"She felt that she would have to be much more than just a doctor or an engineer. She would have to be a saint."

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Flannery O'Connor

#Doctors Quotes #Saint Quotes #Engineers Quotes

“A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.”
“I donâ€™t know, I donâ€™t know that Iâ€™m missing anything. I just think too much sometimes. Sometimes Iâ€™m even happy because Iâ€™m so engaged in the thinking. But thatâ€™s the great thing about performing, and why it is also sexual, because in that moment â€“ or in that evening â€“ Iâ€™m completely in the present for once in my life. Nothing that came before or anything that may come after: only what matters is now. And thatâ€™s what human beings crave.”
“Silence often expresses 'more powerfully than speech the verdict and judgment of society.”
“If I didn't see its place in the Saga when I planned it, I probably wouldn't write it at all.”
“You can't start a movement, but you can prepare for one”
“To write a love song that might be able to make it on the radio, that is something that is terrifying to me. But I can definitely write a song about that chair over there. That I can do, but to sit and write a pop song out of the clear blue sky, that is very difficult and I admire the people that can do it.”
“The most hurtful thing to me is when people try to put assumptions on me and my relationship because that is not OK. Love is something that's really serious and private that you can't try to claim or know.”

Source : Source: wwd.com
“If you don't like affirmative action, what is your plan to guarantee a level playing field of opportunity?”

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