Carroll O'Connor (John Carroll O'Connor) Quotes
Both my brothers became physicians and I, of course, wandered into a business where the undisciplined are welcome.
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People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
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I'm a British intern going in. I'm hoping that John will just kind of tackle it from who this person is and what she's about rather than trying to go in on her culture. We need to move a step forward than that.
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Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.
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The internet was supposed to make this whole business of job searching rational and simple. You could post your resume and companies would search them and they'd find you. It doesn't seem to work that way. There aren't enough jobs for experienced, college educated managers and professionals.
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I used to be so self-conscious about my braces that people thought I was shy - I just never talked. It took me a long time to realize, whatever, it's not like I'll have them forever, so I might as well enjoy it while I do!
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It's never been difficult for me to say no. I have never given excuses like I don't have dates. I have never over-quoted to avoid a project. I simply say that while the script might be good, I can't connect with it. My strategy is that while I wouldn't want anyone to waste my time, I shouldn't be doing that, either, with others.
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I hate being asked how I met my husband and very personal questions like that. I don't like that. People are too nosey. Intelligent questions I like, but sometimes people ask such silly, dopey ones.
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I am suspicious of writers who go looking for issues to address. Writers are neither preachers nor journalists. Journalists know much more than most writers about what's going on in the world. And if you want to change things, you do journalism.
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I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.
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I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.
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You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.
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One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.
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Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
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It's not easy trying to navigate your internal world in the public eye.
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My father was a milkman. So, I delivered milk.
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When the United States media is paying attention, that's when you're really representing your country.
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I try to take people one at a time, with all the contradictions and compromises that most of us live with.
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With comedy, I think it's so important, especially in TV, to know and trust what the writers are writing and just have it down.
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I actually take karate and tae-kwon-do. And so I love sparring and grappling and all that physical stuff. I studied a hybrid form of grappling, sparring, and self defense; it's more of a 'get yourself in shape,' and if you want to take it to the next level, so you're really learning valuable skills with self defense, and I really enjoy it.
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The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.
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Learn to bet on yourself and have confidence in your own decisions. No one knows your business better than you.
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I hadn't ever worked with an 'editor' until I was 26 - although that could be partly chalked up to the MFA vs. NYC thing, where I came up through institutions that encouraged writers to write privately for a long, long time and not sully themselves with concerns about audience or the business side of writing.
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Writing is a funny business. You sit in your room and listen to voices and write everything down. What kind of a profession is that?
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Both my brothers became physicians and I, of course, wandered into a business where the undisciplined are welcome.
