Flannery O'Connor Quotes
I think there is no suffering greater than what is caused by the doubts of those who want to believe.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
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I'm past my wooing days now. See, I am an honest person. If I like a girl, I will go and tell her.
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A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live.
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I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.
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If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.
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Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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In 2009, during my inaugural address, I expressed the importance of unprecedented partnerships. Since then, Utah's government, business, and education leaders in communities statewide have worked together more frequently and with better results than ever before.
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
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Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.
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Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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It was really impossible to break through in Russia. We couldn't buy any balls. We really didn't have any courts, no rackets, nothing. And no people to practice with.
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I would say my career is in a very good place. I'm in a place of a lot of hope for what's next. I see something great, but I'm not quite there.
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I constantly write about my safety walking to and from school, and then I would come home at night, and I would cut on the TV, and I would watch a show like 'The Wonder Years,' or I would watch, you know, some other show like 'Family Ties.'
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Southeast Asia was home for much of my childhood, but I moved to Hawaii when I was in high school.
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My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more.
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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When you wear something different, you have to be confident that not everyone may get it at first.
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A gun is not an argument.
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I used to have a group called Bad-Movie Saturday. Every Saturday, six of us would go see the worst movie that came out each weekend. It'd be noon in Burbank. It was just a running commentary. All executives - we would each talk through the movie and make jokes.
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Dreams don't always have to exist while the sun's down and your eyes are shut
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It's a universal story, it's an immigrant story, and it's a love story. In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.
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I think there is no suffering greater than what is caused by the doubts of those who want to believe.
