Conor Oberst Quotes
In a way, to have whatever people talk about as "crossover success," I think it means you start making bad music. I mean, when I'm flipping through the channels and see the VMAs or something, I don't really see any music there.
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Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.
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The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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They probably do have an Asian Barbie.
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I have my outlet for my humor through my characters, and I also have the intimacy of rapport with my fans that allows me to explain my philosophy and spirituality.
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My priorities are making sure we reduce class size and close the achievement gap.
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I was raised on a ranch in Wyoming, and I've been riding horses most of my life.
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I have always done work to which my heart says yes.
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My extravagance is my garden - it's the first thing I look at every morning when I wake up. It gives me so much pleasure.
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I just think we want to stay healthy, and I don't think we think about a sense of urgency. We realize how old we are, we realize we've been playing this game for a long time, but you know what? We're not done yet.
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In a budget this massive, there are certainly areas where I think we could do much better.
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MIRRORMENTBirds are flowers flyingand flowers perched birds.
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Word of mouth now has a unprecedented influence because it spreads so far and so fast.
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My dad is kind of a rascal, like in a Dickensian sense. He just goes from career to career.
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I got to Arizona in 1980, before the Cardinals, Diamondbacks and Coyotes. The sun rose and set with the Phoenix Suns, and it wasn't very spectacular. But I became a loyal fan and went to a lot of games.
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I'm known as a person who, like, steps out of the comfort zone. Who kind of breaks the rules and crosses the line in the sense of making YouTube videos.
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I've worked with Morris Animal Foundation for more than 40 years now, and I'm so proud of all they've done to advance veterinary medicine for animals worldwide.
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The most popular argument in all these papers was the assertion ... that Christianity had grown and prospered in spite of the opposition of the State.
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There's a lot of room for error with a wound in the rear. It's a wide target.
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One thing about creativity is, when you feel confident and respected, you're more likely to pitch more interesting stuff because you're not as precious with it. You feel like, 'This is going to land, and I'm going to be supported in this.'
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Nature and other human beings are something you have to respect and you need.
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When one consorts with assassins, one must expect to dance along the edge of a knife once or twice.
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In a way, to have whatever people talk about as "crossover success," I think it means you start making bad music. I mean, when I'm flipping through the channels and see the VMAs or something, I don't really see any music there.
