Flannery O'Connor Quotes
It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they lack than with what they have.
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I probably remember the 1954 Masters more vividly than any of the others.
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What other grown-up gets told how to do their job so often as a writer?
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I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.
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I don't suppose anybody's ever enjoyed being who they are more than Arnold's enjoyed being Arnold Palmer.
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I am not an autobiographical writer.
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I'm more interested in producing than acting.
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To make oneself hated is more difficult than to make oneself loved.
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The more questions and answers we get, the more useful Quora is.
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The more I read about feeding times, sleep times and waking-up times, the more inadequate and miserable I felt.
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There's nothing more fun than making fun of what's sacred.
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I've basically worked as a journalist and a writer.
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Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
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Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.
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I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.
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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
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My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.
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I got very addicted to performing. I just want to do that more.
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What can be indissoluble if a perpetual Union, made more perfect, is not?
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America in its entirety is segregationist and is racist. It's more camouflaged in the north, but it's the same thing.
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Do more than you are being paid to do, and you'll eventually be paid more for what you do.
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I can talk a lot and not reveal anything; I would make a great politician.
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The laws of God given to mankind are embodied in the gospel plan, and the Church of Jesus Christ is made responsible for teaching these laws to the world.
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This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you've got. And you're not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it.
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It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they lack than with what they have.
