Flannery O'Connor Quotes
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Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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I've been kind of toying around with the bi thing in my head. I wouldn't ever give myself the label 'bisexual', but bi-curious? Yea.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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I've been around tennis, and I have a feeling for the sport. I still play tennis, and I can still do a lot of harm to a lot of people.
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Where I'm focused now is how I get more women leaders. We decided not to just look outside the company for great women to hire, but to help women rise up through the ranks internally.
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Architecture is undistinguished, sometimes derelict, but occasionally, as in 'Post and Beam,' there is something arresting in a setting... the building behind the Cathedral.
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I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
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The tempo is the suitcase. If the suitcase is too small, everything is completely wrinkled. If the tempo is too fast, everything becomes so scrambled you can't understand it.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.
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I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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My parents come down to Los Angeles a lot.
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I try to make my fans happy by working hard in every film of mine, and I give my films everything I've got.
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The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix.
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Imagine: in the medieval ages, there was no evidence of how the history of mankind has been affected by witchcraft. But there is significant factual history of how brutality and sadism of mankind have been displayed in the most obscene manner in the name of witch-hunt.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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Writers are nosy people; we are endlessly curious: we ask questions when we shouldn't - we peek around corners when we are least expected.
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I am beginning to understand," said the little prince. "There is a flower... I think that she has tamed me.
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For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
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One of the best ways of understanding human nature is to study children. After all, if we want understand who we are, we should find out how we got to be that way.
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I love a lot of people, understand none of them.