Conor McPherson quote: "I guess I'm attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And it's why I tend to write about older characters, too, because for them the stakes are somewhat higher."

The young person isn't certain that love can be real; the middle-aged man is only discovering th...
CONOR MCPHERSON

I'm living as an artist, and that's a staggering feeling, it's a total luxury. And becau...
CONOR MCPHERSON

With God, I can do all things! But with God and you, and the people who you can interest, by the gra...
AIMEE MCPHERSON

What is my task? To get the gospel around the world in the shortest possible time to every man and w...
AIMEE MCPHERSON

Lift up your heads, ye people, lift up your faces, too, open your mouths to sing His praise, and the...
AIMEE MCPHERSON

What is my task? First of all, my task is to be pleasing to Christ. To be empty of self and be fille...
AIMEE MCPHERSON

You have no business being sick-every one of you should get well and get up and go to work, huh? Get...
AIMEE MCPHERSON

We are all making a crown for Jesus out of these daily lives of ours, either a crown of golden, divi...
AIMEE MCPHERSON

I have never been brought up a Catholic - I mean, a Roman Catholic - we're all Catholics, aren't we?...
AIMEE MCPHERSON

I'm going to do whatever this team wants me to do. The bottom line is, I want to get on the field so...
ADRIAN MCPHERSON

Last week was a learning experience just to watch Aaron and Todd get out there and see some of the t...
ADRIAN MCPHERSON

In this business, if you don't get your job done, they'll find somebody else to replace you. That's ...
ADRIAN MCPHERSON

I think I put a lot of pressure on every day, just because I want to go out and be successful. I kno...
ADRIAN MCPHERSON

I know the protections a little bit better, know the routes a little bit better, know my reads a lit...
ADRIAN MCPHERSON

It's my first opportunity for game experience. I want to show the coaches I can move the ball and ha...
ADRIAN MCPHERSON

That is his opinion, and he is entitled to it. I would just say that the probable-cause [affidavit] ...
ADRIAN MCPHERSON

I never bet on any games,
ADRIAN MCPHERSON

I guess I got in a little trouble with the check, ... I went to the coaches, told the coaches. And p...
ADRIAN MCPHERSON

You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just ke...
RENE MCPHERSON

I said, 'Oh great, this is the Nixon tapes'.
ANDREW MCPHERSON

Our intent is to have an interim city manager and Ward 5 councilor sworn in on Monday night. My seve...
ANDREW MCPHERSON

We were hoping at one point to sell the (old) elementary school and use that money, but that's a con...
ANDREW MCPHERSON

It will all be according to our (city) charter.
ANDREW MCPHERSON

We have imposed the strictest voting system tests in the country. We think this should be part of it...
BRUCE MCPHERSON

then we'll have to go back to square one.
BRUCE MCPHERSON

Jan. 1 might be a difficult date to hit, ... But the Department of Justice and others have said you'...
BRUCE MCPHERSON

It's all about giving the voters trust in the system,
BRUCE MCPHERSON

I want to have the information available so we can review the inner workings of the machines in case...
BRUCE MCPHERSON

I think we need to take some fundamental steps to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the voting pr...
BRUCE MCPHERSON

This one on you,
BRUCE MCPHERSON

I'm secretary of state of California, and I want to see as many people turn out as possible,
BRUCE MCPHERSON

Historically, the turnout for a special election is in the mid-30 percent range to 40 percent,
BRUCE MCPHERSON

We can do it, and I think we should do it,
BRUCE MCPHERSON

There is no conspiracy here.
STEPHEN MCPHERSON

We are going to embrace the fact that she's pregnant.
STEPHEN MCPHERSON

As part of our recently launched Spirit to Serve Our Guests initiative, we want to ensure that our g...
AMY MCPHERSON

Given the fact that the Olympics is an 800-pound gorilla for the next two weeks, we're happy to see ...
STEPHEN MCPHERSON

It's an amazing thing to be part of. It's just a privilege. I'm just happy I had a chance to be part...
BRANDON MCPHERSON

I wouldn't say they have zero chance, but I think it's a pretty good chance Lawrence North is going ...
BRANDON MCPHERSON

I saw the game was getting out of hand, so I grabbed Jake and said I hope we get a chance.
BRANDON MCPHERSON

We sail along straight lines in a grid pattern to get a continuous view of what's beneath, because w...
SCOTT MCPHERSON

It was good to win the game, no matter who hits (the game-winner). I was just looking for a good pit...
DALLAS MCPHERSON

Alias is not going to wind down as it comes to an end, it's going to rev up, and we're going to make...
STEPHEN MCPHERSON

'Desperate Housewives' proved there was a thirst for it,
STEPHEN MCPHERSON

They've got a good team. We've got a good team. So we'll just have to wait and see. I think every ma...
DONNIE MCPHERSON

I feel good about it. I think we're gonna do well.
DONNIE MCPHERSON

Desperate' and 'Lost' are not shows that you can rip off.
STEPHEN MCPHERSON

I do want to play every day, so if [Triple-A] is where I have to go to be in the middle of the lineu...
DALLAS MCPHERSON

I guess I just didn't prove without a doubt that I belong here. I had an opportunity last year, and ...
DALLAS MCPHERSON

It was everywhere. And when I say everywhere, I mean everywhere.
DALLAS MCPHERSON

I'd like to be the guy, but I don't have any expectations. I know I have to go out and prove myself ...
DALLAS MCPHERSON

When you sign the paperwork, you have entered into a business transaction. You have to hold up your ...
CHRISTINE MCPHERSON

You have to recognize the realities of the situation and try to create new alliances or scale down t...
JAMES MCPHERSON

That certainly happened in Bush's case.
JAMES MCPHERSON

It puts the workshop students in contact with other writers and also helps them to interact with the...
JAMES MCPHERSON

He cannot be trusted. He should not be in a position of authority. He should stand down. He should n...
JAMES MCPHERSON

'Washington's Crossing,' by David Fischer.
JAMES MCPHERSON

Interest in the Civil War is at an all-time high. The government starves the Park Service for resour...
JAMES MCPHERSON

Gettysburg proved a significant turning point in the war, and therefore in the preservation of the U...
JAMES MCPHERSON

The polarization and animosity were far deeper on the eve of the Civil War than it's ever been. The ...
JAMES MCPHERSON

I thought we lost our composure a few times and I'm disappointed in that,
MARK MCPHERSON

We're still excited about our chances in the Pioneer District. It doesn't change anything for us, re...
MARK MCPHERSON

They really whipped us up front. Every possession we had was three and out. We never could get Casey...
MARK MCPHERSON

I feel that the community wants a stadium theater. And if (the developers) aren't allowed to get the...
MARK MCPHERSON

Simply absorbing products can cause problems that affect the lungs and skin. And the main cause of c...
KATE MCPHERSON

At the very least, clinical trials need to be done that ascertain the safety of products with fragra...
KATE MCPHERSON

The issue is that fragrance formulas are generally trade secrets, so there really is little pressure...
KATE MCPHERSON

It was impossible to get back during the basketball season, and I have to be able to do that. That's...
JOSH MCPHERSON

It was 29-22 at halftime, but we got in quite a bit of foul trouble, and they started dropping 3s on...
JOSH MCPHERSON

I thought that we came with some energy early.
JOSH MCPHERSON

It's what we do. We seem to have size on most of the teams we play in SCISAA, so we expect to do tha...
JOSH MCPHERSON

Once we started pounding the ball inside, it opened up a couple of outside shots. And even when we m...
JOSH MCPHERSON

We kept believing we had a run in us, and we usually do. Tonight, it just never came.
JOSH MCPHERSON

He's really a smart kid that realized what he needed to do to get more minutes. Primarily he plays g...
JOSH MCPHERSON

He had a night where if he got it in his hands, he was either going to get to the foul line or hit a...
JOSH MCPHERSON

You can't beat a football team like Ware County if you turn it over that many times.
RANDY MCPHERSON

I guess I have a little bit of an ego. I'm confidently cocky, you might say.
CONOR MCGREGOR

Yes, sir, no, sir, clock in, clock out. Why were you late? Why are you not in today? That's not ...
CONOR MCGREGOR

Show off your own style and uniqueness to stand out. That's the advice I'd give to people ge...
CONOR MAYNARD

My success isn't a result of arrogance - it's a result of belief.
CONOR MCGREGOR

If you deserve it, go get it.
CONOR MCGREGOR

I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets in...
CONOR OBERST

There's a very fine line between one person's reality and another person's fantasy.
CONOR OBERST

I believe that vinyl will outlast CDs.
CONOR OBERST

A boycott is, inherently, a blunt instrument. It is an imperfect weapon, a carpet bomb, when all inv...
CONOR OBERST

I would prefer to be a little nervous, because when you stop being nervous is kind of when you stop ...
CONOR OBERST

They say it's better to bury your sadness in a graveyard or garden that waits for the spring to ...
CONOR OBERST

People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - bu...
CONOR OBERST

When I was younger, I was somewhat of an idealist. I guess I'm a little bit more of a realist no...
CONOR OBERST

Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, ...
CONOR OBERST

I know a girl who cries when she practices violin because each note sounds so pure it just cuts into...
CONOR OBERST

I've thought about the idea of, 'Can happiness and creativity co-exist?' So much of what...
CONOR OBERST

Considering our history, I can think of nothing more American than an immigrant.
CONOR OBERST

Once you realize that everyone is in the same boat, that everyone is just as insecure and childlike ...
CONOR OBERST

Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover ...
CONOR OBERST

The idea of forever is kind of ridiculous, which is unfortunate because it's kind of a nice thin...
CONOR OBERST

With science and reason throughout history, what people believed turned out to be false. So I like t...
CONOR OBERST

There's a lot of optimism in changing scenery, in seeing what's down the road.
CONOR OBERST

Why go through life if you're not going to challenge yourself?
CONOR MCGREGOR

To do anything to a high level, it has to be total obsession.
CONOR MCGREGOR

Although Omaha is my birthplace and the place I grew up, I don't see myself spending extended am...
CONOR OBERST

I don't feel bitterness, I don't feel anger towards anybody. Fighting is never emotional to ...
CONOR MCGREGOR

People say that I'm a boxer. I actually started with kick boxing, and then I moved onto boxing, ...
CONOR MCGREGOR

If you are surrounded by your competition and you are outworking these people, outmaneuvering these ...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I met Ne-Yo in London. I sang for him and he said, 'I want to sign you.' It was amazing - it...
CONOR MAYNARD

I am not stupid. I am a very bright guy. I know that in the fighting game, you get people who get br...
CONOR MCGREGOR

We come bulletproof in Ireland. We're reared tough, and we fight.
CONOR MCGREGOR

Competition gives me energy. It keeps me focused.
CONOR MCGREGOR

My preparation is about precision. It is a science.
CONOR MCGREGOR

Life's a rollercoaster. You're up one minute; you're down one minute. But who doesn'...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I train and I go home, and when I'm home, I think about training. That's my life every day, ...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I am not afraid of saying something and going and pursuing it. That's it. I see it in my mind. I...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I'm just trying to be myself. I'm not trying to be anyone else.
CONOR MCGREGOR

I drink to stay warm, and to kill selected memories...
CONOR OBERST

They say they don't know when but a day is gonna come. When there won't be a moon and there won't be...
CONOR OBERST

I've read a lot of books on the laws of attraction, and in my home, I have a big book on Muhamma...
CONOR MCGREGOR

Muhammad Ali is a legend, a hero of mine.
CONOR MCGREGOR

There's a major underlying idea as you grow up that you need to just save your money and get tha...
CONOR OBERST

I wish everyone well, but you need to focus on yourself. You need to stop putting your hand out. Eve...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I don't feel pressure in a negative way. I like pressure. I feel excitement and calm at the same...
CONOR MCGREGOR

The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.
CONOR MCGREGOR

I think it's an Irish thing. We don't really care. We say it as we mean it, and you have to ...
CONOR MCGREGOR

Trash talk? Smack talk? This is an American term that makes me laugh. I simply speak the truth. I...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I've cried, and you'd think I'd be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it st...
CONOR OBERST

I am in the fighting game. I don't care about anything else. I don't watch the news, I don&#...
CONOR MCGREGOR

The more you seek the uncomfortable, the more you will become comfortable.
CONOR MCGREGOR

When everything is lonely I can be my best friend.
CONOR OBERST

I really just want to be warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love.
CONOR OBERST

My family's lineage, we are warriors. The McGregor clan, we are warriors all through. We are fam...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I'm not going to get somewhere and say, 'OK, I'm done.' Success is never final; I...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's ...
CONOR OBERST

Life is about growing and improving and getting better.
CONOR MCGREGOR

I have a deep, deep belief that if I tell you I'm going to crack you with a clean shot to the ch...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I like science fiction. Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick and Vonnegut, and I really like Margaret At...
CONOR OBERST

I don't feel real confident expressing myself except when I'm writing. I feel kind of scatte...
CONOR OBERST

When I am free to train and free to move, I feel like a gorilla in the jungle. Then, when there are ...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I'm just looking to learn, grow, stay focused, and become a better fighter and a better athlete.
CONOR MCGREGOR

I believe in believing. My coach John Kavanagh is a big atheist, and he is always trying to persuade...
CONOR MCGREGOR

In theory, I always think I should totally go back to school, because I don't want to start sink...
CONOR OBERST

Sometimes I daydream about having a farm and a wife and some babies and watching the grass grow, but...
CONOR OBERST

If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we'd see the beaut...
CONOR OBERST

I was raised Catholic, and I have an aversion to anyone who takes religion to the extreme.
CONOR OBERST

On every Bright Eyes record, there's some kind of sound collage that begins it. Some of them hav...
CONOR OBERST

I don't look at a man who's expert in one area as a specialist. I look at him as a rookie in...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I'll write about myself, or people I know, or archetypal characters, but the goal is to get at s...
CONOR OBERST

I enjoy competition. I enjoy challenges. If a challenge is in front of me and it appeals to me, I wi...
CONOR MCGREGOR

You beat him verbally. You beat him mentally, and then finally, you beat him physically. That's ...
CONOR MCGREGOR

Joe Arpaio needs no help from me getting attention. For years he has been a beacon of bigotry and in...
CONOR OBERST

I want to be the first Conor Maynard. I think I want to have a successful career that is unique in i...
CONOR MAYNARD

I'll never understand how destroying families through deportation benefits our society. How we t...
CONOR OBERST

You might win some, you might lose some. But you go in, you challenge yourself, you become a better ...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I think I am the greatest fighter in any class. I know I can hold two, maybe even three belts.
CONOR MCGREGOR

I never got into training to be an All-Ireland boxing champ or to win a belt. At the start, I just g...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I take inspiration from everyone and everything. I'm inspired by current champions, former champ...
CONOR MCGREGOR

You can only really understand good if you have bad, so the idea of heaven or anything that happens ...
CONOR OBERST

I have the greatest job in the world. I get paid loads of cash for beating the crap out of people. A...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I'm just a kid that defied the odds. I'm just a kid that ignored the doubt. I'm just a k...
CONOR MCGREGOR

To me, a political song is also a personal song. Most political activism has been driven by empathy ...
CONOR OBERST

I keep my eyes closed a lot when I'm singing because sometimes it's distracting to see peopl...
CONOR OBERST

I have on many occasions spoken my mind from stage. I have offered organizations table space by the ...
CONOR OBERST

I would probably work with Drake as he is massively inspirational to me as a writer as well as an ar...
CONOR MAYNARD

I used to pretend that my Peugeot driving to the gym in the rain in Dublin was a Ferrari on the Vega...
CONOR MCGREGOR

One of my best friends, Mike, had a kid. Just seeing him go through it all was inspiring. It would b...
CONOR OBERST

I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health. I said, 'There's nothing that I can do for y...
CONOR OBERST

I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the m...
CONOR OBERST

I've always been slightly preoccupied with death or whatever those kind of silly big questions p...
CONOR OBERST

Why are you scared to dream of god when it's salvation that you want?
CONOR OBERST

People think hard sparring will get you sharp. And you do get sharp in the gym. But anytime I've...
CONOR MCGREGOR

When I was a kid, I used to fantasize about death. Not that I was suicidal, but there was an attract...
CONOR OBERST

We have a problem with no solution but to love and to be loved.
CONOR OBERST

No lies, just love.
CONOR OBERST

We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul.
CONOR OBERST

It's not what you know, but what you're thinking half the time
CONOR OBERST

How grateful I was then to be part of the mystery, to love and be loved. Let's just hope that is eno...
CONOR OBERST

My dream is to be World Lightweight Champion in the UFC. Have more money than I know what to do with...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I'm always fascinated when people really fervently believe, because I have such a hard time beli...
CONOR OBERST

I never camped as a kid, but I really got into camping and sleeping outdoors. I've also done som...
CONOR OBERST

I've learned new footwork patterns that are very unusual. I've learned how to find a lower c...
CONOR MCGREGOR

You write such pretty words, But life's no storybook. Love's an excuse to get hurt. And to hurt. Do ...
CONOR OBERST

A good feeling for me is when you train, and then you put on fresh clothes. New clothes after a trai...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I don't fight in chase of an individual. I hear this sometimes where fighters work their whole c...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I see fighters make funny videos about me and stick them on Facebook and get 20 likes. When I make a...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I'm focusing on me. I'm focusing on my family's security, my family's financial secu...
CONOR MCGREGOR

My unpredictability is what separates me. If you move in so many ways, your opponent is not focused ...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I'm in the game of spinning plates. I'm spinning a boxing plate. I'm spinning a Tae Kwon...
CONOR MCGREGOR

All eyes on the calendar, another year I claim of total indifference.
CONOR OBERST

I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers/ And laid entwined together in a bed of clover/ Le...
CONOR OBERST

We might die from medication but we sure killed all the pain
CONOR OBERST

When I prepare, I am not messing around. I find the right places, the right people, and the right en...
CONOR MCGREGOR

Yeah, the Mac Life... it's about sipping some tea, getting together with the knitting circle. Yo...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I've always felt like there was a lot of hype around me even when there wasn't. I felt like ...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I'll start drinking like the way I drank before. And I just won't have a future anymore.
CONOR OBERST

I kind of love Cole Miller.
CONOR MCGREGOR

Not a lot of people or pros in this game know how to train correctly. That's why they don't ...
CONOR MCGREGOR

The mixed martial arts way of life will give you focus.
CONOR MCGREGOR

The left paw has done me well over the years. I'm not a scientist, I'm a martial artist.
CONOR MCGREGOR

Ritual is another word for fear, manifested in a different way.
CONOR MCGREGOR

We're all too busy working, entertaining ourselvesforty hours television and prescription pillswell ...
CONOR OBERST

I guess I'm attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And it's why I tend to write about older characters, too, because for them the stakes are somewhat higher.

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I guess I'm attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And it's why I tend to write about older characters, too, because for them the stakes are somewhat higher.

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