Flannery O'Connor Quotes
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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Everyone looks adorable singing with James Corden.
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I have been acting since I was thirteen.
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We've never been anti-Semitic.
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'Heroine' is about a declining and imbalanced superstar - a very brave and bold role. I wanted to test whether I could carry a role like this. I have given 200 per cent to this role. She's a very complex character, very aggressive, manipulative and bold, yet she's very fragile.
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Nothing should be noticed.
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When I was in my early teens, I joined a cult. And we weren't allowed to listen to secular music or anything that wasn't made by us. So I spent a lot of time not listening to music, and by the time I could, I just didn't get into it.
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I'm a relic, and things were a lot different when I was fifteen and sixteen. There were no cell phones, no laptops... I learned to type on an actual typewriter.
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We seem, particularly over here in the West and in America in particular, to have forgotten that we are, in large measures, the story we tell ourselves about ourselves.
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If I am incompetent, I am useless, the people of India will see that.
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Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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Live your lives. Go out; take walks amongst trees.
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Usually when you get a script from actors, you don't have high expectations.
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Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth. Things appear far beyond one's power, because one cannot set his heart on any arduous project due to want of strong will.
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I'm okay in my skin, you know... I'm okay with who I am.
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I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I also had an interest in justice - and later learned that sometimes law and justice actually agree!
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I don't feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don't care if people think I'm gay or not. Assume whatever you want. You do it anyway.
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American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term.
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People don't make albums any more. It's always about singles. I wanted to take that old-school approach.
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One place had a winning record that I went to, and that was Detroit. Rick Carlisle laid a foundation that gave us a chance to win a championship.
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I'm from Minneapolis, Minnesota. I moved to L.A. in 1997.
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It is a sign of maturity... to find explanations in charity.
