Ezra Furman Quotes
There is something embarrassing about asking for money, but if I hadn't done that, I would have not continued to be a professional musician.
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My whole reason for creating a network is literally to bring little pieces of light. It's to continue to spread little pieces of light in the world, to illuminate the possibility of the human spirit.
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I think punditry serves no purpose.
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I'm a nationalist. I'm a patriot. Nothing is wrong. I'm a born Hindu. Nothing is wrong. So, I'm a Hindu nationalist, so yes, you can say I'm a Hindu nationalist because I am a born Hindu, I'm patriotic, so nothing is wrong in it.
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When I was being brought up, we weren't allowed to wallow in self-pity, which was a thoroughly good thing. We were all fine and healthy because that was what we were told to be.
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At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal on a population. America deserves the president it gets, whether the country votes for them or allows their vote to be stolen, and the least we can do is to elect someone who won't do that to other people.
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It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
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Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
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I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation.
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My mom raised me with the idea of doing public service, and I definitely want to go in that direction. But I also want to follow in my dad's entrepreneurial footsteps.
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Fuseproject was founded in 1999, and the notion behind it, which is alive and kicking today, is fusing different disciplines. Our teams are absolutely incredible at their own discipline, but most importantly, they're incredible at partnering with each other.
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It's very easy to run a good 200 m. after an appalling shot put.
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Well, I'm a Christian. I was a born a Presbyterian and became an Episcopalian.
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The way that we are going after ageing, I think, is a problem. The modern medical model is basically designed to attack one disease at a time. Independent of all other diseases and independent of the basic process of ageing itself.
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I buy five of the same shirts. I literally have six blue shirts. Now I have six green shirts.
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I think it's every actor's dream to play a character that's really odd, and you know no one wants to play himself.
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I feel like J. K. Rowling's world is one that is owned by everyone in some ways. People have grown up with it and have such a sense of that universe that there's something kind of wonderful seeing everyone get involved.
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I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I also had an interest in justice - and later learned that sometimes law and justice actually agree!
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Greece is an extreme case: a country where both the level of spending and the level of taxation were unsustainable!
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The 'Stephanie Plums' are very much Jersey books. So you can't get away from attitude and objectionable language.
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When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it's a pretty honorable position to be in.
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Lean forward, and head on down the mountain.
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I believe if you become complacent about your work, it leads to a downfall.
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There is something embarrassing about asking for money, but if I hadn't done that, I would have not continued to be a professional musician.
