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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Losing has nothing to do with geography.
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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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Revolution is not a goal in itself.
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Look to yourself for the answer - stop calling your girlfriends and stop calling your mom - you know if it's working or not, you either feel like a goddess or you don't
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In sports and in business, the greatest leaders are those who make the best decisions in the most crucial of situations. They are the ones who focus their energy on turning tough decisions into winning decisions.
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I drink to stay warm, and to kill selected memories
