C. J. Box Quotes
As a reader, I'm often put off by authors and story-lines without families or children and all of the angst and joy they bring with them.
Quotes to Explore
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I applied to only one college - the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania - and was fortunate to be accepted. After graduation, I headed to Wall Street and worked as I had dreamed.
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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We shred every day.
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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When I started out, the idea of comfort in shoes was almost a dirty word.
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For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
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Ranger fans, they're expecting you to win, so you really want to show up every day.
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The best of life is to embark on an adventure with a woman interested in having an adventure with you.
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In the U.S.A., technical innovations come out of universities and the research produced by Ph.D. students. We don't have that happening in India.
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People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
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I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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I got interested in coaching while I played at St. Joseph's. Because we played a national schedule, we played teams coached by Nat Holman, Joe Lapchick, Hank Iba, and others. I could see the impact the coach had on their teams, and I thought, 'That's a pretty good thing to do.'
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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'The Voice' is built on positivity. Once we started filming, I knew that America was really going to love it.
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Our nation is today a powerful nation.
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I look back at photographs and I remember at the time I thought I was not very attractive.
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From the very beginning, existentialism defined itself as a philosophy of ambiguity.
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To the children of yesterday, who have grown up and become parents, and to the children of today, who perhaps shout 'Tottigol,' I'd like to think that, for you, my career has become a fairytale for you to pass on.
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I love it when someone that inspires me is not only good because of what they inspire me for, but also because they're just an amazing person.
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As a reader, I'm often put off by authors and story-lines without families or children and all of the angst and joy they bring with them.
