Christopher John Wilson (C. J. Wilson) Quotes
I can't be one of those hipster guys with a beard when I have a hair campaign. I strive to look a little bit more... all-American.
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Among my books, the ones that sell best are for readers between the ages of 8 and 12. According to a study by the Association of American Publishers, the largest area of industry growth in 2014 was in the children and young adult category.
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My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.
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The American school system's a little warped, so anyone can get a degree if they have a little money.
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My couch is made of cat's hair. The cushions have been obscured, and it's made of salt-and-pepper fur. I can't have visitors. I can't ask people to sit on that couch because they become implicated in the furriness of it, and they're walking around, and it's not fair to people.
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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
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The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially.
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For fiction, I'm not particularly nationalistic. I'm not like the Hugo Chavez of Latin American letters, you know? I want people to read good work.
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Radical thought has inspired many of the great political and social reform movements in American history, from ending slavery to establishing the minimum wage.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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The good reviews that people have told me about through the years haven't really helped me do my job. So it's kind of like, if your hair turns out right you want to go out, you don't just want to stay in and look in the mirror. That's kind of what reading a review is like to me; it's like reveling in something that's just one night.
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Until Eleanor Roosevelt, there was only one or two First Ladies in all of American history who made an impact, who people could even have recognized or identified. And it's really only been since Jackie Kennedy that there's been this idea that the family life of the president is such a central thing.
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Jewish sovereignty and governance over our ancestral home are, I believe, important goals that every Jew ought to support.
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Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested.
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Hating Wall Street is an American tradition that dates back even to the days when Thomas Jefferson cursed that money lover Alexander Hamilton. And for centuries, the complaints about it have largely stayed the same: 'It does nothing! It creates chaos! It's a parasite that sucks hardworking Americans dry!'
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My party trick is that I can get ready to go to the party really quickly. I'm actually a woman that can have a shower, dry and style her hair, do her make-up and get dressed in under an hour.
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Sure, I've listed myself as Cuban-American. That's my heritage and my background.
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I've been extremely fortunate in my life. So I actually believe that I'm the living embodiment of living the American dream.
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When I've seen my operas in Europe, they have always struck me as more American than when I hear them here. I can't tell you what that phenomenon is.
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I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality.
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I'm always worried about overhype. I love underhype.
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For me nonviolence is a creed. I must act up to it, whether I am alone or have companions.
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If I start going back to church, I'd have to stop the smoking and drinking, and I wouldn't be able to curse any more.
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What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.
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I can't be one of those hipster guys with a beard when I have a hair campaign. I strive to look a little bit more... all-American.
