Conan O'Brien Quotes
Don't be cynical; it leads nowhere. If you work hard, and are kind, amazing things will happen to you.
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Imagine if someone like John Lennon or Bob Marley, Sid Vicious, Picasso, whomever, were doing their work, and some corporation, some CEO, some branding entity was saying to you, 'Well, you can do that, but you've got to remove this aspect of your work.' There would no longer be that purity anymore.
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I have a ridiculous fear of sharks but I'd jump in the water in a second for an amazing role.
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I wrote 'Criminal' in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force myself to do the work, but only if someone is right up behind me.
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No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating.
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I work out, I go to pilates, I walk and I eat everything I can get my hands on.
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I saw a '60 Minutes' piece on Google as a place to work. It was such a foreign concept from what I understood as a regular job. There's free food, sleeping pods, Ping-Pong. I'm the kind of guy who likes to get involved in everything - I'd be all over the Ping-Pong.
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I avoid talking about the way I work. But in avoiding it I seem only to have encouraged people to focus their fantasies about me in an ever more fantastical way.
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I want to work with the best coaches in the world.
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I think great artists have no time to waste with having disproportionate egos and irrational requests. They're too focused on their work to actually lose themselves in hysterical spirals where they become monsters or tyrants.
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I don't always have the best eating habits. I like butter and ice cream. There are days when I should work out and I don't. But it's never too late to change old habits.
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Simply, there are many things I would like to do.
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I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.
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While I was at Cornell in engineering, I was an engineering co-op student, and that turned out to be very valuable because we'd go out every other term to work in industry and have that close association with industry.
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I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.
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Some people look for a certain structure in their lives that they're comfortable with. People who work hard on the road as truckers, people who work hard using their hands. Then there are people who are fortunate enough to have my life, people who play these characters who embody these qualities.
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I'm an immigrant myself. It was a tough road to come to America and work.
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My work at R.E.I. was incredibly fulfilling and rewarding, especially the stewardship elements of it, the ability to connect young people to public lands close to home.
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I don't think I've had a holiday in my entire life that wasn't about my dad's work.
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We all have to work in our respective spheres with the same dedication, the same zeal and the same determination which inspired and motivated the warrior on the battle front. And this has to be shown not by mere words, but by actual deeds.
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I love writing songs.
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I want you to think about your grandfather's integrity and grit when you're staring at the ceiling of your barracks room, but I also want you to think a little deeper.
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I have nothing but love for my time I spent in Denver, and appreciation, and gratitude.
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Don't be cynical; it leads nowhere. If you work hard, and are kind, amazing things will happen to you.
