Conor Oberst Quotes
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Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.
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I wanna create a character that's really memorable... like Julia Roberts did in 'Pretty Woman.'
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You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family.
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I don't know if I have a brand. I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to get better at golf. I guess I'm kind of the feel-good story who's seen every level of professional golf.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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I eat next to nothing.
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I went into the sciences very early on, but to me, economics pervades so much more of our lives and our existence.
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I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.
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I am very superstitious. I trod on a wet towel before winning the Junior World Championships, and now I have to do that every time.
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America is an archipelago of tribes, a land where people form national families of kindred spirits.
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Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able.
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Although I've been a longtime Democrat (primarily because, unless there is some very compelling reason to be otherwise, I am always for 'the little guy'), my political orientation is not rigid. For instance, I supported John McCain's run for the presidency in 2000.
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I just work a lot. I just remember recording in a hotel room in Malaysia. I work on planes, I work on buses. A lot of times when I'm backstage in the hotel or on the bus, I would have new ideas.
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Through thicke and thin, both over banke and bush In hope her to attaine by hooke or crooke.
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Be not false about the past.
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Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.
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I don't like journalists and I hardly ever talk to them.
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How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and oil, growing, working, dying, with hardly a thought of wind, and sky, and fields of grain, seeing only machine-made beauty, the mineral-like quality of life?
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She's the quiet type who's into heavy metal.
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I so miss musical theater. Secretly, I'm in awe of Broadway performers.
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Enough of this foreign fiasco distraction. Get back to work. It is time to bomb Obamacare.
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A sister is someone who owns part of what you own: a house, perhaps, or a less tangible legacy, like memories of your childhood and the experience of your family.
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To be homeward bound, no matter what tragic memories you have harbored, is unlike any voyage a man can ever make.
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I drink to stay warm, and to kill selected memories
