Conan O'Brien Quotes
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What other grown-up gets told how to do their job so often as a writer?
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I love doing impressions of politicians because the task is always to imagine the private lives of these people whose job it is to project an image of staunch, unflinching leadership and grace, and that's just not how human beings, in their heart of hearts, work.
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I had a job as a paralegal. I drove a cab.
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I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.
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A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world.
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It's quite a job, so to speak, when you can really be with your child for 21 out of 24 hours.
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It's not the job of the U.S. military to do nation-building or produce democratic utopias.
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Well, every time I get ready to do a job I want to lose weight.
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I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.
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It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.'
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There's consciousness in my music, and my music comes from a conscious place. And when people say that, I certainly take it as a compliment. But my job, in terms of selling my music, is to be universal and to try to get it to everybody.
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Hosting is a thankless job.
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The job of the president of the United States is to talk to the public, is to explain to them. Now, some presidents talk too much, like Bill Clinton. Some presidents try to talk but don't know how, like George Bush senior.
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I think it's really the job of the composer, the artist, the painter, the writer to present people with options. I'm just really reflecting the thoughts and actions around me.
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I wanted to be an actor when I saw the movie 'Die Hard.' I saw Bruce Willis shooting guns and blowing stuff up, and I thought, 'I wanna do that.' It really had nothing to do with acting; I just wanted a job that allowed me to do fun, bigger-than-life stuff.
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Sometimes at night, when I leave and ride by the front of the White House and the lights are on, it is so beautiful, I have some sense of, 'Hey, that's where I work, and Jimmy is President now.' But day in and day out, it's a job.
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Do men drop out of college because they get someone pregnant? Do they quit their job if they get someone pregnant? No. And we do not require men to support women they have made pregnant. Once the baby is born, there can be child support. Before that, though, no.
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If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets.
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For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man's world of sport, there is something visceral to beating another man.
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I'm the poster boy for Propecia. It's amazing.
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Because I grew up on 'Star Wars', that was the best example of creating a full and rich world to me as a writer. When I was watching those movies as a kid, I wanted to know more about every damn character in that universe. There was always a hint that there was a story there that you just weren't getting to see.
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I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.
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I take a lot of pride in my songs.
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I dont need a pardon. I need a job.
