Flannery O'Connor
Related I saw him this afternoon, he was sitting up in a chair and he was in good spirits. STAN ROBBS He always told the truth. If you asked him a question, he was going to give you the answer. You migh... ENOS CABELL He loves sitting on the counter. I've caught him with a paw in customers' purses. PAT SCHNEIDER I once asked him something at a question-and-answer session in London. He yelled back, angrily, 'You... DAVID SAUER PATRICK ROTHFUSS He asked if the PD would sell him a used one or did I have one I would sell him. I asked him why the... LUIS CORREA Fortunately, the writers are clever enough to never really answer that question and, hopefully, they... KYLE MACLACHLAN I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasn't ... ALAN HANSEN LUCINDA WILLIAMS CASSANDRA CLARE JENNIFER NIVEN Amos built a wigwam in the clubhouse because he didn't want the reporters talking to him. He didn't ... CHRIS BARNES I learned to be a regional writer by reading people like Flannery O'Connor. She was a huge influ... DAVID ALMOND He helped so much with the young guys. He was just easy to talk to and would give you a straight ans... LARRY ROTHSCHILD He demolished people . . . . You either loved him or you hated him, but there was no one remotely li... DORIS LILLY HERMANN HESSE CHELSEA HANDLER He was so pleased when he qualified and thought he might not make it. It was very important to him t... ARBERDELLA DAVIS I called him to find out where he got the pamphlet and all he said was it was missing the label, ...... WILLIAM WATSON He had this never-flagging satirical wit that was always entertaining -- except when you were in the... ARTHUR GELB He participated in physical therapy sessions yesterday morning and afternoon, sitting in a chair for... JOANNE DRAKE VIRGINIA WOOLF I can remember, we walked by one little shop and the owner was just sitting there on the steps with ... CHRIS EYRE Then I saw him sitting on the back of a truck, and I knew he was OK. DALTON SUMNER JIMMY CONNORS JAMES GRANT You always have got to have a guy like Buck on year team. He does whatever you ask him to do, guard ... ADRIAN DANTLEY PLUTARCH When I asked him how this cramping might affect his sword arm, he assured me it was only the narrow ... ANDREW LEVKOFF STEPHEN KING And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. BIBLE was true that for the first time, he was able to comprehend that the people he had gro... HANYA YANAGIHARA CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE BILL MAHER KURT VONNEGUT It was poetic justice for him. I told him he might get a chance to win it later. CHARLIE WARNER PHIL KLAY He might be faithless but I believe in him. FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK ARSENE WENGER I was happy to see him sit in the pocket, ... That's the way he was in the preseason. He was sitting... WARRICK DUNN I was happy to see him sit in the pocket. That's the way he was in the preseason. He was sitting in ... WARRICK DUNN It's something he used to say when he was happy. It could be a very, very simple day. We might b... JENNIFER GRANT I've known him since he was about 5 years old. I watched him grow up. In his school, in his communit... JACK JONES I heard he [Sharpe] was at the gym this morning, but wasn't on the field. I am expecting him to play... EWEN MCKENZIE He looked like like he was still favoring it a little bit this morning when he was out on the floor.... BRIAN HILL It was once him and her, but she lost him and thought for a long time she wanted him back more then ... AMBER If he was left on a bus, nobody checked or they might have walked it and not seen him. STEPHEN NELSON BEN E. KING I expect him back. Josh is a warrior. If it's something that might linger, then we'll think about si... AVERY JOHNSON DENNIS SHARPE When he was sitting with you, would he be witty? No, SHELLEY BERMAN I'd like to sit down with this guy and ask him why he did it. It might have to do with him being a v... GEORGE ANNAS When we first got to him, with his color, we feared he might not make it. JODI FINCHER And when affliction touches a man, he calls on Us, whether lying on his side or sitting or standing;... QURAN For him, it doesn't matter where he's sitting because he knows he's going home. SCOTT COFFEY RICHELLE MEAD It never stops. He brings everybody up. When guys are down, he is the first one to put a smile on yo... DANILO PINNOCK He obviously made quite a few big plays on the run here and sitting next to him in the meetings, I c... CHAD BROWN He's very foul prone and he struggles defensively if he is in foul trouble, so getting guys going at... ANTHONY STEWART LEO TOLSTOY I like big doses of grief when I read: Richard Yates, Flannery O'Connor, Kenzabaro Oe, Thomas Be... BEN MARCUS We asked him who the new coach might be, but he said he has no clue because they haven't posted (the... ALONZO POWELL He was a real man, a person of the community. We could relate to him. You could see him walking down... EILEEN MORRIS I don't even remember facing him. I think I might have faced him once when I got traded in 2003. He ... SHEA HILLENBRAND DENIS JOHNSON Brian has been fantastic. We'll be sitting down with him in the first week of January to make sure w... CHRIS COLEMAN With a guy like that, you've got to get him early. If he starts to feel comfortable and make his pit... ALBERT PUJOLS She wrote to Dr. Green or Dr. Scott he was confused and asked for a phone number so they could ta... BRUCE MCKAY She wrote to Dr. Green or Dr. Scott he was confused and asked for a phone number so they co... BRUCE MCKAY The idea occurred to him when he was twenty. At first it was only a vague idea, a question looming �... GEORGES PEREC NEAL SHUSTERMAN AESOP JODI LYNN ANDERSON NICHOLAS SPARKS I remember Des O?Connor when he was white. BERNARD MANNING It's a fresh start for him. He might come in and be absolutely perfect. BUTCH DAVIS CATE TIERNAN CHRISTINA ENGELA When he called, I asked him if he believed it or not. I said he better tell somebody. DOYLE DAVIDSON His success speaks for itself; probably that has more to do with his personality. He's comfortable a... BARBARA GROSS Flannery O'Connor's brief life and slim output were nonetheless marked by piercing powers of... FLOYD SKLOOT ANNE FRANK When the mayor was elected, the administrative assistant was a position he requested be added. Becau... JEAN T. MARTIN HAROLD PINTER My (older sister Beth) answers the door and lets him in. I was sitting there with headphones (listen... DONNA CASSIDY Somehow in the confines in his mind, he started putting together this dream, which is how he describ... BILL FERGUSON I thought his conditioning might be a bit off when he came back. I told him I wasn't going to watch ... CHAD POWELL Some people might say that an academic kid like that would be soft, but he's not soft. He is hard as... DANA DRUMMOND I give [Tomes] a lot of credit. I called him this morning when he was in class and told him he was g... BRUCE MARSHALL He was so much like his dad. Not just physically, but temperament, too. He was never a mean horse, b... GUS KOCH REX STOUT We've never had a problem with him, going back to when (he was in) Tampa. JERRY ANGELO He was in Switzerland at the time and was coming home for a short period of time. I contacted him an... DICK AYOTTE His mood in the morning depended on what went on at home, but I never met an actor quite like him, .... ROBERT WISE After the race, I went and found him. He said not to worry about it. I thought he might rough me up ... DAVID REUTIMANN W.B. YEATS I was very pleased with Matt Smith's race, he put in extra effort and we might not have made it (to ... JOE HUMASTI I think of him as one of the players -- not that he's a woman, but he was part of the gang, you know... ANNIKA SORENSTAM PATRICK KAVANAGH As a mother, it is hard when you see your child in so much pain. I want to hold him in my arms, but ... ELAINE THOMAS
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JULIEANNE O'CONNOR I suppose we all have our little hiding-hole if the truth was known, but as small as it is, the whol... FRANK O'CONNOR Marry for love. But also choose to marry a man or woman who you love that treats you with the ultima... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR There will be a time when love is beautiful and passionate and nothing else will exist but you and t... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR To love without ownership, to love with total trust and faith in that very love, to love with the sa... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR My feeling on the subject of sex with a man is - don't give it up unless you're willing to give him ... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Life is surreal. When you step back and really take a look at it, the irony is absolute. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Ladies, you have a ton of power if you just understand the fundamental differences between men and w... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Then Dad started going on about the complex geological formations in this part of the coast until Mu... KERRIE O'CONNOR They had far more in common than either realised. One was born Catholic, the other Protestant. One w... JOSEPH O'CONNOR Marriage is a blast. Like a bomb. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR It is beyond logic that we see the light. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Whatever it may bring, I will live by my own policies, I will sleep with a clear conscience, I will ... SINEAD O'CONNOR You'd think that a redheaded boy with glasses who was named Howard and had an up-down walk would hav... BARBARA O'CONNOR When it comes to happiness, why would anyone want to delay it? JULIEANNE O'CONNOR There are more gifts in who you are than there are in who you think you want to be. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR In a world full of oddities, it’s how you outdo yourself within your own schizophrenia of abnormal... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Having an emotional connection with what we wear is at once transformative and talismanic. Why else ... ANNMARIE O'CONNOR I was sweating like Christy Moore at a Feis Ceol, so badly, in fact, I looked like I was sporting a ... ANNMARIE O'CONNOR Excuses – the great enabler. Without them, we'd have no reason to shop when we shouldn't and every... ANNMARIE O'CONNOR You know the old adage: give a woman a bag and she'll fill it for a day. Teach a woman to pack and s... ANNMARIE O'CONNOR But my dear young lady," he said offering a cigarette, "who ever said I have a poor opinion of women... FRANK O'CONNOR Before you get a bad attitude by drawing recurring conclusions to new situation based on past experi... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Conformism is a potent statement, and as much as we do talk about individuality in fashion, there... ERIN O'CONNOR So Father Ring went off in the lofty mood of a man who has defended a principle at a great sacrifice... FRANK O'CONNOR It wasn't the "I love you" she heard that made her let him go. It was the "Come with me" that she di... MEGHAN O'CONNOR As far as I'm concerned, I'm now in the business of making spiritual records and using my vo... SINEAD O'CONNOR I seek no longer to be a 'famous' person, and instead I wish to live a 'normal' life... SINEAD O'CONNOR I only feel better because people aren't being so abusive to me about my weight. SINEAD O'CONNOR I've been married before, but I've never had my dream wedding in Vegas. I wanted to do it th... SINEAD O'CONNOR I think there's a difference between God and religion. SINEAD O'CONNOR I could stand in the street and sing and get enough to pay the bills. I don't need millions of d... SINEAD O'CONNOR People always complain, 'you never invited me to your wedding', but I prefer casual weddings... SINEAD O'CONNOR I've been married three times, really I should only have been married once. SINEAD O'CONNOR If you were the boss of a company and some of the employees of your company were known to sexually a... 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SINEAD O'CONNOR When you live with the Devil you learn there's a God very quickly. SINEAD O'CONNOR When I sing, it's the most solitary state: just me, and the microphone, and the holy spirit. It&... SINEAD O'CONNOR Nobody gets between me and my microphone. SINEAD O'CONNOR I don't do anything in order to cause trouble. It just so happens that what I do naturally cause... SINEAD O'CONNOR When you're young, you don't really know quite what you're aiming at. You're very im... SINEAD O'CONNOR I'm not going to be singing songs that I made in the past. I closed the door on that incarnation... SINEAD O'CONNOR Wasted tries, The many whys, Is it the soul of Compromise? JULIEANNE O'CONNOR a grin that wasn't natural, and that combined in a strange way affection and arrogance, the arroganc... FRANK O'CONNOR When you make an embarrassing mistake, learn to let the memories be enough to let you laugh about it... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR When you get clear on your own boundaries, you will find it easy to decide what you're willing to ac... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Choose your path or others may choose it for you. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Sometimes life is unpredictable, as are people. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Often it takes more guts than skill to open doors. Once the doors get opened, then it's up to you. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Those things that are not within your control can often be the very things that set you free. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Sometimes you have to "play the part" to become the part. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Indiscretions can lead to great lessons. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Stand strong in your value. That starts by knowing your value. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Anything is possible with laughter. If you can laugh out loud, especially at a life of mistakes, you... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR You are not for everybody, but you are for somebody. 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Death was like an unpleasant neighbor. You didn’t talk about him for fear he might hear you and de... 
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Bjorn was a different breed, I threw my best material at him, but he would never smile, but that add... 
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The Cat and the Cock
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In yourself right now is all the place you've got. 
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Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficul...