Flannery O'Connor Quotes
There was a time when the average reader read a novel simply for the moral he could get out of it, and however na?ve that may have been, it was a good deal less na?ve than some of the limited objectives he has now. Today novels are considered to be entirely concerned with the social or economic or psychological forces that they will by necessity exhibit, or with those details of daily life that are for the good novelist only means to some deeper end.
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On Earth, men are seen as superior because of their physical strength, but it means nothing in space, where there is no gravity.
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.
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It is sort of boring to stay in the same spot. You know, I didn't set out to become the first to do this, the first to do that. It was just that my interests were so diversified.
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The media can allege corruption, but if I do the same against the media, I am gagging freedom of expression.
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I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.
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I obviously would love to have a girlfriend, but a girlfriend deserves so much of your time and energy. And she deserves to be treated like a princess because that's how you should treat your girls. And if I can't give them that time and that devotion because of my dedication to football, then I don't feel like I should almost waste their time.
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It's not that I'm opposed to doing a big-budget action movie. But it has to be the right project.
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Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.
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For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's everyday-life music. Let's see jazz musicians continue to use the materials, the tools, the spirit of the actual time that they're living in, as what they build their lives as musicians around.
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I don't want to subject myself just to one scheme. I think it's just if you can play, you can play no matter what scheme you play in.
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I've started doing my coaching badges, I'd like to be a manager one day.
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Writing a book for me, I expect, is very similar to the experience of reading the book for my readers.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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They say that gardens look better when they are created by loving gardeners rather than by landscapers, because the garden is more tended to and cared for. The same thing goes for cooking. I only cook for people I love.
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I'm not graceful.
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I just don't see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature.
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To me, hip hop will never be right until female rappers have a stronger voice in it.
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Not that I'm bragging or anything, because I was shocked, but I literally got hundreds of emails from people during my time on 'Project Runway' asking me out on dates. I had no idea that people would even care.
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I feel quite proud to be an ambassador for women who realize that being fit is better than being skinny.
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People love to be told stories, but it's the sugar that draws you into the theater.
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But Americans find me bizarre and always ask me why I eat so many carbs. I tell them I don't get full otherwise.
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The confirmed prejudices of a thoughtful life are as hard to change as the confirmed habits of an indolent life; and as some must trifle away age because they trifled away youth, others must labor on in a maze of error because they have wandered there too long to find their way out.
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There was a time when the average reader read a novel simply for the moral he could get out of it, and however na?ve that may have been, it was a good deal less na?ve than some of the limited objectives he has now. Today novels are considered to be entirely concerned with the social or economic or psychological forces that they will by necessity exhibit, or with those details of daily life that are for the good novelist only means to some deeper end.
