Ezra Furman Quotes
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My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that he never could be persuaded to keep slaves, for he pitied them so much: and a slave belonging to one of his brothers being once in his house, was treated by him with as much tenderness as his own children.
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I got thrust into some great things when I was really young.
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.
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Especially with the predators, one of the things that gets these programs going on a local level is for our land management agencies to build partnerships with surrounding communities and landowners.
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It's critical to have a sound foundation in free-market economics and the Constitution. A great many Republicans in Washington don't have that foundation.
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I'm very smart, and I have a great team of people around me investing my money. I'm not buying gold - yet.
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A lapse in judgment is not a crime.
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I'm never happy with what I've written. You imagine, before you start, there's a cathedral, and the moment it starts on the page, it's a garden shed. And then you just try to make it the best shed you can.
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Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.
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It is my responsibility that I must make demonstrative efforts to reach out to every citizen of the country.
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I am lucky to have three daughters who are completely different. I look at my daughters and I have different relationships with all three and there are parts of each personality that are very special.
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There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day.
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I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face.
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I absolutely don't dislike children - I would choose their company over adult company any time.
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The segregated schools of today are arguably no more equal than the segregated schools of the past.
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The predicate of modern medicine is, 'We invalidate your humanity, but we give you immortality, so you have to shut up and listen to us.'
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'Never Gonna Give You Up' in 1987 was a huge international hit followed by several more, and while I appreciated how lucky I was, it catapulted me into a completely new world and simply took over my life.
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One who has loved truly can never lose entirely.
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That which is impossible and probable is better than that which is possible and improbable.
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I'd never been around or seen a black showrunner, and in some ways you wish that it wasn't a big deal.
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I spend up to two hours a day on correspondence. Hearing from fans on the Internet and being able to directly respond to the fan base is exciting. You can cut out the middle man like the fan club... before a recent appearance in Tyler, Texas, I had fans reaching out on MySpace offering their lake house, Mavericks tickets. It was amazing.
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I'm not a big fan of western movies and I really don't like cowboy-indian movies. I have never watched them.
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I'm a big fan of Louis CK - I think he's a master of standup.
