Conor Oberst Quotes
I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real thing.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
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The reasons asthma doesn't affect my work or play is that I had accurate diagnostics and follow treatment regimens closely. It's when someone thinks they're fine and that they don't need help that they usually get in trouble.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails.
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I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.
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I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become that.
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I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court.
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We talk a lot about hope, helping, and teamwork. Our whole message is that we are more powerful together.
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I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
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My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.
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People say that about me, that I apparently buy houses near every boy I like - that's a thing that I apparently do. If I like you I will apparently buy up the real-estate market just to freak you out so you leave me.
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In my opinion, the form of Government may be different in different countries, according to their circumstances, their wishes, their wants. England loves her Queen, and has full motive to do so.
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I've seen 'Silence of the Lambs,' like, fifty or sixty times. That's my favorite movie of all time.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from all the thoughts in my head. I begged for opera lessons because opera singing is the most formidable, most emotional way to use your voice.
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I miss aspects of being in the Arab world - the language - and there is a tranquility in these cities with great rivers. Whether it's Cairo or Baghdad, you sit there and you think, 'This river has flown here for thousands of years.' There are magical moments in these places.
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The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people.
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I carry around, like, a little journal with me and just write all the time. Not necessarily, like, actually sitting down and writing lyrics - just freeform writing, whatever's going on in my mind. I write a lot on airplanes, actually, because it's completely isolating.
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I just want to compete and do what I love.
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I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real thing.
