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.
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I wish the world could better know this country for what it really is. Not just a greedy economic giant crouching fearfully behind its walls, not just a panoplied warrior nervously fingering his weapons. What is this, is a people who gather together in thousands to give a people's government its essential vitality.
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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The American Dream I believe in is one that provides anyone willing to work hard enough with the opportunity to succeed.
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Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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I think I need security.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently.
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In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.
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There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Garry Kasparov -
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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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.
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But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of.
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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.
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Although Ronald Reagan was somebody I disagreed with on most ideological things, he was a friend of mine, and he was a very, very likable man. Ronald Reagan, for instance, was maybe more able to get the very rich to do the right thing sometimes.
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In fact, contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.
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The right to vote is the right upon which all of our rights are leveraged - and without which none can be protected.
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I've walked a lot in the mountains in Iceland. And as you come to a new valley, as you come to a new landscape, you have a certain view. If you stand still, the landscape doesn't necessarily tell you how big it is. It doesn't really tell you what you're looking at. The moment you start to move the mountain starts to move.
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Back when 'social' had a broad definition, you could almost say that Yahoo Finance chat was the first social product.
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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.
