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It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and some control over the other two. That's set out in the Constitution.


Sandra Day O'Connor

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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'm too diplomatic. I tend to edit my mind before I speak - it can be incredibly draining.
ERIN O'CONNOR I have two curiosity cabinets at home filled with finds from jumble sales, markets and my travels. M...
ERIN O'CONNOR I am rubbish at the gym. I prefer to exercise by moving around - it doesn't matter whether I am ...
ERIN O'CONNOR It's not about hiding your imperfections on a shoot; it's about embracing them and being una...
ERIN O'CONNOR I am selective. If I do splash out, it's an investment, and I wear things for years.
ERIN O'CONNOR