Conor Oberst quote: "I think we should be pushing for amnesty and a path to citizenship for every undocumented person residing in the United States who has not committed a violent crime, with a special emphasis on keeping families together."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I scream, but I still don't know why I do it. The sound never stays; it just swells and decays. So w...
CONOR OBERST

But these are days we dream about, when the sunlight paints us gold
And this apartment could not...
CONOR OBERST

I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, 'I won a karaoke...
CONOR OBERST

And it all boils down to one quotable phrase... "If you love something, give it away."
CONOR OBERST

I want a lover I don't have to love
CONOR OBERST

But these are days we dream about, when the sunlight paints us goldAnd this apartment could not be p...
CONOR OBERST

There's all body types, but there's just one size.
CONOR OBERST

Let the poets cry themselves to sleep, and all their tearful words will turn back into steam.
CONOR OBERST

Art is basically communication, and I think everyone who's a music lover has had that experience...
CONOR OBERST

I keep drinking the ink from my pen, and I'm balancing history books up on my head, but it all boils...
CONOR OBERST

'Cause I swear that I'm dying, slowly but its happining.
CONOR OBERST

Love's an excuse to get hurt.
CONOR OBERST

Screaming is bad for the voice, but it's good for the heart.
CONOR OBERST

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

So we decided we'd basically go on tour twice and play the same places.
CONOR OBERST

So when your (new) eyes meet mine they won't see no lies, just love...
CONOR OBERST

Last few months I've been living with this couple,yeah, you know the kind who buy everything in doub...
CONOR OBERST

And we will share a drink. Yeah we will share our fears and they will know how I love them.They will...
CONOR OBERST

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

Well, winter's gonna endI'm gonna clean these veins againSo close to dying that I finally can start ...
CONOR OBERST

From that job that makes you sleepback to the thoughts that keep you awake...
CONOR OBERST

If you think about the concept of reincarnation, it's essentially uploading yourself and your sp...
CONOR OBERST

If you think about Protestant and Catholic or Shiite and Sunni, they are basically the same thing......
CONOR OBERST

I think there's a danger, for me at least, in retreating and going inward and depression. I have...
CONOR OBERST

My favorite rhymes are sort of half-rhymes where you might just get the vowel sound the same, but it...
CONOR OBERST

I like the Alice in Wonderland sculpture in Central Park. I love how it's been rained on forever...
CONOR OBERST

The one recurring theme in my writing, and in my life in general, is confusion. The fact that anytim...
CONOR OBERST

I read the newspaper online. Mostly 'The New York Times.' I'll still buy papers if I'...
CONOR OBERST

It's glorious to be able to go onto the Internet and hear any kind of music anywhere, from anywh...
CONOR OBERST

I think it's a wonderful addition to the campus, and a very thoughtful way to remember the dozen Osw...
BETSY OBERST

These alumni represent the best fruits of an Oswego education: They have made valuable contributions...
BETSY OBERST

Members of the class of 2002 approached the Alumni Association about re-establishing a senior class ...
BETSY OBERST

I do a lot carpentry work and you're either done or not done. You did a good job or you didn't. In t...
MARK OBERST

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

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

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'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

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 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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I knew I was going home the whole way, [I] just couldn't get it out of my glove quick enough. I prob...
CONOR JACKSON

From the moment I open my eyes, I'm trying to free my body. I'm trying to get looser, more f...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I think the market may be making the connection that what will happen in the UK today will happen ov...
CONOR O'SHEA

Any top-level athlete, it's always the same. There's always that hint of arrogance there... ...
CONOR MCGREGOR

The bulls and the bears have been slugging it out for the last day or two in the market and I think ...
CONOR BILL

the only thing that can make your situation hopless, is an unwillingess to do anything and move in a...
CONOR SMITH

Last year I wasn't comfortable when I got put into that situation. I had been comfortable wherever I...
CONOR JACKSON

If you know their corporate culture, if you know their bright spots, if you know their problems, the...
CONOR CUNNEEN

I had a pretty big sophomore year and I think my junior year I was struggling the first month or so ...
CONOR JACKSON

He's some horse. When we spoke at the start, it was clear nobody wanted to go on and I was wary abou...
CONOR O'DWYER

I guess I'm attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And it's why I tend to write ...
CONOR MCPHERSON

This is really good. It gets the monkey off my back.
CONOR JACKSON

I want to negotiate what I'm worth. I want to put my analytics forward, man-to-man, and to be li...
CONOR MCGREGOR

We're the only animal that wakes up and doesn't stretch.
CONOR MCGREGOR

I'm going to change the way martial arts is viewed. I'm going to change the game. I'm go...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I always wear my black watch on my left wrist so I know I'm on stage on time.
CONOR MAYNARD

I always teach myself calm and visualization stuff.
CONOR MCGREGOR

Cage Warriors is a brilliant organisation. They're doing great things for European MMA, and they...
CONOR MCGREGOR

What can I say? I'm a talker.
CONOR MCGREGOR

The only time my records are going to be broken is by my own spawn. I'm going be training that c...
CONOR MCGREGOR

Everything I've been thinking, every vision, even down to every shot I throw, it just ends up he...
CONOR MCGREGOR

That is a huge bonus. I can use it each morning without having to worry about finding something else...
CONOR NILAND

It's good news. We still have to win our remaining two matches, but it gives us even more to play fo...
CONOR NILAND

I was really pleased with the way I played this weekend. I had a really good week of practice and I ...
CONOR NILAND

With everybody healthy again, we're starting to gel.
CONOR NILAND

Every year, coming here is a bit of a challenge.
CONOR NILAND

Health-wise, we're all pretty good, which hasn't necessarily been the case lately. It's been unusual...
CONOR NILAND

I've had a really good week of practice. I'll hopefully extend my streak, but the main focus is the ...
CONOR NILAND

Any team that has a (10-1) record is doing something right.
CONOR NILAND

Every match is different, but we're quite confident that we can win both matches.
CONOR NILAND

I've still got a ways to go, but it's a learning experience. You're going to be put into situations ...
CONOR JACKSON

I should have caught it. It was one of those plays where I knew it was going to take me off and I kn...
CONOR JACKSON

I probably would have got him out with a good throw on a bang-bang play, but I couldn't get a good g...
CONOR JACKSON

I rushed it a little bit. I couldn't get a good grip on it. It was a bang-bang play, a 50-50 shot. W...
CONOR JACKSON

Spring Training doesn't go on the back of your baseball card, but this is one of my plans for the ye...
CONOR JACKSON

I'm just going to keep it simple, and keep the game plan I got here with.
CONOR JACKSON

I just feel better and a little more comfortable. I got my feet wet last year.
CONOR JACKSON

It's made me work a little bit harder because I want to stay on this time. I want to play every day....
CONOR JACKSON

It's going to happen. I'm trying to stay positive. When things go bad, they get worse. We've got the...
CONOR GILLASPIE

We're just trying to get back to having fun -- and it will happen. We've got the whole rest of the y...
CONOR GILLASPIE

I don't have much to say.
CONOR GILLASPIE

You can listen to traditional Irish music anywhere, anytime. But the very best place is sitting in t...
CONOR CUNNEEN

Nortel is having quite an affect on the exchange. It has broken through its 52-week lows. UBS Warbur...
CONOR BILL

There was a sense in the last few weeks that we had seen the worst of the bad news, but the Yahoo's ...
CONOR BILL

I think we should be pushing for amnesty and a path to citizenship for every undocumented person residing in the United States who has not committed a violent crime, with a special emphasis on keeping families together.

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I think we should be pushing for amnesty and a path to citizenship for every undocumented person residing in the United States who has not committed a violent crime, with a special emphasis on keeping families together.

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