lucky.
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My obsessions stay the same - historical memory and historical erasure. I am particularly interested in the Americas and how a history that is rooted in colonialism, the language and iconography of empire, disenfranchisement, the enslavement of peoples, and the way that people were sectioned off because of blood.
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Love is a credulous thing.
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I went to the U.S. for business because I thought America is a big consuming country, although it's not an overconsuming country.
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I played piano growing up. I played classical piano since I was 5, and I sang in choirs, and I sang in plays and musicals.
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If acting doesn't work out, I'm probably going to be a professional chef.
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On the set I never know what day of the week it is.
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I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us.
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Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear.
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I was watching 'The September Issue' in the back of a theater in New York, and I thought, 'I know I really can do this with actors.'
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It's always about the music, never about anything else.
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Hema ji is a dedicated artist and a perfectionist who continues to rehearse on her lines till she gets them right.
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I hate touchy-feely things.
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I'm with you. No matter what else you have in your head I'm with you and I love you.
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What's so funny about cats is that they have this kind of aloof, superior vibe to them. Even if you love them, they are unpredictable. Dogs are more social, and the way that they attach and bond to us is much more human.
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Gaming has been a great way to get to know people. That's part of what I love about games, that they are social.
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I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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My favourite artists are the ones who are human, and you know they're not in a failure-proof environment.
