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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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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It is my responsibility that I must make demonstrative efforts to reach out to every citizen of the country.
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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 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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We only see in a lifetime a dozen faces marked with the peace of a contented spirit.
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That which is impossible and probable is better than that which is possible and improbable.
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What a pleasure life would be to live if everybody would try to do only half of what he expects others to do.
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Romantic souvenirs had a way of attaching themselves to one when one wanted to move on, but they were not to be taken seriously.
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We need to talk about what we are going to do and see and decide. We'll have to wait and see.
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We want to encourage people. You are not just another kid in the youth group or the lady on the third row. God has a purpose for every life.
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You know, in some ways conducting is counter-intuitive. It's like winter driving in Finland - if you skid, the natural reaction is to fight with the wheel and jam on the brakes, which is the quickest way to get killed. What you have to do is let go, and the car will right itself. It's the same when an orchestra loses its ensemble. You have to resist the temptation to semaphore, and let the orchestra find its own way back to the pulse.
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I always stand up for what I believe and what I want to.
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I'm a big fan of Louis CK - I think he's a master of standup.
