Conor Oberst Quotes

When I try to explain to people the big influences in my life, or at least when I first started, the most important ones were my friends who were also writing songs and were typically four or five years older than me.

Conor Oberst

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LifePeopleMeWritingMy LifeTry

Every job leaves its residue, a bit of extra knowledge, a new skill-set.

Joel Edgerton

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Rock music is electronic music, dependent entirely on electronic circuitry and amplification.

John Frusciante

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If I died tomorrow, I would regret growing so wealthy and still running the business when there are so many more people I could have helped.

John Caudwell

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I've heard the argument that unemployment benefits somehow act as a disincentive to the long-term unemployed when it comes to looking for work, but the opposite is true. Unemployment Insurance serves as a powerful incentive for people to keep searching for jobs, rather than drop out of the labor force altogether.

Tom Perez

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While we see the course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power, we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who sees the end; who chooses to work by slow influences; & with whom two thousand years are but as a single day.

Robert E. Lee

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A chunk of seared albacore tuna, salted and peppered, then seared rare in a little oil in a hot skillet for just a minute or so per side, is the perfect addition to a savory plate of fried rice. Just slice the tuna across the grain and fan those mild, meaty slices over the top of the rice.

Tom Douglas

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I am a really quiet person. I just like to be with my children and my family and being home. I live one day at a time, enjoying the best of life, just living.

Miguel Cotto

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I love singing fun songs; I've built a career on them.

Dierks Bentley

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I'm not no egotistical person. I just want what I'm supposed to get. Not a penny more, not a penny less.

Dr. Dre

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If you see me doing a new stand-up special, it probably means I've been out of work for a while.

Denis Leary

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I'm really troubled by the prevalence of single-sport specializations. I want my kids to do as many things for as long as they can. Specialization is a natural thing that should come later - it shouldn't come for 8-year-olds.

Douglas Brunt

LongWantThingsNaturalComeKids

Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.

Arthur Eddington

NatureCannotOnlyUndoWhichThing

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