Eric Wilson Quotes
I'm aware of what kids like because I'm constantly in touch with them. Also, they say that a lot of people who write for children can remember their own childhoods vividly and I can remember my childhood very vividly.
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It's a fact that kids watch TV. But if you think back, when you watched cowboy movies, you would go out and play cowboys. TV and movies motivate people.
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People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.
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Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.
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I want to do stories that really move me, that have an audience, and at the end of the day, I want people to feel something when they walk out of the cinema.
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
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What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.
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The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change anything.
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The hardest thing about having three kids is trying to find a balance, because there's always the odd man out, and you also need to make sure each child gets the attention he or she needs.
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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Money just draws flies.
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I don't just want to be a cute girl in a comedy or the actress who just does the same thing over and over again. I want to play roles that are distinct. I want to have a more varied career like actresses Viola Davis or Angela Bassett - those are the people that I grew up watching and admiring.
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We know that the elements in play in a show like 'Confederate' are much more raw, much more real, and people come into them much more sensitive and more invested, than they do with a story about a place called 'Westeros,' which none of them had ever heard of before they read the books or watched the show.
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We were elected in a wave because the people in America, if they had a single issue that troubled them the most, it was that health care vote.
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The misperception about the South is that everybody is racist, and all black people are victims, that what was prevalent in the '60s is only relegated to the South.
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I know everything about Michael Jordan.
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I'm used to packing up and leaving, to condensing myself into a digestible version because people don't have much time to get to know me.
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I always say that the real success of Wine Library wasn't due to the videos I posted, but to the hours I spent talking to people online afterward, making connections and building relationships.
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It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
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People don't realize how much money you have to spend: styling, publicity, a manager, and your agent. That's a chunk of change.
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I absolutely hate mowing the lawn. When I hear the mowers starting, I want to kill myself: it's the sound of death approaching. Hoovering's OK, but I never in my life wanted to have a lawn and certainly never wanted to mow one.
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If I had a dog I would not feel so lonely, but I suppose that is asking for too much.
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There are a lot of very brilliant people who believe that the nation-state is fast becoming a relic of the past.
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I'm aware of what kids like because I'm constantly in touch with them. Also, they say that a lot of people who write for children can remember their own childhoods vividly and I can remember my childhood very vividly.
