Carroll O'Connor (John Carroll O'Connor) Quotes
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Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.
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Restaurants stress the protein. People read menu items left to right, with the protein first. I read descriptions right to left.
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I just did a spread in 'Maxim', I'm 35 years old. I've had women and parents email me asking if I should really be doing that, since I'm still considered a role model.
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I love entertaining and doing Martha Stewart stuff.
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If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.
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It's the fans that need spring training. You gotta get 'em interested. Wake 'em up and let 'em know that their season is coming, the good times are gonna roll.
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I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.
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The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.
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I condemn what happened in Madrid, but it is suspicious. If tomorrow there will be another bombing, in France for example, who will gain power? Of course not Jacques Chirac, but Le Pen.
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Bling is good.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams.
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The militia had the same equipment as the military to protect them against the tyrannical government. It's more important today than ever that we uphold our Second Amendment.
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A brief short story may require only a few paragraphs after the climax. On the other hand, in his massive novel 'The World According to Garp,' John Irving's denouement consisted of 10 separate sections, each devoted to an individual character's fate and each almost a story in itself.
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Any writer who gives a reader a pleasurable experience is doing every other writer a favor because it will make the reader want to read other books. I am all for it.
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I get used to my fountain pens and my clothes, and I can never throw them away. I replace them only when I see that they are broken or embarrassing to wear.
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And I spoke out on women's rights, like equal pay for equal work.
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I support the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
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I don't get dressed up every day. I'm very busy. I get really annoyed when people talk about me as a 'fashionista.' I get dressed up when I have to go out. Most of the time, I'm running around in jeans.
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I didn't realize it. It looks like my career happened overnight, but it didn't. I was basically living on my own from when I was 17 on.
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Boxing is one fight at a time for me. That's how I've always been, and that's how I was brought up.
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I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.
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I have been really lucky in my career, with the diversity of it. I get to play really complex people.
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I'm lucky. Lord, I'm lucky.
