Carson McCullers Quotes
But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes.
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We were both in love with him. I fell out of love with him, but he didn't.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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Rand Paul does not like being compared to his father Ron any more than sons named Bush like to dance in their father's shadow, but the crucial difference is that while the Bushes all hail from the relative mainstream of the GOP, the Pauls have an ideological tributary virtually to themselves.
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The main characters for 'The Seer and the Sword' made an appearance one night and then haunted me for over five years before I began to write them down. Does that count as inspiration? For me, characters tend to show up, stay on to help with the work of writing their stories, and then occasionally deign to visit after a book is finished.
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It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.
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I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.
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I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct movies.
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There are designers who say, 'Oh! I see wallpaper and blue carpet.' I usually start by knocking down walls. 'You thought you just needed some new drapes? Well, guess what: That wall's gotta go.'
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I'm not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.
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You must read Plato. But you must hold him at arm's length and say, 'Plato, you have delighted and edified mankind for two thousand years. What have you to say to me?'
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That’s because you can’t hold something in your mind but a little while, said Jem. It’s different with grown folks, we-
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Be happy, be happy; you shall have your red rose. I will build it out of music by moonlight, and stain it with my own heart's-blood. All that I ask of you in return is that you will be a true lover, for Love is wiser than Philosophy, though she is wise, and mightier than Power, though he is mighty.
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Silence is not the absence of sound, but the absence of self.
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A lot of bloggers seem to be socially inadequate, pimpled, single, slightly seedy, bald, cauliflower-nosed young men sitting in their mother's basements and ranting. They are very angry people.
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There was a time when the Republican Party could discuss possible reforms to our gun laws: Ronald Reagan himself endorsed the Brady Bill and the assault weapons ban that passed in 1994.
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I was born in Rocky Mount, NC. The town of 24,000 proved a great place to spend the first 17 years of life. But, after that, onward, outward.
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It was my band. I organized the band and Dizzy was in the band. Dizzy was the first musical director with the band. Charlie Parker was in the band. But, no, no, that was my band.
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We should all have the opportunity to at least get a basic education and feel that you are worthy of something in life.
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I can watch endless humans get killed, but if I see a movie and they kill a dog, I practically want to walk out.
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If I were given a choice between two films and one was dark and explored depraved, troubled or sick aspects of our culture, I would always opt for that over the next romantic comedy.
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You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.
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I think that as long as you stay true to you when you're putting out music, somebody's going to like it.
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If someone were to come from another planet and see the world through movies, they'd think that the world was populated by white men in their 30s who shoot a lot.
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But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes.
