Conor Oberst Quotes
I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus.
Quotes to Explore
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The role of designers and product makers is to really become much better editors. What kind of functionality is actually needed - and truly delightful - to consumers? Remove all the extraneous stuff.
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Focus on something that you have a passion for and hone that skill; it will make you feel confident about your ability.
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I have to say that movies have as much impact on me as music. And that I learned as much about narrative from movies as I did from reading novels, how to arrange stories, how to juxtapose things.
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I'm a Virgo and I'm more - I don't want to say 'negative' - but I'm the girl who thinks no one's coming to my birthday party, no one's buying my clothes, no one's reading my book, no one's watching my show - that's just how I think.
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What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.
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I just think there are enough hours in the day. If you just focus and dedicate yourself and approach each task as it presents itself, you can accomplish a lot.
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What offends me the most when I hear criticisms about this so-called Africa bias is how quick we are to focus on the words and propaganda of a few powerful, influential individuals, and to forget about the millions of anonymous people who suffer from their crimes.
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You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.
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I love C-3PO; I love the girl from 'Ex Machina' - these kind of robots that have so much soul that you feel for them.
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Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.
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Focus on being balanced - success is balance.
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I've gone back and forth with fine-tuning the kind of conditioning I'm doing. Sometimes trying to shed weight and getting leaner and sometimes trying to pack on a little more muscle.
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Sometimes you should just put down the computer, the phone, and walk away.
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I had just lost my dad and I remembered all the songs we used to go and hear at concerts, and the records around the house and sometimes we'd play together.
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I think there are some people who are just kind of born to create drama and then capitalise on it.
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In America there's no way I can make the kind of movie I like to make.
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I'm so damn boring. I like reading and writing and making coffee. And walking. Barry Jenkins likes long walks.
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I grew up kind of self-supported, that kind of environment, because my parents both worked for airlines.
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To get health insurance, you give up your dignity - that's what I thought being an actor was. So when 'GLOW' came along, I was shaking reading it because I hadn't really allowed myself to dream of a show like this.
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No damn man kills me and lives.
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I want to be around for a long time, singing and making albums and movies.
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At the present time man's path lies through space, and Suprematism is a colour metaphor in its infinite abyss. 1916
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Some people say that you shouldn't operate from a place of fear but if there is no fear, how is there a challenge?
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I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus.
