Carroll O'Connor (John Carroll O'Connor) Quotes
One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made.
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If the money we donate helps one child or can ease the pain of one parent, those funds are well spent.
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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
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I don't think I'm really open to having Washington change me.
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All I know is stars and hits, you know what I mean? I don't just sign a guy because he has a hot record. I sign a guy because he's a star. He's a pillar of the community.
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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 think Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have done so much for women in comedy in the sense that they've normalized it. You don't think, 'I'm going to watch that comedy starring a woman,' you think, 'I'm going to watch that funny show.' They refuse to play the foils for men, or be reduced to the butt of every joke, and I love that about both of them.
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I'm reticent to say much more, but we would like to begin in the coming year. We'd like to shoot through the seasons because of the passage of time. This project is the great love of my life.
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I can't do chapped lips. If your lips are jacked up, Aquaphor is always a good go-to.
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Perhaps concentrated wealth will inspire a nation of innovative problem-solvers. But if the view of many economists is right - that it sometimes discourages innovation - then we should worry.
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I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes, where a woman's personality and sense of self are revealed. I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
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Once you start doing a lot, you don't ever want to stop working. It feels weird if you're not doing something.
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I don't miss my pin-up days. I'm far too old for that malarkey.
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Perhaps there was a natural process at work here; a means by which the mind dealt with experiences that contradicted a lifetime’s prejudices about the nature of reality. People simple forgot.
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Music is in me. I don't have much of a choice. People might listen to one of my songs or come and see my because of my famous last name, but if my music's not good they won't hang around.
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Restaurants are like kids. You hope you understand their innate gifts, and then you let them realize their aspirations.
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Progressive rhetoric has the effect of concealing social crisis and moral breakdown by presenting them as the birth pangs of a new order.
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Of course there's racism in this country, and we have a terrible history of that in this nation.
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The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.
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Super computer will do super computing and will be the reason for super commitment. - Modi in Kazakhstan July 2015
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The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.
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Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
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My guilty pleasure is reality TV, as I am really nosey.
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The first time I was ever impressed with Patagonia as a brand was when they released the 'Don't Buy This Jacket' campaign. That campaign highlighted their understanding of their role in a larger environmental justice space.
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One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made.
