Flann O'Brien Quotes
Your talk," I said, "is surely the handiwork of wisdom because not one word of it do I understand.
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With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor.
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I have a younger brother and sister who actually play in my band, and we were always into Disney music, big time. The first time I heard myself sing was when I recorded myself singing a Disney song. I remember it because it was awful, and I didn't expect to hear that. I think it was 'A Whole New World' from 'Aladdin.'
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Odd Future's like a network as opposed to like a rap group.
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When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.
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I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control.
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Even if I'm gone all day, breakfast is the one meal I always cook for my kids. I make French toast, oatmeal, or an egg burrito.
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My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.
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I try to shave at night so my skin has a chance to settle by the early morning call-time.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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Working with Mario Testino was a joy. He's very young spirited, and it's always lovely and a pleasure to spend time talking to him about all different things.
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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.
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Few things parallel the bonding that occurs post-performance when congratulatory remarks are awarded, regrets are confessed, and gossip is exchanged.
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There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good', to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community.
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You have to keep listening and thinking and being critical and self-critical. Remember General Nivelle, in the First World War, at Verdun? He said he had the solution and then destroyed the French Army until it mutinied.
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My life needed to be saved. Not just Foxy. That's my character. That's my work. Inga is a person.
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There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.
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I don't want to represent man as he is, but only as he might be.
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I came up with a 'forecasting cell,' which is basically a mixed intention cell or chord that is a complete hybrid of a consonance and a dissonance, and what that does when you are improvising is lead you to where you are supposed to go.
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I sought trains; I found passengers.
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The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. In art, truth is the means to an end; in science, it is the only end. Hence the practical arts are not to be classed among the sciences
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Your talk," I said, "is surely the handiwork of wisdom because not one word of it do I understand.
