Flannery O'Connor Quotes
We are not judged by what we are basically. We are judged by how hard we use what we have been given. Success means nothing to the Lord.
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During workouts, I listen to Pandora, and I like the '90s pop stations. 'The Backstreet Boys' is fun!
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In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe a part that would be musically great doesn't sound as cool.
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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I loved being on the set of 'Field of Dreams' because I hung out with the baseball players all day, played cards, flirted with Ray Liotta, and had a ball.
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We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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I've seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You'll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas.
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To do more of a concert thing, it takes so much preparation. You don't just show up and wing it. You're putting countless hours in the studio, not just to write and produce stuff, but to come up with edits and special things for the show.
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Pummeling an answer out of someone never works. You cannot intimidate someone with aggressive language and think they'll be more forthcoming... that's a caricature of interrogation, part of the TV culture of what it looks like.
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I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
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I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.
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What I'm trying to do is get a change in the mindset so people move from a level of mere tolerance to total acceptance and eventually to celebrate diversity. If you feel comfortable with one another, it doesn't matter whether we live in which neighbourhood but we can interact with one another freely. It's a mindset.
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Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
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Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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With TV, the pace is so fast, the scripts are coming at you, the directors are firing things at you, it's breathtaking.
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Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.
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If I start thinking, 'Is this movie going to open? Is this movie going to do well?' I'm not focusing on the job. The job is to make a good movie.
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When I was a footballer, I surrounded myself with footballers. We were all friends. But in Brasilia you don't know who your friends are. It can be a dangerous place.
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Dualism is particularly important in both my paintings and my graphics.
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I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
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A lot of America's success is because we're an open society and haven't brought dogma or religious influence into the American political process.
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We are not judged by what we are basically. We are judged by how hard we use what we have been given. Success means nothing to the Lord.
