Flannery O'Connor
Related Flannery O'Connor's brief life and slim output were nonetheless marked by piercing powers of... FLOYD SKLOOT KIRAN DESAI DAVID SEDARIS KARIN SLAUGHTER PHIL KLAY I learned to be a regional writer by reading people like Flannery O'Connor. She was a huge influ... DAVID ALMOND I like big doses of grief when I read: Richard Yates, Flannery O'Connor, Kenzabaro Oe, Thomas Be... BEN MARCUS In 1964, at the age of 39, Flannery O'Connor died from complications of lupus. She had lived wit... FLOYD SKLOOT DONALD RAY POLLOCK When I was twelve, I started reading Eudora Welty, Thomas Wolfe, Flannery O'Connor, James Agee, ... FRANCES MAYES I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I just don't understand why anyone would want to hurt him. He was a good man. He just got sick, got ... DANNY YOUNG Our most famous writers are Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. It would make sense... ROBERT MORGAN FLANNERY O'CONNOR LISA KLEYPAS JOHANN ARNDT I walked in there and he told me, he said, 'You got something wrong with you besides a cold.' He sai... HENRY HALL CHANG-RAE LEE JASON BATEMAN KARIN SLAUGHTER KARIN SLAUGHTER I remember Des O?Connor when he was white. BERNARD MANNING We get on well and it won't be too much trouble spending so much time with him. He has a strange... ROBBIE KEANE NEAL SHUSTERMAN ARNOLD PALMER J.G. BALLARD WILL ROGERS And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace i... BIBLE He drove around in a golf cart and made sure everyone was fine and he schmoozed with people. He was ... KATHRYN JENSEN Brother Connor not only said he did not remember the two incidents, he categorically denied the accu... PAUL CHEVEDDEN CONFUCIUS He had a good look when he came off, and I saw Ricky (Davis) was trailing him. I knew he was going t... FLIP SAUNDERS What's the idea with Moonshine joining the team?"JUSTIN SOMPER JONATHAN FRANZEN NANETTE L. AVERY And if Allah touch you with affliction, there is none to take it off but He; and if He visit you wit... QURAN STEVE WOZNIAK He's got an iron fist when he needs to, but he knows when to hold off. He's got a good mix, and he d... CHRIS KENADY EMO PHILIPS STEPHEN KING Hank was awesome. He made all the plays and got a big hit. It's almost what you expect of Hank Blalo... KEVIN MILLWOOD If someone's got good, clean skin, with not too much make-up on, and good, clean hair that's... BRUCE OLDFIELD BRIAN ANDREAS He went in Sunday. He had trouble breathing; he got pneumonia, he got everything failing the next da... JODI WEBB JOHN CONNOLLY When you think well of others, cheerful with everyone, find the good in all there is, you are direct... SISI MODISE MARCO RUBIO ROSAMOND LEHMAN O you who believe! believe in Allah and His Apostle and the Book which He has revealed to His Apostl... QURAN BENJAMIN BRATT I think he did really good, ... That was a tough group of receivers to start off with, and it was go... SHAWN SPRINGS BILL COSBY DENNIS CONNER I asked him if he ever hung out with black guys in high school and he said, 'Well, no. They alwa... AL ROKER These Marines got off work at 12; packed a car with clothes, water, food and gas; and drove all the ... HEATHER WETZEL TED CRUZ He played an excellent game. He got the ball and scored inside, got rebounds, stayed out of foul tro... JUSTIN HORNE I did a couple songs with this hip-hop guy named Tim Dark. He was working in the same studio I'v... ALAN VEGA He's impressive. It seemed like he drove balls, pulled balls and then he drove one the other way. He... BRAD HALSEY And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: ... BIBLE JOHNNY CASH DAN BENNETT NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV DAVID LETTERMAN JOSEF PIEPER PIERCE BROSNAN You’re too focused. Too high-strung. Too…” Eros trails off as he continues to look into Levi�... SHANORA WILLIAMS ELMORE LEONARD He didn't have command of anything. He got away with some hanging breaking balls early, but he didn'... MIKE HARGROVE Great job on the mound. He got himself into a little bit of trouble a couple of times. In the early ... DEREK DOUGAN We got good production out of all of our girls. Meehan had just an outstanding game, and we were rol... DAN DENNER DEBBIE REYNOLDS MARK A. COOPER I once said to a boy, 'You're a really good kisser,' and he said, 'You're only a... FKA TWIGS JOSEPH CAMPBELL He said he saw a lot of flames, and he got some good pictures of it, but he said it was scary. JOE EVANS I talked to him and told him Chandra was missing. He said, 'Oh.' He didn't act too surprised or shoc... BOB LEVY RAINBOW ROWELL You look back and are thankful that he reacted the way he did. It's not good to see him get into tro... MIKE HARGROVE FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction ... FRANKLIN ADAMS FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS MICHAEL GRANT The driver said someone cut him off or forced him to go to the right. He got too close and caught th... GEORGE ANDREWS CHARLES BAUDELAIRE The best parenting advice I actually got was from Shane McMahon. He was great with me when Brie was ... DANIEL BRYAN See,” he said playfully, and arched his eyebrows. “Admit it.” He moved in. His mouth ame so cl... C.C. HUNTER I gave everything I ever wrote to Johnny Cash. I think he said later in some interview that he would... KRIS KRISTOFFERSON ROLF HARRIS CORRIE TEN BOOM We've had trouble all year scoring runs. Even if he comes up with nobody on, the majority of times h... BRETT TOMKO He got angry in a good way. He had just had enough and he responded in a manner that you'd expect a ... 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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... 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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. JULIEANNE 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 I want to show that we all have the right to be ourselves, and I certainly don't want to freeze ... ERIN O'CONNOR When I was 13 or 14, my parents had a bit of a windfall so bought a lovely new kitchen, but I burnt ... ERIN O'CONNOR I'm utterly androgynous, and I truly love it. It's been part of my identity for so long. I&#... ERIN O'CONNOR I've enjoyed many camping holidays with my sister and her children, but we're pretty posh ca... ERIN O'CONNOR Caution is the key to safe cycling. I'm aware that cars are bigger than me, but I feel quite saf... ERIN O'CONNOR I'm like a tourist when I'm in London. ERIN O'CONNOR In my work, I'm called to a job at the drop of a hat, so I like a sense of order to my holidays,... ERIN O'CONNOR Cycling is a great way to learn about your city. I love being outdoors, especially in good weather, ... ERIN O'CONNOR A girl must have an indefinable magic, real character, a strong sense of self. Her role is to respon... ERIN O'CONNOR I lead a very busy life and don't have a lot of time, so my skincare needs to be easy and portab... ERIN O'CONNOR It makes me cross when I hear people say, 'It's so last season.' I always say, 'It&#... ERIN O'CONNOR I've been on both sides: the victim and the villain. I was the victimised model, and everything ... ERIN O'CONNOR Winter is my favourite season. ERIN O'CONNOR My style has been nurtured over time. It's more about knowing what doesn't suit you. I love ... ERIN O'CONNOR My perfect bag would be practical but also have the stylish element to it; it would be bold and colo... ERIN 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 SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR What if one thing resonates with everybody, but it's not the same for anybody? 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Youve got to be an optimist to be a Democrat, and youve got to be a humorist to stay one. 
A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteo... 
You could slap his wrist for saying it, but then he said it with his face, and you could spank him f... 
Daring to dream is not difficult, it's making them come true that is hard... 
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Evil, unlike good, is constantly at war with those most like itself, and ambition is its spur. 
Our problem with President Obama isn't that he's a bad person. By all accounts, he too is a ... 
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You look like you," he said. "You with the volume turned up. 
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