Flannery O'Connor Quotes
When you can state the theme of a story, when you can separate it from the story itself, then you can be sure the story is not a very good one.
Flannery O'Connor
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
Flea
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
Imogen Cunningham
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Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.
Barry Sanders
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It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.
Taryn Manning
Boomkat
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I've always thought John Travolta is one of the greatest movie stars Hollywood has ever produced.
Quentin Tarantino
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Suppose that every prospective parent in the world stopped having children naturally, and instead produced clones of themselves. What would the world be like in another 20 or 30 years? The answer is: much like today. Cloning would only copy the genetic aspects of people who are already here.
Nathan Myhrvold
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You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.
Pablo Sandoval
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Fat Joe is signed to Fat Joe. I have a distribution deal for my label. I'm independent. I'm very happy with that.
Fat Joe
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The idea of investing in entrepreneurs who are building things from scratch, where I can participate in their dream, was very, very exciting to me.
J. B. Pritzker
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The more boring a child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being good parents - because they have a tame child-creature in their house.
Frank Zappa
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In a world where companies increasingly know about their business in real time, it makes no sense that public reporting mostly follows the old quarterly schedule. Companies sit on vital information until reporting day, at which point the market goes crazy.
James Surowiecki
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When you can state the theme of a story, when you can separate it from the story itself, then you can be sure the story is not a very good one.
Flannery O'Connor
