Flannery O'Connor Quotes
For me it is the virgin birth, the Incarnation, the resurrection which are the true laws of the flesh and the physical. Death, decay, destruction are the suspension of these laws. I am always astonished at the emphasis the Church puts on the body. It is not the soul she says that will rise but the body, glorified.

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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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A purpose of our lives is to broaden what we can understand and say and therefore be.
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We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.
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I had no choice in the decision to make myself available. I was not always doing things I wanted to do.
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You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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As a physician, I know many doctors want to utilize new technology, but they find the cost prohibitive.
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Obviously I will promote 'Vaalu.' It is my film. I am the lead actress in it; I play a major part, and I will promote the film.
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I can speak a little bit of Hindi but understand every word.
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The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
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Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are basically sort of straight news.
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I have my own past and my own personality. I'm going to relate to the material in a completely different way than somebody else might.
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What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.
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September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger.
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It's not always about gold medals, I think. It has to be about development, and we are missing that in U.K. at the moment.
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I love sneakers on a girl. I don't know why, but I guess it's because I'm still a young. I really like just like a girl who has style - a girl who does her own thing, is unique in what she's wearing and works what she's got.
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What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
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For me it is the virgin birth, the Incarnation, the resurrection which are the true laws of the flesh and the physical. Death, decay, destruction are the suspension of these laws. I am always astonished at the emphasis the Church puts on the body. It is not the soul she says that will rise but the body, glorified.