Conor Oberst Quotes
I think that hip-hop is more of an individual effort. That means you're an artist from the streets, they expect you to rap about the streets, because that's what happens there.
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The difference between an actor and a star is the budget and the overall presentation of a film.
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I thought I knew how to work out before I immersed myself into boxing. I now know what an extreme workout really is.
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People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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I think confidence does come with time, and I've been really surprised by that, actually.
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See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.
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It's insane to me to ask anybody to be what they're not. Know what you know the best, love the most. That's always going to be the answer to the thing that you have the best shot at winning at.
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When I saw the first I couldn't believe I was in another great movie that would be made into a trilogy. This movie is quite visible and I think it will stand the test of time. I think kids and parents will love this movie for a long time.
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A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men.
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It's nice to see a movie where people are actually succeeding.
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I vividly remember Charles Bronson's face in 'Chino.' The western genre is screaming for a face like that.
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I think the hardest thing to do in a relationship is something for yourself.
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Kochi, formerly called Cochin, is a former European settlement with a large Christian population and a seafaring heritage. It is a town of enormous charm that reminds some visitors of the Caribbean more than India.
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I was doing everything I could think of to protect my husband and keep him alive.
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We're not handling things anymore before they arrive on our doorstep. I like to feel how thin porcelain can be, run my hand over a textile, see if I want to sit in a chair.
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My conception of my ideal reader has expanded quite a lot as I've matured: Ultimately when I think of my ideal reader, it's someone who's not sitting down with the intention of automatically arguing with the book: somebody who's going to give me enough slack to tell my story.
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I didn't have a childhood.
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Social media is simply a tool that facilitates actions.
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Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
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The literacy level at Mississippi prisons? Fifth grade. Can't read, what are you going to do? If you've got a conviction rap, what are you going to do? It's a real crisis.
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Instead of gutting consumer protection, we should be expanding it.
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French existentialism is an unhelpful philosophy in which to couch modern feminism: born from the ravages of the Second World War, it is a cynical, individualistic school of thought that posits the self and personal choice as the measure of life's entire meaning.
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I think that hip-hop is more of an individual effort. That means you're an artist from the streets, they expect you to rap about the streets, because that's what happens there.
