Conor Oberst Quotes
So I want to get myself attached to something bolted down,So that these winds of circumstance won't keep blowing me around.From when I land to when I leavethere is enough time to sleep and sing.I keep running around, when all I want is to lay motionless.
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I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
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Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
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Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
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I think I've learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can't control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I'll have more favor in the other category.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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Everyone needs help when they try something new.
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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The Americans are more honest about it and just call it college rock.
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Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
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I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things, and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that.
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We don't have to look back at da Vinci's work and Albert Einstein's work and Mozart's work. We're actually living in the time period that David Lynch is creating his art. We're so lucky.
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If I get to wrapped up in how I have to be, or what I have to do, things gradually get worse and worse.
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My philosophy is I'm raising future adults, not children.
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I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
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Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny.
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All cultures through all time have constantly been engaged in a dance with new possibilities for life. Change is the one constant in human history.
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Joe and Jojo and I had lovely day together. I love Joe so much - more and more.
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I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
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We don't woo our wives with clubs. We don't leave old folks on ice floes. And maybe the time has come to quit diving into rip tides to save people we don't know. We've outgrown a lot of survival-of-the-fittest strategies, and risking our lives for strangers might be one of them.
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Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time,' especially 'Time Regained,' made me think differently about what the novel is and can do. Then I forgot about it, then reread it and remembered again.
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I love adrenaline. I like senseless violence.
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So I want to get myself attached to something bolted down,So that these winds of circumstance won't keep blowing me around.From when I land to when I leavethere is enough time to sleep and sing.I keep running around, when all I want is to lay motionless.
