Carroll O'Connor (John Carroll O'Connor) Quotes
I do talk less now because the sound of my voice saying over and over the things I said years ago embarrasses and depresses me. Why do I say the same things over and over?
Quotes to Explore
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In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.
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I grew up in New York and have lived here all my life. I think it's the best city in the world and can write about it with gusto and fervor and passion.
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The hair department on 'Game of Thrones' is incredible.
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If you go to an elite school where the other students in your class are all really brilliant, you run the risk of mistakenly believing yourself to not be a good student.
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When men I have dated over the years whined about, 'Oh, you make no time for me' - see ya! I just dumped them. I don't need that pressure in my life.
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I've never experienced complete terror, knock on wood, or running for my life or any of that.
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Like most writers, I've read a lot of Hemingway, and I admire him greatly.
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Issues to do with disability, mental health and not being neurotypical often affect many genuine teenagers but are rarely reflected in the fiction they read.
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To be honest, I am somebody that, as long as I have a character, it doesn't really matter if it's comedy or drama - I think timing is important in either. But for me, it's all about having a character to work on.
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Subject matter is sort of overemphasized in the way books get discussed, I think.
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Most of the competition was into bulk popcorn because of the major increases in the Drive-In Theatre Outlets.
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I think I will always stay involved in tennis and would like to give back by helping out young players. I have done a little commentary and may one day enjoy doing that again.
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'From Here to Eternity' happens to be fourteen-carat entertainment. The main trouble is that it is too entertaining for a film in which love affairs flounder, one sweet guy is beaten to death, and a man of high principles is mistaken for a saboteur and killed on a golf course.
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When you go somewhere like Kenya and you see how the children don't have pencils and pens, and all of these things are considered luxuries, and what a privilege they see education as and how hungry they are to learn, I wanted to give my brother and sister long lectures. That definitely stayed with me.
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Since I'm a vegetarian, I try to focus on getting my protein and iron needs met.
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If there is one lesson for U.S. foreign policy from the past 10 years, it is surely that military intervention can seem simple but is in fact a complex affair with the potential for unintended consequences.
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Unborn children do not have a voice, but they are young members of the human family. It is time to look at the unborn child, and recognize that it is really a young human, who can feel pain and should be treated with care.
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I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.
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I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.
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A great Nation should have a fixed Government, so that the death of one man should not overturn it.
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Donald Trump's mother, who said, Donnie! Stop playing Monopoly and get in that barber's chair! Never got a dinner!
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
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I do talk less now because the sound of my voice saying over and over the things I said years ago embarrasses and depresses me. Why do I say the same things over and over?
