Flannery O'Connor Quotes
As for the blood and the head business, the blood and the head work together and what is not first in the blood can sometimes reach it by going first through the head and what is wrong in the blood can sometimes be tempered by the head.
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I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys' vocals and don't get taken aback a lot.
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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I was riding my mountain bike in Colorado, and I met a dog who reminded me so much of my very first dog, in the way she interacted with me, looked at me, and wagged her tail, that I rode away convinced I'd just very possibly met the reincarnated version of my long lost friend.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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There is nothing you can do to assuage your conscience when you commit sins. Crime is a spiritual assault on the soul.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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I've always loved performing and, especially, love for the people. That's what keeps me going.
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Maybe I'm just a slow learner or something, but I like to have things laid out as plainly and simply as possible.
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I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot.
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No one should ever be forced to choose between food and education, or medicine and shelter when they don't have the resources. It's very unfair.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
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The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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Our first phase was inviting all the women Ambassadors who were here from other countries and trying to get in touch with all the peace centers around the country in order to focus on increasing the volume and activity toward peace.
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When I'm acting I don't sing, and when I'm recording I'm not acting.
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Den Andern zum Vorbild. - Wer ein gutes Beispiel geben will, muss seiner Tugend einen Gran Narrheit zusetzen: dann ahmt man nach und erhebt sich zugleich über den Nachgeahmten, - was die Menschen lieben.
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A baby's existence for the first three months is a one-way street. One person is doing all the work and the other is crying, sleeping and pooping. So the first moment when you're actually able to do something and they acknowledge your presence, that's a big deal. A very big deal.
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The midget, ... the first time he rode the bike that he comes out on, he just gassed it, man. He pulled an Evel Knievel off the front of the stage. It was pretty crazy.
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As for the blood and the head business, the blood and the head work together and what is not first in the blood can sometimes reach it by going first through the head and what is wrong in the blood can sometimes be tempered by the head.
