Conor Oberst Quotes
So I go back and forth foreverAll my thoughts they come in pairsOh I will, I won't, I doubt, I don't,I'm not surprised but I never feel quite prepared
Quotes to Explore
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I'm very proud of my love for Whitney Houston. She really changed my life. She made my life a better life. She was so beautiful in her love for God, her love for her family and her love for music. She truly loved her music. She could do everything! She had flawless rhythm, flawless pitch, flawless feeling, and flawless beauty.
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I sort of write onstage. I'll throw an idea out there, like Home Depot, and just start talking about it.
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My personality is extremely unbalanced.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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Of course, there can be serious injustices within free societies.
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What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.
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No one remembers who came in second.
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The idea of having one ensemble do everything is what was on 'Sea Lion' and that's what I tried to make happen for 'Metals,' which is having five people in the room and all of us contributing equally to every arrangement and every song.
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My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
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Honestly, I just love great performers and people who love what they do.
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We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
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Unemployment is 'involuntary' when the price is above its market clearing level. Workers are unemployed because jobs are not available at the prevailing wages, period. The only recourse is to either expand the number of jobs or somehow lower the wage.
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I belong on the stage. I love how the day's events, whatever you read in the newspapers or watch on the TV, are reflected in the performance and how it's received.
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For example, the equivalent of a woman being treated as a sex object is a man being treated as a success object.
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I was madly in love with Elvis Presley. Dad wasn't into it at all, at least not for himself as a performer. He used to say, 'Mr. Cole does not rock n' roll.'
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The best leaders over the long term are those who have a sound home life.
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Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.
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It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be.
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I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
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When I was younger, I always wanted to impress, to be good for my country, to make them feel good, and sometimes that meant I didn't focus on myself enough. I learned I had to put myself first. And it's fine because I want for me the same thing that they want for me, which is to win.
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Have you ever talked to someone, and you're not even really talking to them? Actors are the worst for that.
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
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So I go back and forth foreverAll my thoughts they come in pairsOh I will, I won't, I doubt, I don't,I'm not surprised but I never feel quite prepared
