Flannery O'Connor Quotes
I do not know You, God, because I am in the way. Please help me to push myself aside.
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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It is every woman's dream to be some man's dream woman.
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There are a million great books out there if you just go to Google. There's a lot to pull apart. A lot of crazy, unbelievable stuff that's all completely true. I get into little obsessions, and I read everything I can find on one thing, and then I move onto another.
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.
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The Tea Party has definitely increased political involvement, not only among Tea Party members but among people who oppose the Tea Party members. It's been a general stimulus.
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I would love to work with Martin Scorsese.
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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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If we don't do it, somebody else will. The Chinese, the Europeans and the Japanese all have the goal of going to the moon. Certainly we don't want to wake up and see that they have a base there before we do.
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We should not underestimate the ability of people to do wrong if they want to do so.
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I always thought I should be treated like a star.
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I have a carbohydrate and protein-rich diet. For breakfast, I typically have two slices of bread with butter or jam, four to five eggs - boiled or fried - a few bananas and a glass of milk.
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I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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I don't think that my work is very moralistic - at least, I try to avoid that. I grew up with that sermonising tendency, and I don't think visual work operates like that.
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I'm a foodie. I enjoy it a lot, and contrary to what it looks, I eat a lot. My comfort food, of all things, would be southern soul barbecue.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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A lot of people ask me what my mom has taught me about modeling. The truth is the things she teaches me go deeper than what pose to make or what my good side is.
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It's hard to act in the morning. The muse isn't even awake.
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Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.
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They say the world used to be bigger. The world's still the same--there's just less in it.
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I do not know You, God, because I am in the way. Please help me to push myself aside.
