Conor Oberst Quotes

If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we'd see the beauty then and stand staring in awe.

Conor Oberst

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BeautyPaintingWorldThinkStand

What is it but a cunningly devised scheme to take from one State and to give to another - to replenish the treasury of some of the States from the pockets of the people of the others; in reality, to make them support the governments and pay the debts of other States as well as their own?

John C. Calhoun

SupportPeopleRealityOthersPay

People are tired of just yelling at the TV set. They actually are going to turn out and vote.

John Cornyn

TiredPeopleVoteTurnOutGoing

I've always been a fan of just writing songs and making music.

Max Schneider

MusicWritingAlwaysBeenJustFan

I see myself working in the tradition of sociology and journalism that tries to bear witness to poverty.

Matthew Desmond

MyselfTraditionPovertyJournalism

I have many reasons why I think reading is really important. It provided for me a refuge, especially during difficult times. It provided me with the notion that I could find an ending that was different from what was happening to me at the time.

Amy Tan

TimeMeEndingReadingThinkFind

There are two things no man will admit he cannot do well: drive and make love.

Stirling Moss

LoveManDriveAdmitWillTwo

The institution of the presidency was profoundly affected by Watergate.

Robert Dallek

WatergatePresidencyInstitution

There's a kind of funny gap between 14 and 20 when young people don't read very much. Nobody really knows what to do about it, although we've tried to reach these dropout readers with the 'young adult' book.

Lloyd Alexander

FunnyPeopleBookReachYoungKind

I'm happy to write 10 times too much music.

Jonny Greenwood

MusicHappyToo MuchWriteMuchToo

I learned the hard way how desperately primitive is the technology we have for monitoring the health of someone with a chronic illness.

Chris Toumazou

TechnologyHealthSomeoneWayHard

When my husband Jonas and I started Auntie Anne's in 1988, we never expected or anticipated building an international pretzel franchise. It was the farthest thing from our minds.

Anne F. Beiler

BuildingHusbandMindsNeverStarted

You have to want to be married to someone. You have to feel that reciprocated. Marriage for marriage's sake doesn't make any sense to me, and I found someone with whom I could put my money where my mouth is, I guess.

Anne Hathaway

MarriageMoneyMeSomeoneYouMouth

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