Conor Oberst Quotes
Considering our history, I can think of nothing more American than an immigrant.
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The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.
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I remember thinking that people were crazy for reading the same book more than once, but I now have a new-found appreciation for the re-discovery of literature. The lessons we learned from books in the school curriculum are reinvented and updated when we read as adults.
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I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
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People want to help me. They want the best for me. I always say thank you to people when they try that. I never get mad.
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Before I got into grad school, I used to work as a deck hand on these ferry boats in San Francisco, and they did day tours. It wasn't a bad job. I made decent money. But you were sitting down all day, tying up the boat, wiping it down. For some guys, that's a dream job, but for me it was kind of torture.
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When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.
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I liked the people at Brown, while I really disliked most of the fellow students I had met at Northwestern.
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Since Baby’s birth, she had learned that the first few months of motherhood were about fatigue and leakiness.
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To inform, and, therefore to reconnoitre, this is the first and constant duty of the advanced guard.
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This obligation to move can be a burden to a player without strategic vision.
Garry Kasparov
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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.
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Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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I think the story is important in every business. Why do you exist, why are you here, why is your product different, why should I pay attention, why should I care?
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There wasn't much around. After the shows, we would go to an Italian restaurant that a friend of ours owned and so I didn't get a chance to see much. Actually, that holds true of most places I've been.
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I do not expect that homeopathy will ever be established as a legitimate form of treatment, but I do expect that it will continue to be popular.
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I realised that music controls me more than I control music. I had to write songs that were convincing me that things would get better.
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Some of these little girls are afraid to admit they are getting older. I am not afraid. You can't put your finger in the sun and stop time.
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When I go to hotels, sometimes I find waiters and people who do not address me as 'Mr.' or address me as a normal guest would have been addressed, simply because my name is Maddy. I find that slightly offending, but I don't react to it thinking that maybe the name is so casual that people think it's a buddy that you are talking to.
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Considering our history, I can think of nothing more American than an immigrant.
