Conor Oberst Quotes
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When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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I did almost two years on 'One Life to Live,' so I was thinking, 'Oh yeah, I'm an actor now.'
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The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican.
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Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
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If there's a rift in the marriage - if someone feels neglected, frustrated, tempted by others, or unsure - then trouble can easily arise.
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Today, many people take for granted the notion that people whose lives are going to be very heavily affected by public policies should have a say in how they are formulated and carried out.
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This world is very good as if we do good deeds then we will get its fruits. World is bitter for those who are live their life with corruption or sins.
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I think I just have to control what I can control. I can control myself. I can't control anything else but what I do. I definitely know I can do a better job at that.
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The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
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The only thing that exists to me is commercial pop music.
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What is cool today is not going to be cool tomorrow, and what wasn't cool yesterday is going to be cool tomorrow.
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I loved France, although I initially thought they were stubborn for always speaking French.
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I know about various fictional and folkloric vampire mythoses the way other people know about the personal life of celebrities.
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I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't.
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I have held healthy respects of bears along with assorted crocodiles, snakes and lots of other animals. You know, bears are dangerous, you have to be super careful.
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That's me, man - I'm a lover not a fighter.
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The only fear I have is that I will wake up one day and nobody will allow me to do films. This is a fear every actor has.
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There is something ridiculous and even quite indecent in an individual claiming to be happy. Still more a people or a nation making such a claim. The pursuit of happiness... is without any question the most fatuous which could possibly be undertaken. This lamentable phrase the pursuit of happiness is responsible for a good part of the ills and miseries of the modern world.
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Those of our writers who have possessed a vivid personal talent have been paralyzed by a want of social background.
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I have a pit bull. He's a rescue. He's adorable.
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I remember getting out of grad school and coming to New York and not wanting to get a teaching job because I wanted to work on my own, to develop my own ideas. There isn't that time now. Artists are exhibiting while they are still in grad school. There isn't that safety cushion.
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And I sing and sing of awful thingsThe pleasure that my sadness brings.
