Conor Oberst Quotes
It seems like everything I do musically I tend to lose a few fans and gain a few fans, and it all kind of evens out.
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You know you've made your mark when you're on the cover of a videogame.
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How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?
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I don't feel comfortable making empty music.
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I said I would do all the films about the commercials, and the films about ball-bearings and Ford tractors and so on, if once a year they gave me money for a free film.
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People don't get my sense of humour.
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I'm a real girly-girl.
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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.
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The new 'Joy' was needed for a number of reasons. Recent developments in nutrition and new ingredients were two of the major reasons for the revision. One of the other big reasons was America's new love for big flavors. Yay!
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As long as I have ambition, maybe I can achieve something for my country.
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I wanted to try marathon running, but something always came up: I had a baby and a C-section or I got injured or I just didn't think I could run that far.
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If I go to Singapore, I have friends there. If they came to Zambia, they'd feel the same way. I've made connections, and I have friends in many, many countries.
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I used to teach animation history classes at the University of Texas, and I wrote my master's thesis on cartoons. I just love cartoons.
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I've never been a movie buff. If I did go to a theatre to watch a film, half the time, I would fall asleep.
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Laurel Canyon is kind of grotesque. It's this nature-themed place, and everybody is kind of angry.
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I don't think I'm exactly gregarious, you know. I'm not usually known as the loud person in the room.
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Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.
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There is a lot of talk in conservative circles about judicial modesty and deferring to the political branches. That view of judging often overlooks the important role that courts have in protecting people's rights. But if there was ever a time to defer, it is when Congress is protecting voting rights in the exact way the Constitution directs it to.
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I haven't checked this out yet, but one of our guys told me we have a counselor within 45 minutes to an hour of most small businesses in this country. That's really powerful. I call it our bone structure.
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If people are being upstanding citizens of the Republic, then you have to widen the net to incarcerate them. This explains why America's prisons are full of nonviolent offenders - a perfect example of American exceptionalism.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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My purpose is to develop a country, to empower its population. It's from that same population that will emerge the man or woman who will succeed me. And they will be chosen based on the consensus that they have the capacity to lead the country.
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I'm not the kind of guy who has best friends.
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It seems like everything I do musically I tend to lose a few fans and gain a few fans, and it all kind of evens out.
