Flannery O'Connor Quotes
Her name was Maude and she drank whisky all day from a fruit jar under the counter.
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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The world is always in movement.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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I'm a Ninja. I'm not scared of death.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.
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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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I had a band with a girl in New York, and we would go around and do gigs. And then I happened to start getting work as an actress.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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This also is a part of the Church's teaching, that the world was made and took its beginning at a certain time, and is to be destroyed on account of its wickedness.
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In entertainment, there's a theory that you should be lunching and dinnering and going to some kind of power breakfast.
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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We're in very bad trouble if we don't understand the planet we're trying to save.
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My life is not perfect.
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They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail.
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'Did you ever taste beer?' 'I had a sip of it once,' said the small servant. 'Here's a state of things!' cried Mr Swiveller, raising his eyes to the ceiling. 'She never tasted it - it can't be tasted in a sip!'
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The earliest English attempts at rhyming probably included words whose agreement is so slight that it deserves the name of mere 'assonance' rather than that of actual rhyme.
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I always loved family holidays, and I had this vision and dream as a little girl of having a big family of my own.
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A girl has the power to go forward in her life. And she’s not only a mother, she’s not only a sister, she’s not only a wife. But a girl has the – she should have an identity. She should be recognized and she has equal rights as a boy.
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My mother says to me, when I'm making a new movie, she says, "Oh, is Steve Buscemi in it?" I'd say, "Yeah." And she, "Oh, then it's going to be a good one." I swear to God, she says that every time. And when I say Steve's not in it, she says, "Oh."
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Her name was Maude and she drank whisky all day from a fruit jar under the counter.
