Flann O'Brien Quotes
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No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
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You don't have a peaceful revolution. You don't have a turn-the-cheek revolution. There's no such thing as a nonviolent revolution.
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When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't have studied it even if I had heard of it.
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Networking is never easier than when people are coming to you.
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I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost.
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I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith.
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One of the most effective tools that the Cheney-Bush junta has used to marginalize dissenting or even mildly inquisitive American citizens has been the accusation of being unpatriotic.
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I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good at was 'Street Fighter.'
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Now, product placement, whichever way you look at it, whether you like it or you think it's disgusting, or whatever, it's what it is.
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I need this wild life, this freedom.
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Memories are thoughts that arise. They're not realities. Only when you believe that they are real, then they have the power over you. But when you realize it's just another thought arising about the past, then you can have a spacious relationship with that thought. The thought no longer has you in its grip.
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I guess that I'm primarily thought of as a rocker, largely because of 'Frankenstein' being such a heavy song - you know, it was really hard rock, almost a precursor of heavy metal and just the image of the synthesizer. I happened to be the first guy to get the idea of putting a strap on the keyboard.
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The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years' time? A completely different attitude.
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No CEO ever says, 'Damnit, we need to increase research!' I want to encourage them to do that.
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The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.
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There are several very good websites which describe the details of preparedness planning for citizens.
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In the first couple of years when you're transitioning you don't really fit into any gender, because you're changing over. You have to start getting electrolysis before you even start your therapy. But I think all the weird looks help to give you conviction in who you really are.
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There are not many companies in China that dare to say in public, 'We don't offer bribes', or companies that operate only by market rules.
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In spite of their hats being very ugly, Goddam! I love the English.
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Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.
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I haven't had a family, but I don't think of that as a sacrifice: my dancers are my family.
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There are still many challenges and questions that need to be addressed before optogenetics can be applied in humans for therapeutic uses.
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I guess it raises questions of what they will discuss if they do exclude the public.
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Questions are like the knocks of beggarmen, and should not be minded.
