Conor Oberst Quotes
I would say I'm a humanist. I like that. I mean, I don't claim to know anything, but I'm curious about it all. I'm always fascinated when people really fervently believe, because I have such a hard time believing anything.
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I'm a big advocate of revisions, of living with something for a month and then realizing what needs changing, what was lazy, what could be better.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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You know, I've sold a lot of bad movies in my time.
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I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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The position is: the Gaelic language is no longer the native language; it is dead, yet food is being brought to the graveyard.
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To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
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Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
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It is always good to explore the stuff you don't agree with, to try and understand a different lifestyle or foreign worldview. I like to be challenged in that way, and always end up learning something I didn't know.
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It was a deliberate decision to act in family entertainers like 'Govindudu Andari Vadele' and 'Bruce Lee.'
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It was weird - writing is a stupid thing to do. I come up here in the morning to a pleasant room in the roof of my house and imagine I'm a black South American football superstar; then I have to imagine I'm a female pop celebrity who's pregnant. It's a completely mad way to spend your time.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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I'm sorry I didn't go to jail for six months, then I know you could come to see me anytime you wanted to.
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The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.
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I fly from the seat of my pants, basically.
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Every person needs to go home and have that person to wake up to - eventually, when the party's over.
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Joe gave me some more gravy.
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There are certain functions that a writer has to do. In a time of crisis, it is great to have heroic poems, as it was in the Irish Revolution. It's great to have great songs, because people need something to sing when they are marching. That's OK, but it should be on the side. It's not the ultimate thing.
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But...as bad as it was, I learned something about myself. That I could go through something like that and survive. I mean, I know it could have been worse--a lot worse-- but for me, it was all I could have handled at the time. And I learned from it.
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I would say I'm a humanist. I like that. I mean, I don't claim to know anything, but I'm curious about it all. I'm always fascinated when people really fervently believe, because I have such a hard time believing anything.
