Flannery O'Connor Quotes
Poorly written novels--no matter how pious and edifying the behavior of the characters--are not good in themselves and are therefore not really edifying.
Quotes to Explore
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I am not honest.
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I mean, sometimes when you do a show or a campaign with a designer, you get along with them really well and you become friends. And then, sometimes, people are just a bit... weird.
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I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or date night.
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Helping out in your kid's classroom is a great way to get involved with your child's school.
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I think my films kind of walk this line that I'm proud of, that they feel sort of like films of my youth, which were far more commercial.
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Because I travel so much, I bring my workout clothes and shoes wherever I go. That way I can always do some exercise.
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There are many reasons I feel at home in the U.K., but if I were asked to pinpoint the moment I knew I'd arrived, it might well be when I realised the British shared my love of fritters.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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It's not ideal to always be one eye on the Blackberry and two arms around my children. For the sake of mothers out there who don't have the Blackberry but do have the children and are hoping someone will be raising their voice on their behalf, it's a great privilege.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.
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The man who sees absolutes, where all other men see nuances and shades of meaning, is either a prophet, or a quack.
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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
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I'm not good at accepting help.
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So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.
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Good manners are a combination of intelligence, education, taste and style mixed together so that you don't need any of those things.
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Poorly written novels--no matter how pious and edifying the behavior of the characters--are not good in themselves and are therefore not really edifying.
