Carson McCullers Quotes
I have never gone to a doctor in my adult life, feeling instinctively that doctors meant either cutting or, just as bad, diet.
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In plotting a book, my goal is to raise the stakes for the characters and, in so doing, keep the reader mesmerized.
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A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job.
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The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
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The same crime element that white people are scared of black people are scared of. While they waiting for legislation to pass, we next door to the killer. All them killers they let out, they're in that building. Just because we black, we get along with the killers? What is that? We need protection too.
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Capacity never lacks opportunity. It cannot remain undiscovered because it is sought by too many anxious to use it.
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We got babies raising babies, and its important for us as responsible adults to go out and do what we can to make sure that our kids are steered in the right direction.
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American folk songs were about tragedy, right? They were about suffering and tragedy, and a lot of my songs are about that, even though they were misunderstood.
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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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I'm a social justice supporter, but there is no social justice on a dead planet.
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By the time I grew up, acting just seemed like something I'd already done. I had absolutely no interest in it, even though some people thought it would be my calling.
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Previously, someone would interview me, and if they liked me, it'd be a great story. If they hated me, it'd be a horrible story. I had no way to say anything. Social media changed things for people who didn't have a voice.
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There have always been card schools at football clubs and always will be.
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It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never meet.
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that isolation and defiance of the international community does not work, however fanciful individual nations may think that it can work.
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I beg you to believe that life is not a process, it's a drama.
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Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned. Mistake overturned so I call it a lesson learned. My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned...another lesson learned.
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To country people Cows are mild, And flee from any stick they throw; But I’m a timid town bred child, And all the cattle seem to know.
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If the sheriff is cutting the program on drug testing, why are we approving a contract to show videos to inmates?
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Sometimes I like to vent.
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When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
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I have never gone to a doctor in my adult life, feeling instinctively that doctors meant either cutting or, just as bad, diet.
