Flannery O'Connor Quotes
Children know by instinct that hell is an absence of love, and they can pick out theirs without missing.
Quotes to Explore
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A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
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My sister, mom and I all wear the same size, so I shop a lot at a boutique called 'my mother's closet' that is right down the hall from my bedroom. She has vintage Comme des Garcons dresses that I feel so elegant wearing.
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I've wanted to write comics ever since I figured out it was a job.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
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My focus on the budget, though, has played second fiddle to what I believe is even more important - creating jobs.
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I'm a mom, and my view of public education begins and ends with the fundamental question: Is this good for children?
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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I'm not a leading man.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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Every time a blast happens, people ask, 'But why would someone do this?' Weirdly, it hasn't been answered well anywhere - neither in fiction nor non-fiction.
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For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
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We must get to the point in our lives. What is the point? To become a new kind of man or woman, having inner command and outer excellence.
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My Levis split and my bollocks fell out. I had no idea at first.
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I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's something I can't even imagine.
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You live with someone until they accept that you are what you are, that you're not going to change and they love that about you – and then they decide to marry you, I guess.
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When I go into a steakhouse and order a steak, I'll order the cut of my choice, and I'll order it black and blue. And I'll ask them to bring it with my first course, and I'll just let it sit there.
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A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance.
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Children know by instinct that hell is an absence of love, and they can pick out theirs without missing.
