Conor Oberst Quotes
Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does.
Quotes to Explore
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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Having companies like PotashCorp based in Saskatoon or Cameco based in Saskatoon that have worldwide presence but have the head office jobs, the head office managers and head office employees in your local economy are important from a job creation and wealth creation point of view.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.
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The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.
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If anything changes shape or takes off without me, I'll come after you and kill you. I'm too type A.
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I know as I'm taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you. I don't ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It's like, 'Smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here.'
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Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.
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I have not given much credence to reviews of my films. Sometimes they're wrong, but it didn't matter to me.
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I want to be in love with what I do at all times, and I want to stay in love.
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My philosophy is 'learn while you live.' 'LazyTown' is about balance. I'm not there yet.
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Less than two weeks before my 34th birthday, I bought pots. Most people were amazed that I did not previously own pots, but that was before I explained that I had never used my oven, and used my stovetop for my dishrack.
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Lines 10–16
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...talent and genius operate outside the rules, and theory conflicts with practice.
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Private misfortunes must never induce us to neglect public affairs.
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A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men - and people in general.
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If not for radio, I'd probably be working at the local supermarket doing who knows what. But after I got that first break at 16, I was not going to do anything else. I had my mind set on radio one way or another.
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I always create book soundtracks to capture the overall mood I'm going for and listen to them as I write. Those songs and scores really fuse with the scenes in my mind.
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Your life story is a gift, and it should be treated as such.
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You can't just come into someone's life, make them feel special, and then leave.
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For 'Death Magnetic,' I used what I always use, which is my standard touring rack, which is filled with some Boogie stuff and a Marshall that I've had forever.
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I've been a runner a long time. When I first got into it, I started doing small triathlons in Chicago, and I just did it to get in shape. When I got out of college, I put on a few pounds like everybody does. I did it when I was in my early 20s, but I never really did any long runs.
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Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does.
