Conformism is a potent statement, and as much as we do talk about individuality in fashion, there's a sense that people are fearful of not conforming and not being part of action.
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JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Stand strong in your value. That starts by knowing your value. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR He loved her because it was his nature to do so, but there were times when he could not endure her l... FLANNERY O'CONNOR Children know by instinct that hell is an absence of love, and they can pick out theirs without miss... FLANNERY O'CONNOR Anything is possible with laughter. If you can laugh out loud, especially at a life of mistakes, you... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it'... FLANNERY O'CONNOR You are not for everybody, but you are for somebody. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR He had a winning smile and it was evident that he didn't think he was any better than anybody else e... FLANNERY O'CONNOR They had no previous connection whatever with Connemara; but they saw connections where others who s... JOSEPH O'CONNOR Even a true artist does not always produce art. CARROLL O'CONNOR Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of ... CARROLL O'CONNOR Nations have come under the control of haters and fools. CARROLL O'CONNOR I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things... CARROLL O'CONNOR Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire. CARROLL O'CONNOR The reviewer is a singularly detested enemy because he is, unlike the hapless artist, invulnerable. CARROLL O'CONNOR Millions of people thought Archie was a happy hero. CARROLL O'CONNOR It seems that entertainment is what most excites us and what we value above everything else. CARROLL O'CONNOR Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were ... CARROLL O'CONNOR I hate pride, but if I were going to be proud of anything it would have to be something I'd done... CARROLL O'CONNOR Talent can be developed, gift is God-given. But artists have both. CARROLL O'CONNOR My professional life in Hollywood has been filled with joy and laughter. CARROLL O'CONNOR The wages of pedantry is pain. CARROLL O'CONNOR I enjoyed in every way my 12 years of playing Archie, and I wasn't personally sad about finishin... CARROLL O'CONNOR One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I ... CARROLL O'CONNOR Not all celebrities are dunces. CARROLL O'CONNOR I do talk less now because the sound of my voice saying over and over the things I said years ago em... CARROLL O'CONNOR Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail. CARROLL O'CONNOR Both my brothers became physicians and I, of course, wandered into a business where the undiscipline... CARROLL O'CONNOR All in the Family was intellectual; it was art. CARROLL O'CONNOR Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways ... CARROLL O'CONNOR It was a lack of system that made the '30s Depression as inevitable as all others previously suf... CARROLL O'CONNOR In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering r... CARROLL O'CONNOR I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say. FLANNERY O'CONNOR Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe. FLANNERY O'CONNOR There is no excuse for anyone to write fiction for public consumption unless he has been called to d... FLANNERY O'CONNOR Life is full of surprises but you are exactly where you are supposed to be. Start there. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Life's unpredictable path and length, should be enough to make you want to take a chance. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Not only have we not done the good things that God really wants us to do, but in fact, we’ve done ... ERIN O'RIORDAN The sun, the moon, the ocean– these were all the children of Ouranos and Gaia. They had hundreds m... ERIN O'RIORDAN The point is that if we accept nature as God’s creation, then it’s ridiculous to think that God ... ERIN O'RIORDAN In art and mythology, the Goddess appears in three forms. White represents the virgin, red the mothe... ERIN O'RIORDAN