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Carroll O'Connor Quotes
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Carroll O'Connor
American
Actor
Born:
Aug 2
,
1924
Died:
Jun 21
,
2001
Because
Both
Business
Character
Me
People
Talent can be developed, gift is God-given. But artists have both.
Carroll O'Connor
Gift
Both
Developed
Talent
God-Given
Artists
Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women.
Carroll O'Connor
Me
Women
Particularly
Sheer
Always
Got
Theater
Flattery
Works
I'm lucky. Lord, I'm lucky.
Carroll O'Connor
Lord
Lucky
Not all celebrities are dunces.
Carroll O'Connor
Dunces
Celebrities
My professional life in Hollywood has been filled with joy and laughter.
Carroll O'Connor
Life
Joy
Laughter
Has-Been
Been
Hollywood
Professional
Filled
Professional Life
The wages of pedantry is pain.
Carroll O'Connor
Pain
Pedantry
Wages
It was a lack of system that made the '30s Depression as inevitable as all others previously suffered.
Carroll O'Connor
Depression
Made
Inevitable
Others
System
Lack
Suffered
Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire.
Carroll O'Connor
Satire
Savvy
Hated
Objects
American
Conventional
Held
We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show.
Carroll O'Connor
Will
Tell
Liked
Faithfully
Audience
Reviewers
Reporters
Just
Whether
Us
Really
Show
Who
Need
I hate pride, but if I were going to be proud of anything it would have to be something I'd done myself. Race pride is kind of stupid.
Carroll O'Connor
Myself
Hate
Pride
Stupid
Kind
Would
Something
Proud
Were
Done
Going
Anything
Race
Nations have come under the control of haters and fools.
Carroll O'Connor
Haters
Fools
Control
Come
Nations
Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs.
Carroll O'Connor
Daily
Business
People
Wicked
Ways
Papers
Rumors
Run
About
Obscene
Tales
Vulgar
Affairs
Show
Show Business
Both my brothers became physicians and I, of course, wandered into a business where the undisciplined are welcome.
Carroll O'Connor
Business
Welcome
Brothers
Both
Physicians
Course
Became
Undisciplined
Wandered
Where
In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards.
Carroll O'Connor
Society
Given
Like
Michael
Rewards
Staggering
Capital
Persons
Create
Capitalist
Capitalist Society
Who