Flannery O'Connor Quotes
It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes.
Flannery O'Connor
Quotes to Explore
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I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo for my next birthday, and between that time and my birthday, I lost interest in the banjo and was playing guitar.
Jackson Browne
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I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That's what I see. That's the America I know!
Barack Obama
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Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.
Abbe Pierre
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Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake.
Wendell Phillips
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The only power you have is the word no.
Frances McDormand
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Both sides were supposed to release all their prisoners, those were unconditional. There was some prisoner release that took place but it's not been satisfactory.
Warren Christopher
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He said, 'From then on, I realized that I was not just abandoned. I was chosen. I was special.' And I think that's the key to understanding Steve Jobs.
Walter Isaacson
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I always said I'm not disappointed with Obama because I voted for him because he was black, and as long as he kept being black, I was a happy man.
Larry Wilmore
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Today, more than ever, citizens demand with good reason that moral and ethical principles be upheld and that exemplariness preside over our public life. And the king, as the head of state, must not only be an example but also a servant to that just and legitimate demand of the citizens.
Felipe VI of Spain
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My father is a poet, my stepmother is a poet, and so I always had encouragement as a child to write.
Natasha Trethewey
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I always try to make films in such a way that it's hard to imagine how they came to be, or where they came from.
Harmony Korine
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Our favorite holding period is forever.
Warren Buffett
