Charles Capps (Charles Emmitt Capps) Quotes
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I have been surfing since I was six years old.
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I get upset about what is taken as great literature and what is cute and exotic.
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Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell.' I was earning enough to scrape by sometime around a book or two before 'Tell No One.' I moved up from $50,000 to $75,000, then $150,000 for each book. I had never thought I would be doing anything else. I had enough encouragement.
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Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
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I'm lucky in that I have close friends and family and my agent to advise me.
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My dad came from Cuba when he was a teenager not speaking English. And I grew up here speaking Spanglish. That's the world in which I grew up, and that's a world in which a lot of second generation immigrants find themselves.
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What probably confuses people is they know a lot about me, but it quite pleases me that there's more they don't know.
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Taking photos is a form of collecting.
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I always loved dressing up and telling stories.
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By deciding to live our lives based on solid values and unwavering truth, we can leave a legacy for the young men and boys who want nothing more than to follow in our footsteps.
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When I act, I act with my skin.
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And in Iraq we tried to implement the same policy that was so successful in Saudi Arabia, but Saddam Hussein didn't buy. When the economic hit men fail in this scenario, the next step is what we call the jackals.
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Under stable and incremental conditions, a free-market economy spurs entrepreneurship, ensures efficiency, and generates wealth. Those conditions no longer apply.
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I get called all kinds of things - an investigative comedian, a comedian activist - I've lost track of what my job title is.
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My mother won't tolerate any four-letter words.
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Sometimes kids want a hamburger, but I'll fill it up with a quinoa tikki. We eat makhana instead of popcorn; we even take it to the movie theater! I also mash up a lot of vegetables and put it in the aata, so they don't realise they are eating vegetables.
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'Welcome to the Dollhouse' is great. Even though it's about a girl in middle school, to me, that feels like the most honest reflection of what being a kid around that age feels like.
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I'm still working out my opinions - it's always a question mark. I leave loads of space open, and people don't like that.
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I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?
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President Obama talks the talk and then walks a completely different walk. I would call him the divider-in-chief.
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It's up to you to make every day as perfect as possible - it's a question of will and discipline.
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Lucille Ball hates the color of her hair, too, and says `I should wear a sign on my chest saying I hate it, but Technicolor demands it.'
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Fear-filled words will defeat you, but faith-filled words will put you over!
