Flannery O'Connor Quotes
There may never be anything new to say, but there is always a new way to say it, and since, in art, the way of saying a thing becomes a part of what is said, every work of art is unique and requires fresh attention.
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I'd really love to work with Quentin Tarantino. There's so many people that I'd love to work with, but there's something about Quentin, and one of my all-time favorite films is 'Kill Bill.' Something along those lines would be such a blast.
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Since I was a child, I have had this feeling that the most important work I'd do would be with my family.
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Sofia Coppola is wonderful, and I'd love to work with her.
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It became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality.
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People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend.
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Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame.
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I've always been a huge reggae fan.
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There are places where writing is acting and acting is writing. I'm not so interested in the divisions. I'm interested in the way things cross over.
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Contemporary art will help me to modernise our society.
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To be a great artist, you need to know yourself as best as you possibly can. I live my life and delve into my own psyche. It's more about exploring how I feel rather than making pale imitations of something that came before. We are unique beings, and the way we look at things is our own.
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I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all.
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I love working with the Farrelly brothers. I'm a big fan and feel very lucky to have gotten to work with them a few times. One thing that I learned while working with them is that you have to keep your cell phone off when filming scenes, or you owe them a lot of money!
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Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
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I always had a feeling when I was a kid that I didn't really know what was going on. Everybody else knew stuff that I didn't know.
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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 always work with a goal - and the goal is to improve as a player and a person. That, finally, is the most important thing of all.
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We always make music and continue to make hits.
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Natural resources must be so distributed, by way of auction or otherwise, that they serve a larger public purpose.
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Ask the locals. They can point you in the direction of the area's shopping district where you'll be sure to find something different and unique that pleases you.
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I never let prejudice stop me from what I wanted to do in this life.
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When you're a self-made man, you start very early in life. In my case it was at 9 years old when I started bringing income into the family. You get a drive that's a little different, maybe a little stronger, than somebody who inherited.
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I think acting is a work of imagination.
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The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.
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There may never be anything new to say, but there is always a new way to say it, and since, in art, the way of saying a thing becomes a part of what is said, every work of art is unique and requires fresh attention.
