Flannery O'Connor Quotes
It is a good deal easier for most people to state an abstract idea than to describe and thus re-create some object they actually see.
Quotes to Explore
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There is a huge reservoir of support for abortion rights from ordinary women. I hear all the time from women who had abortions and say it made possible the good life they went on to have. Social shaming silences too many.
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People are mean on social media, whoever you are. It's a shame people have to be that way.
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Mindsets, skills and leadership, experience and access, and critical consciousness - we need all four of these things for our students to be the leaders, people and citizens we want them to be.
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I don't deal in pretentious kids' parties.
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What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.
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Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.
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Let's face it; people are doing everything online these days. So if they are going to watch my movies, I'm happy as long as it's being bought legally and being exhibited legally, as long as they are paying even a small fee for it. I'm just anti-piracy. If it's a legitimate way of watching film online, then I'm very happy.
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Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.
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Wealth won't give you satisfaction; creating a good product that's well received by users is what matters most.
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Now, the United Nations is an organization that I believe was founded with good intentions. As a matter of fact, a prominent Tennessean named Cordell Hull was very involved with it.
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Voting to go on strike is not a decision working people take lightly and is always accompanied by a strong sense of injustice at work. The impact of losing a day's pay is significant, not least for those in the lowest paid jobs who are already on the tightest budgets.
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Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful.
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Fashion is such an octopus. You're connected to so many people: suppliers, pattern makers, production teams, marketing teams, vendors.
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I love collaborating with different people.
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My unusual beauty tip is that I often use Vaseline to take my make up off. It works great and is good for sensitive skin.
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There's consciousness in my music, and my music comes from a conscious place. And when people say that, I certainly take it as a compliment. But my job, in terms of selling my music, is to be universal and to try to get it to everybody.
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In 1998, I self-published online in order to get a traditional deal.
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I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.
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'Jurassic Park' isn't about the bad luck of three people who keep getting thrown into the same situation.
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'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life.
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But everyone in the world has a cross. Mine is mine, yours is yours: I only can make you conscious of your cross and, apart from that, you free yourself or not. This depends on you.
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Generally, it is human endeavour to have young people lead, and you see that in public life in the U.S. and everywhere.
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To be obsessed by the idea of freedom, for instance, is itself a form of slavery. Such people are in the chains of the hope of freedom, and are therefore able to do little else than struggle with them.
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It is a good deal easier for most people to state an abstract idea than to describe and thus re-create some object they actually see.
