Flannery O'Connor Quotes
The operation of the Church is entirely set up for the sinner; which creates much misunderstanding among the smug.” (August 9, 1955)
Quotes to Explore
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Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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In 'Haraamkhor,' I have explored a few things which I wouldn't have been able to do in bigger films. The process of shooting this film was so organic that it enhanced me as an actor and an artiste.
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I am not a hereditary politician and do not have any substantial asset.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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Of course my parents are picky about the girls I date; my parents watch out for me.
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I don't really yell at people.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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I was doing things that weren't good for me. So I checked into the Churchill Priory clinic. It was the best thing I've done for ages.
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War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.
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If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.
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When you're 21, you think, 'Oh God, when I'm 36, oh God, that's nearly 40 and I'll look really old and wrinkly by then.' And actually, I quite like the way I look.
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People like to see showdowns.
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I really believe that the virtual world mirrors the physical world.
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My theory is that nine times out of ten, if there's a depression, more a social depression than anything, it brings out the best art in black people. The best example is, Reagan and Bush gave us the best years of hiphop.
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The operation of the Church is entirely set up for the sinner; which creates much misunderstanding among the smug.” (August 9, 1955)
