Conor Oberst Quotes
Each Desaparecidos's song has a seed that it came from. We're trying to take that and broaden it out and make it resonate with people.
Quotes to Explore
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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It is all very well and it sounds very seductive to say we are going to have harmonisation of regulations, but for example the way that funds are distributed around the states these days, you are positively penalised if you actually want to have say a lower payroll tax or sort of conditions.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it's ending 'don't ask, don't tell,' making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples.
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One of the things about the '70s films I love - the films 'Nightcrawler' is being compared to, like, 'Taxi Driver' - is that they never put their flawed characters into any one box.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.
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You don't master your fear. You're not able to say, 'I'm not going to be scared.' But what you can do is say, 'OK, I'm very very scared, but I have to do this and this and this.'
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Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.
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The secret of being a great actor is a love of food.
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One does not allow the plumbers to decide the temperature, depth and timing of a bath.
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I believe in incentivizing people. If you can incentivize people in anything, whether it's in politics; in life; in spirituality; in business; just take care of folks. Incentivize them and all of a sudden it's amazing the difference that you'll see.
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A lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its attractiveness upon the attendance sense of freedom from whatever is low; upon a sense of purity and of romance.
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It's part of the job to compensate for outfit.
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When I went to school, there were no Black philosophers, at least none that I was aware of, who were recognized by Western universities.
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I get very involved with my things, and they are not standard equipment.
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A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.
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Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.
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Good and evil do not exist for me any more. The fear of evil is merely a mass projection here and on Earth.
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It has always felt like a failure that Bjorn and I couldn't keep our family together. You never get it back, but to this day I don't regret splitting up. The reason behind our separation is one of those things I definitely don't want to go into!
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I've been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that anything that I do by way of clarification is ever going to eradicate the mistakes.
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There is no creature among all the Beasts of the world which hath so great and ample demonstration of the power and wisdom of almighty God as the Elephant.
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Each Desaparecidos's song has a seed that it came from. We're trying to take that and broaden it out and make it resonate with people.
