Conor Oberst Quotes
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I wrote 'The River' practically trying to rip off every lick that James Taylor had, so it was neat to hear him sing those lyrics because that's who inspired you to write them.
Garth Brooks -
I'm a plodder, one foot in front of the other. Life is all about understanding that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it's your ability with how you deal with that adversity that ultimately affects your success.
Gary Johnson -
There are many things that matter much more than an editor's gender in shaping the direction of the leadership.
Nancy Gibbs -
Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -
I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and when Oliver plays with other sax players, it's like a dialogue.
Yusef Komunyakaa -
It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
Saint Ambrose
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Chile's mines are very dangerous; the country has a lot of earthquakes.
Patricia Riggen -
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
Carl Sagan -
My father put it right when he said: 'I don't get ulcers. I give ulcers.'
Edgar Bronfman, Sr. -
First, do enough training. Then believe in yourself and say: I can do it. Tomorrow is my day. And then say: the person in front of me, he is just a human being as well; he has two legs, I have two legs, that is all. That is mentally how you prepare.
Haile Gebrselassie -
I believe in any country, matters that relate to its territory would, of course, provoke strong sentiments amongst the people of that country.
Naoto Kan -
Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
Rabindranath Tagore
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In the great fulfillment we must have a citizenship less concerned about what the government can do for it and more anxious about what it can do for the nation.
Warren G. Harding -
Why don't you come up sometime and see me? … Come on up, I'll tell your fortune.
Mae West -
If there's one word that sums up everything that's gone wrong since the war, it's Workshop. After Youth, that is. (pg. 140)
Kingsley Amis -
That means a lot, it goes from generation to generation, and you can't wonder why, and I think it's because it's such a good energy in it, and I think the girls and boys, they want to dress like us, and they want to sing along.
Agnetha Fältskog -
I never had to say to myself, 'OK now, I've got to grow up and work for a bank, or go and sell real estate.' I never had to make that kind of break.
Luke Wilson -
Biography is one of the new terrors of death.
John Arbuthnot
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The mind is like an umbrella - it functions best when open.
Walter Gropius -
After 'Win, Lose or Draw' we were workin' on another album that nobody's ever heard, and it's a good thing nobody heard it.
Butch Trucks -
It's in everyone's best interest to help close the gender gap in the sciences.
Sarah Brightman -
Cause I swear that I'm dying, slowly but its happening.
Conor Oberst Bright Eyes