Conor Oberst Quotes
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Thomas Friedman's 'The World is Flat' sold more copies in India than in the U.K. The market for go-getting business books or wonkish tomes by corporate moguls posing as philosopher kings has grown dramatically in modernising China and India.
Pankaj Mishra -
Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.
Octavio Paz -
Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.
Zooey Deschanel -
My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
Mahershala Ali -
My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life, I can never match his accomplishments.
Tamara Ecclestone -
As an astronaut, you have a very defined set of tasks to do. Those tasks may require you to work 60, 70 or 80 hours a week.
Mae Jemison
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
Barbra Streisand -
You aren't going to leave me alone are you?
Edie Adams -
Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped.
Gary Johnson -
I drink tons of water. When you're puffy, you think you can't drink water since you feel more bloated and gross but that's what you do to get the toxins out of your system. I put a little lemon in the water bottle that I carry around with me or drink a cup of hot water with lemon. It's a natural diuretic.
Kate Walsh -
In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
Pat Robertson -
There is such a polarized discussion of economics among people like analysts, columnists, bloggers; often, they end up just saying that views other than their own should not even be discussed. I find that frustrating. There is no intellectual progress without considering lots and lots of different views.
Adam Davidson
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All I can say is, I don't talk about the personal stuff. It's the one thing you can keep to yourself. At least you try to.
Rachel Bilson -
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words, like 'What about lunch?'
A. A. Milne -
See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.
H. Rap Brown -
He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
Victor Hugo -
We believe that visa quotas should be lifted and people should visit anywhere they wish freely.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -
Healthcare is the only civil system where new technology makes prices go up instead of down.
Jaan Tallinn
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I practice a lot. I practice in the winter when it's cold in Connecticut - a lot. I practice in my bedroom on the carpet - a lot. For all the practice I do, I should be a better golfer than I am.
Stuart Scott -
There's something strange about a laptop, how you can make the tiniest gesture and make the biggest sound. I don't feel I've resolved working a sense of performance into a piece yet.
Anna Meredith -
Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.
Frances Beinecke -
I believe it's easier to be an actor. Somehow, interviewing seems to be intrusive on people's lives.
Wayne Rogers -
We know the truth of the restored gospel. Are we ready to defend that truth? We need to live it; we need to share it.
Neill F. Marriott -
The sound of loneliness makes me happier.
Conor Oberst Bright Eyes