Conan O'Brien Quotes
The nightmare is you spend the rest of your life being funny at parties and then people say, 'Why didn't you do that when you were on television?'
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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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I'm absolutely a Ron Paul fan.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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Too often, we think that, when we have a problem with our lives or our country, that the way to fix it is to take an eye for an eye. That doesn't help anything or anyone.
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I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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L.A. makes you feel ugly.
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Everyone should have a moment with Ron Howard in their life to give you faith in our industry.
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The one thing about going from the audience to the stage in just three years is that you know how it feels to be down there.
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If I was to keep playing, I had to play in Detroit, and it just wasn't for me anymore.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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We have the only cookbook in the world that has partial differential equations in it.
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Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine... so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.
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I would hate to look back on my life and go, 'You know, I wanted to do a rock n' roll album. I should have, and I never did.'
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Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They represent colour, variety and strangeness. Good people exasperate one's reason; bad people stir one's imagination.
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I learned quickly, as I tell my graduate students now, there are no answers in the back of the book when the equipment doesn't work or the measurements look strange.
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I have this thing I used to say at home and in the office: If somebody is calling, unless it's somebody who can fire me, I'll call them back later.
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As you develop, the people around you develop. As you progress, the world progresses with you to a certain degree.
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I have some friends who love to perform and wish they were getting the attention I am getting. But that doesn't stop them from supporting me.
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Everyone around me says, You're a genius! You're great! That's your voice! But I'm not sure if they're right.
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The nightmare is you spend the rest of your life being funny at parties and then people say, 'Why didn't you do that when you were on television?'
