Flannery O'Connor Quotes
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I actually bought a travel guitar, and that guitar is really cool. You can actually fold the guitar, and you can plug headphones into it, but it's acoustic, or semi-acoustic.
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I can only focus on doing what's right.
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I don't sleep at night at all. Making movies is a marathon. I'm a good 100-yard-dash guy.
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I always wanted to be known as a songwriter and not just a songbird.
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I'm a huge 'Futurama' fan, so that's my closest sci-fi tendency.
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On one hand, my gender has never been an issue. The issue has always been what's on the page. But the reality is, an awful lot of women fought an awful lot of battles to get me to that place.
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That's one thing about Americans: They know how to have fun.
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The truth about the Costa del Sol is that what endures, what is worthwhile, is what is Spanish.
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Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.
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We want to deliver tax relief all across the country, no matter where you live.
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Deep non-REM sleep almost hits the save button on those recently acquired informational pieces so that when you wake up the next morning, you have remembering rather than forgetting.
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I did a good bit of episodic television directing, but directing a movie is so much more complicated.
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Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
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I can read the Tarot cards and believe in ghosts.
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Nobody can raise your kids like you can yourself.
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The Iraqi war has transformed the Middle East.
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Sequestration, sequestation - however you pronounce that word - and gridlock aren't all that bad.
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Support for alternate languages will largely depend on the underlying OS.
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We think that Hillary [Clinton] will be a symbol and a reality for the women of the world, and it's very important because so many - so many underdeveloped countries, not the least of which is Afghanistan, the women of the world need help, and she understands those issues and is a lightning rod for them.
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Initially, I tried to become an aid worker and someone who could help people, but I was unsuccessful in convincing anyone that I could be of any use. So I went and became a war correspondent without any experience in war or in being a correspondent. So that was daring.
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I don't want to be in everyone's face. I'm a big music fan, and I get really pissed off when it gets like that and I don't want people to get like that with me.
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I've always hated religion. It's the most guilt-ridden, horrible thing. 'My God is better than yours, and I'm going to fight you and kill you because of your religion.' I think it's just a sick idea. You know how people are color-blind when it comes to other people - I mean, hopefully they are. Well, I'm religious-blind.
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I always have lots of zany ideas for promotional stuff as publication nears.
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If it's just a symbol, then to hell with it !
