Flannery O'Connor Quotes
I do not like the raw sound of the human voice in unison unless it is under the discipline of music.

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It's so hard for me to kind of fall in love with comedy, but if something comes my way... I mean, I loved 'Weird,' I thought that was a really fun character.
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Life's not fair, is it? Some of us drink champagne in the fast lane, and some of us eat our sandwiches by the loose chippings on the A597.
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For decades, scholars have studied the ways in which implicit biases affect how we perceive other people in this multiethnic society of ours. The data consistently shows that about 90 percent of us possess some implicit prejudices - and, unsurprisingly, people typically favor their own group.
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I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
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When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.
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Treasure the things about you that make you different and unique.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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I try to be as ignorant about things as I can.
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A lot of people may know my face and know that I'm a good player on the football field, but they probably don't really know me as a person.
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I've always used black girls on the runway, because I think they're beautiful. I don't need people to tell me, 'You need to use black girls.' I did for 20 years; it's not a new thing for me.
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Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
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As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation.
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If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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I don't like messing up. I think that's just a part of my personality. I don't like to mess up or do anything wrong. When I'm in gymnastics, I like to see my hit percent as high as possible.
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I think it's fun to get in a room and sweat with people. I'm happy to share my workouts with everyone.
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I am happy to donate funds to various organizations that help people in need.
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None of us really understood exactly how much Star Wars would affect us for the rest of our lives.
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The bass, no matter what kind of music you're playing, it just enhances the sound and makes everything sound more beautiful and full. When the bass stops, the bottom kind of drops out of everything.
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The Grammys make me hate music, and certainly everyone in the ass-licking music industry.
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God gave me the gift to be able to play instruments and I have to play.
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When you write for someone else, you're being an actor, the feeling is the feeling of another.
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I do not like the raw sound of the human voice in unison unless it is under the discipline of music.