Maurice Flanagan Quotes
I wrote an ITV drama in the 1960s, a satire on management theory that starred Leonard Rossiter. I'm also a poet and have had work in the 'Spectator.'
Quotes to Explore
-
You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them.
-
I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
-
I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
-
Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
-
The rebuilding of Iraq has been terrible.
-
I have been running since I was 7. I was trying to restructure the way my body was made instead of trying to master the way I ran. I would get so frustrated with my starts in practices that I would just cry. When I ran, I wouldn't even try to get out of the blocks, I would just run.
-
Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
-
While marriage is historically associated with dire obligation and clipped wings, I've found that it actually liberates you to take on adventure and achieve your dreams. I like to call my husband 'my person.' Find your 'person,' and you can do anything!
-
People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.
-
The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
-
I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
-
All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
-
I'm not really a fan of people who think they're better than others. There's no reason to act that way. I couldn't even stand to yell at someone if they bumped right into me.
-
I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.
-
If it hadn't worked out professionally, I would be teaching music theory and composition in a small college somewhere and playing drums in a jazz trio at the Holiday Inn on weekends, and I'd be happy there, too.
-
The problem in Afghanistan is really not so much land as water. It's a dry country with ample amounts of water running through it, but not to good enough effect.
-
It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
-
It's just difficult to see that people want to be like the actors and the performers and the politicians who are - who they see all the time, but the people that are probably having the most fun are the writers and the directors and the producers and the scientists, right, the people in the back that are getting to do the creative process.
-
I'd been living in the tunnel for about three months before the idea came up about making the film and really became good friends with the people.
-
In our course we teach that "no thought lives in your head rent-free." Each thought you have will either be an investment or a cost. It will either move you toward happiness and success or away from it. It will either empower you or disempower you. That's why it is imperative you choose your thoughts and beliefs wisely.
-
I really go against drama in my life. Life is too short.
-
There is no more reason to pay for private education than there is to pay for a private swimming pool for those who do not use public facilities.
-
It's the same old tune, fiddle and guitar.Where do we take it from here?Rhinestone suits and new shiny cars;We've been the same way for years.We need to change.
-
I wrote an ITV drama in the 1960s, a satire on management theory that starred Leonard Rossiter. I'm also a poet and have had work in the 'Spectator.'
