Conor Oberst Quotes
My Brother went to collegeTo become a doctorAnd if he studies hard enoughHe'll end up just like papa, who hates his life.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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In writing 'The Satanic Verses,' I think I was writing for the first time from the whole of myself. The English part, the Indian part. The part of me that loves London, and the part that longs for Bombay. And at my typewriter, alone, I could indulge this.
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I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.
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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
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I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
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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 don't like controversy.
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Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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The heroes of 'Narcos' are the Colombian people who fought and decided to do something about the horrible narco-terrorism that took place in their country back in the '80s.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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I was playing in other rock bands. Any of those bands didn't last long.
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It's true that you need much time to get rid of the fat girl you once were, but you know I am sincerely grateful for my buttocks.
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Eighty-five per cent of the crowd is going to fall in love with me - they're going to feel it, wow. But fifteen per cent are going to think, 'This guy is obnoxious.' I spend enormous time with them - every negative review of 'Crush It!' on Amazon has a response from me - and I can probably bring back ten of the fifteen.
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I think I'm like a free spirit.
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In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations.
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There's no more important bonding thing than a mother doing the daughter's hair. We sit at our mother's knee and learn who we are.
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Maybe the universe doesn’t approve of places like New York.
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As an early child, I tried to play every kind of music that I heard. I thought everyone was doing that.
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I can't even tell you the anxiety I get from being around those cameras!
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When I was at Brown, I wanted to write the great American novel, but I was too scared to take a creative course. I signed up for one, got in, and just didn't have the courage to go. I was a tremendously shy person, almost pathologically shy. The thought of peers critiquing my work - oh, God.
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My Brother went to collegeTo become a doctorAnd if he studies hard enoughHe'll end up just like papa, who hates his life.
