Conor Oberst Quotes

When I run into a person or a kid that comes up and gives me the spiel about, 'Hey, I got your record at this time in my life, and it really helped me,' that stuff totally still rings true. If you're standing there talking to someone, it's really easy to tell if they're being authentic or not. And that's great.

Conor Oberst

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LifeGreatTimeMeMy LifeTalking

I'm an artist, but I'm also a businesswoman, and sometimes you have to play hard.

Jessie J

YouArtistPlaySometimesHardAlso

I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie.

Andrew Stanton

GoodBookHonorNeverGood Movie

After a year of post-graduate research, I won an 1851 Exhibition scholarship to work at Oxford with Robert Robinson. Two such scholarships were awarded each year, and the other was won by Rita Harradence, also of Sydney and also an organic chemist.

John Cornforth

WorkResearchYearScholarshipTwo

When you lose your passion to be a WWE Superstar, there's no point in going back. It's a lot of work and sacrifice.

Robert Maillet

WorkPassionSacrificeYouLoseWWE

Swimming is a life-saving skill, so just the fact that the sport that I love can give so much back to other people - and inspire them to join something that they never thought they could do or go after their dreams - is something that is really special to me.

Simone Manuel

LoveDreamsPeopleMeSwimmingBack

The leader of Iran made one of the most repugnant remarks the international community has heard since Adolf Hitler.

Tom Lantos

LeaderCommunityMadeMostSince

People in England were coming up to me, saying, My mother and father turned me on to your music. This happened to me 20 years ago. When I was 40 they were saying that.

Roy Ayers

FatherMotherMusicPeopleMeUp

I see the great continuities in New Zealand history as being decency and common sense and up until now when we've confronted these things we've been able to talk them through, and I'm sure we will with this issue as well.

Michael King

HistoryGreatCommon SenseNewTalk

You can't look back; you have to keep looking forward.

Lucy Liu

Looking ForwardLookingForwardLook

Kids in the entertainment industry are at a risk of developing depression, as they see glamour at an early age.

Divyanka Tripathi

AgeDepressionEarlyEntertainment

You need to love yourself and be yourself one hundred percent before you can actually love someone else.

Christina Perri

LoveYourselfLove YourselfSomeone

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

Booker T. Washington

StrengthDownTwoUpPushingWays

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