Fannie Flagg quotes

Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you're two steps ahead! (Fannie Flagg)
I believe in God, but I don't think you have to go crazy to prove it. View quote
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Hazel always used to say There's not enough darkness in the entire universe to snuff out the light of just one little candle. View quote
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It's always the darkest just before the glorious dawn. View quote
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Daddy gave me real useful information to protect me in the real world. If anyone hits me, I'm not to hit them back. I wait until their back is turned, then hit them in the head with a brick. View quote
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Don't give up before the miracle happens. View quote
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You never know what's in a person's heart until they're tested, do you? View quote
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You're just a bee charmer, Idgie Threadgoode. That's what you are, a bee charmer. View quote
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No matter what you look like, there's somebody who's gonna think you're the handsomest man in the world. View quote
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That's what I'm living on now, honey, dreams, dreams of what I used to do. View quote
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Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome. (Fannie Flagg)
I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with. View quote
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The line between the public life and the private life has been erased, due to the rapid decline of manners and courtesy. There is a certain crudeness and crassness that has suddenly become accepted behavior, even desirable. View quote
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You know, a heart can be broken, but it keeps on beating, just the same. View quote
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Are you a politician or does lying just run in your family? View quote
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The food in the South is as important as food anywhere because it defines a person's culture. View quote
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The ones that hurt the most always say the least. View quote
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By the way, is there anything sadder than toys on a grave? View quote
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In order to be Miss Anybody you had to have excellent grades, and I had terrible grades because of my dyslexia. View quote
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I have a lot of friends that are ex-Miss Alabamas and ex-Miss Georgias. View quote
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Face it girls. I'm older and I have more insurance. (Fannie Flagg)
It's funny, when you're a child you think time will never go by, but when you hit about twenty, time passes like you're on the fast train to Memphis. I guess life just slips up on everybody. It sure did on me. View quote
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People cain't help being what they are any more than a skunk can help being a skunk. Don't you think if they had their choice they would rather be something else? Sure they would. People are just weak. View quote
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Yes, I suffer terribly from depression. I have to work at being happy, it's not my natural instinct. My natural instinct is, if something wonderful happens, to throw water in my own face. View quote
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I think that people that are not sensitive, who seem to bang through life, do survive, but I don't think they get the really soaring feelings that people who are more artistically bent can get. View quote
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