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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If you really want to see the face of war, see the faces of survivors.
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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I think film was my passion without it being declared like a job that I could have, or a career that I could have.
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If you want to be an actor, you must have total, ruthless commitment to your art. Don't be ambitious for fame or TV or movies. Art is a jealous mistress and will brook no competitors. Study all the time. Never stop reading. Never stop learning speeches. It will fill you up - define and refine you.
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I like walking in Golden Gate Park.
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Life on the road can get a little one-dimensional. I didn't want to reach 40 and have to say all I'd done was look out the window of a tour bus and get drunk.
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When I was eight years old, I was always starving. My brother and sister died from starvation.
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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.
